Washington News Tidbits from Japan by Peter Edson
Reporter Peter Edson highlights quirks from Tokyo and Kyoto including Prince Masayoshi Matsukata’s historic role, high tech hotel bedside consoles, unusual Japanese dishes like fried bee appears, and Cantinflas in Tokyo promoting Pepe. Also notes on geisha culture, cherry blossoms, My Geisha film, and hotel tipping policy in Osaka.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Ronmgene Enterprise Assn
Tokyo
NEA
Edwin O. Reischauer
U. S
Japan
Reischauer
Haru Matuskata
Masayoshi Matsukata
Miyako
Kyoto
Tempura
Cantinflas
Pepe
Leopold
Belgium
Nara Park
Kobe
Washington, D. C
Hollywood
Geisha
Shirley MacLaine
Yves Montand
Norman Krasnas
French Montand
the MacLaine
Shirley
Osaka Grand
Macmillan Kennedy Meeting Aims For Stronger Ties
British Prime Minister Macmillan travels to the United States for his first official talks with President Kennedy. The encounter seeks to build personal rapport and a durable Anglo American partnership amid global tensions. Officials expect discussions cover disarmament in Geneva, Africa colonialism, the Berlin and Laos situations, with inputs from Williams Harriman Khrushchev Gromyko Thompson and Rusk shaping the dialogue. John Hay Whitney notes the value of allied partners maintaining independent viewpoints within a strong, equal relationship.
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Macmillan
Kennedy
Eisenhower
G. Mennen Williams
Averell Harriman
Khrushchev
Gromyko
Thompson
Dean Rusk
United States
Britain
John Hay Whitney
U.S
County politicians In big power grab
A Maine debate on county government power is raised as Waldo Pray of the Sunday Telegram reports 125 county government related bills in the 100th Legislature. The Lewiston Sun and Journal criticize the system as costly and fragmented while warning against a new power grab by county officials and urging legislative restraint. A doctor notes children and shoes, plus a quip on training and business, while a general survey cites high costs of raising a family.
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Waldo Pray
Sunday Telegram
Maine
Pray
State House
Lewiston Sun
Mental Health and Corrections
Connecticut
Demand for new homes lags despite easier money policies
AP Business News analyzes the slow rebound in home building as easier credit nudges face limits. Apartment construction is rising with youth and seniors driving demand while many owners upgrade existing homes. Kennedy proposes 25 year improvement loans, FHA to insure five year loans at 5 percent, shifting to 25 year terms at up to 6 percent and $10 000 per unit to spur renovations and neighborhood stabilization.
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AP Business News
NEW York
Kennedy
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Boyles Column Plate Reflects on Going Back in Time
HAL BOYLES muses on revisiting youth in a casual New York column. He notes that reliving life is a common daydream, questioning what age might be best and how one would choose to restart life, while acknowledging the impossibility of turning back the calendar.
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Hal Boyles
New York
Curbstone
Lise
Non
Comfort for scribblers in these handwriting findings
Ruth Millett reports a university study showing smarter people often have worse handwriting yet can improve with effort. A tale of a Southern mayor who puzzled over a White House letter signature underscores the folly of overvaluing legibility. The study also notes unreadable writing costs business about a million dollars weekly in errors and misdeliveries.
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Ruth Millett
Newsaner
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
John F. Kennedy
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Can a veteran draw both Social Security and pension
Veterans may collect both Social Security and a veteran’s pension if they meet the pension income limits and service requirements. The pension uses counts of income, while Social Security earnings rules differ. At age 65 or older most veterans qualify for the pension if total yearly income is below set thresholds, and earnings under Social Security rules may be allowed without affecting the pension.
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Ray Henry
Letters to the Journal Express Community Support
The Journal invites views from readers with signed letters, not necessarily endorsed by the paper, to reflect local interests and opinion on the current fundraising drive in Biddeford and Saco. Ernest W. Michel thanks officers for the help and support given to the United Jewish Appeal drive. A Hartford woman was awarded 600 for injuries after biting into cotton found in a doughnut at a local bakery, causing choking and injuries.
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Welcon
United Jewish Appeal
Biddefor Saco
Intere
Hartford
Conn
Biddeford-Seco Journal Contact and Rates Item
The Biddeford-Seco Journal lists address at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with Casavant publisher T J Mahoney editor and phone numbers for business and editorial. Subscription rates prepaid are one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and notes AP content rights and postal details.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Casavant
T J Mahoney
Associated Press
Daily Crossword Puzzle 45 Wing and 46 Impassive Clues
Puzzle items list across a themed crosswords page. Entries include abbreviations for president and pronouns, verbs like grasp shrivel and issue, and descriptors such as impassive prepared reparation shore wanderer in abstracted manner with specific roles including writer Gardner and MC on TV.
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Abbr
Gardner
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Indiana
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Boyles
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Ray Henr
Ernest W. Michel
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Ife
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Bess
Thomas Abbi
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