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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1961
Page
5
A Bruce Biossat overview argues major reports urge shrinking 40 000 districts to about 10 000 larger systems. National Goals Commission backs 1970 target, citing benefits for students and cost efficiency. Large high schools outperform small ones, with a study showing only 5 000 districts lack schools.
Governor Reed advocates another statewide sales tax rise and support for municipal layer taxes amid anger over a so-called temporary levy that grew permanent. The piece rails at rising gas taxes and warns of higher costs, urging fiscal restraint and a shift from highway user charges to shared funding.
Secretary of Commerce Mueller calls drastic tax revision key to boosting growth by sharpening incentives widening the flow of savings and removing barriers to investment. He argues current tax penalties deter saving investing and expansion critical for future material well being and world power status.
Washington items note Adlai Stevenson faces a big job at the U N after a turbulent week. A curious hotel elevator quip greets him while a Commerce Dept. unit translates a Soviet helminthology study. Other vignettes cover Japanese shoppers misreading Made in Japan, German ambassador Grewe’s profile, courtyards turning to parking, Senate jokes, Cape Canaveral hangouts, and cocktail humor.
Joy Stilley writes as an aggrieved housewife in New York describing her futile wish to read her husband’s thoughts. She jokes about menu planning misfires from hummingbird tongue to hash and a late business lunch, ending with a cough and illness note about Boyle.
AP Business News notes pushbutton office machines spark fear of job losses. Rep Elmer Holland warns four million clerical positions may vanish in five years, while manufacturers say mechanization creates more work overall. Projections contrast with rising white collar employment and a 9,798,000 clerical workforce in 1960. Barker argues new jobs offset losses as electronic data processing expands.
Biddeford Saco Journal published daily except Sunday at Biddeford Maine lists Casavant Publisher IT J Mahoney Editor and telephone numbers for departments. Subscription rates payable in advance are one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. Member of the Associated Press with AP news use rights. Entered as second class mail in Biddeford Maine.
The poem speaks from the sea, recounting a life of travel, harbor nights, and memory. It recalls bringing both death and comfort, fear and praise, as the speaker, a timeless force, answers the question of who has borne both death and glee. The piece appears in the Special Mention category of the Wells High School Poetry Contest guided by Mr. Wakely.
Ruth Millett argues women often divert attention from men in public by admiring celebrities, mirrors, shop displays, or overheard conversations. She urges men to save breath as conversational focus shifts to these eye openers. Send 25 cents to Ruth Millett Reader Service for the piece.
Paul Harvey argues leaders fear nuclear weapons and push for disarmament. He urges keeping a powerful deterrent to prevent Red China and other powers from threatening the world, warning that appeasement would invite greater peril. He cites Dag Hammarskjold on avoiding excessive caution.
The Biddeford Saco Journal prints a reader letter from SACO ASSOCIATION criticizing city government for charter changes. The letter supports open public discussion and questions why details of the changes and the committee’s actions were not presented at open meetings. It argues the Taxpayer Association and city leaders share rival prerogatives and urges transparent debate (Continued on Page Twelve).
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