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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1962
Page
4
Editorial note reflects on Alexander Pope urging self awareness through acknowledging flaws. It suggests benefiting from every friend and foe by understanding personal defects and using them to guide judgment and growth.
California appeals court reversed a lower ruling to protect two International Association of Machinists members who campaigned for a 1958 right to work law. The court upheld their right to advocate political views publicly, stressing the community value of untrammeled expression despite union solidarity concerns. The ACLU supported the appeal, framing free individuality against the union’s need for a united front. The decision highlights a tension between collective action and individual political speech, urging broad attention.
The piece criticizes federal farm policy over 30 years, noting a $2.7 billion investment in a large wheat and feed grain stockpile and a proposed plan that could cut surpluses while imposing jail terms for record keeping. It argues government largess comes with political influence and warns of a shift toward centralized control and a quasi communal farming system.
The President argues that national communications have been privately owned and that private corporations, properly chartered, best serve national objectives. He asserts government is not a producer and growth stems from private citizens and enterprise, noting international relations hinge on understanding and commerce between peoples. He cites Alaska’s knowledge of air transportation’s rise as a state example.
The Red Cross tally shows forty five killed and eleven thousand nine hundred injured from Hurricane Carla last September. Over five hundred thousand coastal residents fled, with more than fifty thousand dwellings damaged or destroyed. Red Cross spent five million six hundred four thousand five hundred sixty six dollars in Texas and Louisiana on mass care, food, and long term aid to thousands of families.
A 48 nation Coffee Study Group will meet in Washington March 21 to draft a world coffee agreement aimed at stabilizing markets by balancing supply and demand. Attendees include 30 producing and 18 consuming countries, with 15 as observers and 33 full members.
AP reports Congress faces rising aid measures including education and existing grants to states. Tax Foundation estimates show about 4 of every 5 dollars in federal aid return to the same state through taxes, with 14 states paying more in taxes than receiving aid and Alaska at 17 cents per aid dollar, while New Jersey and Delaware pay far above, and Virginia nearly breaks even.
Boyle's humorous column recounts a husband who fixes broken items with enthusiasm. He disassembles a toaster, yielding spare parts and surprising success. A wall can opener proves stubborn, but after weeks of tinkering, tightening screws and oil, it still spares the jammed can while a new electric opener remains a dream.
Hollywood AP story features Clyde Mack a cynical press agent who dislikes Hollywood divorc es and mocks the endless divorce tropes. The interview pivots to quips about mental cruelty, status changes, and the phrase still friends as the norm amid separations. CHIPLEY Fla report notes a separate Turkey tale about a confused gobbler and a pumpkin egg hatchling.
Boiseford Saco Journal of Biddeford Maine lists daily publication with publisher Paul Casavant editor T J Mahoney and phone numbers. It notes subscription rates prepaid one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00 and mentions Associated Press rights and second class postage.
A compact listing of all across and down clues for a standard daily crossword, including 1 across through 63 across and 1 down through 55 down entries, covering laughter sounds to heavy impact, with various linguistic and thematic wordplay elements.
A reader letter from Donald McCone of Saco warns of the horrific consequences of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. He argues such a conflict would devastate cities, cause massive loss of life, and leave survivors permanently wrecked, urging reliance on prayer and mercy.
Poem celebrates children of all colors and sizes as the universe’s flowers. It praises honesty and innocence, invokes Jesus inviting children to come, and contemplates love and life linked to children’s presence in the world. The poet signs Muriel Leach.
Ruth Millett remarks on United States attitudes toward marriage and finance versus an English case where a 19 year old bride to be must learn to cook. She contrasts expectations, parental permission, and economic support with American norms noting many couples marry without proving readiness, often followed by divorce.
Readers ask how dependents qualify for survivor benefits and how to maximize retirement pay. The article explains eligible survivors including a wife 62 or a wife caring for eligible children, and eligible children or dependent parents, plus how maximum benefits are computed by years of maximum earnings and tax payments.
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