Editorial Page Thought For Evening
Editorial quote from Sir William Osler about striving to live up to ideals, reflecting on personal effort and integrity as a guiding purpose for the day.
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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1964
Page
4
Young Musicians Reflect Teenage Responsibility at Western Maine Festival
Musicians, instructors, and chaperones stage a two day Western Maine Music Festival amid praise for teenage dedication. The event highlights extensive planning from auditions to concerts, celebrating youth and music while noting the loss of Horace N. Killam, longtime festival advisor, whose guidance is sorely missed.
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Maine
Horace N. Killam
Johnson uses carrot to settle railroad dispute with railroads
President Johnson signals sympathy to a railroad tax complaint if railroads settle the five year work rules dispute. Railroads seek depreciation on tunnel and grading for tax purposes, potentially saving about 25 million yearly. IRS has denied such depreciation in the past.
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Johnson
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Rabbits and Their Enduring Presence in Modern Times
Experts note rabbits are among the oldest mammals, surviving largely unchanged since ancient times. They thrive in man made habitats, favoring crops and vegetables over woods and marshes, challenging restocking as a sole method to sustain native game and sport.
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WU. S
Possible Soviet successor to Khrushchev Brezhnev rises
Amid internal Soviet struggles speculation grows about a Khrushchev successor. Leonid Brezhnev, protege of Khrushchev, has risen since 1963 as chairman of the presidium and member of the party secretariat, after succeeding Voroshilov as president in 1960. He backed the early successes of the new lands experiment before retreating to Moscow.
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Khrushchev
Leonid Ilvich Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Marshal Voroshilov
Soviet Union
Fol Kozlov
New Lands
Moscow
Soviet cultural drive backfires on Western dances
Moscow reports ten years of attempts by the Communist regime to popularize home grown dances in line with party ideology. The Western named Mashed Potato outshines Slag Heap in Russia, and despite East West tensions, such cultural moves seem to have little impact as the Iron Curtain shifts subtly.
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Moscow
America
Washington grants in aid put under tighter scrutiny
Washington news reports a new Advisory Commission analysis urges reform in federal grants to states and localities. It favors equalizing aid for national policy goals while maintaining minimum service levels, warns against tying funds purely to population, and calls for periodic congressional review amid rising aid totals near 10 to 12 billion dollars annually.
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Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Washington
NEA
Congress
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Advisory Commission
Commission
Boyle's Column Washroom Characters
New York AP column surveys modern office washrooms through a string of vivid personas. Joe McSturdy Angus Anguish The Philosopher Oswald the boy Ronald No.2 The Collector Lonesome Critic The Clod and The Great Man reveal private commerce, vanity, humor, and power dynamics in daily work life.
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New York
Oswald
Ronald
Valhalla
Business progress tracked from 1939 World's Fair gains
The 25 year span since the New York World’s Fair shows broad U S business growth. Population up 46 percent to 191 million and GDP rising from 91 billion to 585 billion in 1963 with 625 billion projected for 1964. Corporate profits, consumer living costs, and stock indexes all climbed notably as major firms like IBM NCR RCA GE Westinghouse and the Big Three automakers expanded dramatically.
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AP Business News
New York
U.S
Down Jones
Tne
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
International Business Machines Corp
National Cash Register
Radio Corp. of America
General Electric
Westinghouse
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and Rates
Biddeford Saco Journal details publisher editor and contact numbers. Subscription rates listed: one month 1.85, six months 10.50, one year 21.00. Associated Press noted for local news and dispatches. Entered second class mail at Biddeford post office Maine.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Hollywood Magic castle withstands time
Ruth Millett notes housework as a woman’s lifelong job, then shifts to Hollywood’s Magic Castle. Milt Larsen restored the 1909 Franklin Avenue mansion, now a Victorian showplace with 62 initial members growing to 800, hosting magicians like Jay Ose who perform at the tables amid an eerie, owl‑statue welcome and ornate interiors.
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Ruth Millett
Hollywood
Milt Larsen
Larsen
Franklin Avenue
Milt
Magic Castle
Jay Ose
Lost identity found during Crazy Manhattan weekend
An amnesiac man named Sam awakens in Central Park on a Saturday. He retraces fragments of his past through encounters with Doris a psychoanalyst, a sailor on leave and two Chinese women in Chinatown, then Greenwich Village Harlem and an Italian wedding. The narrative builds toward uncovering Sam’s missing identity while a social worker aids his recovery. Miles A. Smith
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Evan Hunter
Simon and Schuster
Central Park
Manhattan
Sam
Doris
Sally
Tina
Greenwich Village
Grace
Harlem
The Open Kind-Hearted Tiger memoir of war torn China
Gilbert Stuart with Alan Levy chronicles hairbreadth escapes and brutal adventures across China, Burma, and Manchuria during World War II. From mining camps to guerrilla groups and the Burma Road, a brutal, suspenseful life includes life among peasants, warlords, smugglers, and soldiers.
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Stuart
Burma
Fifth Army
Hunnan
Manchuria
Gilbert Stuart
Alan Levy
Little, Brown
China
England
Australia
Hong Kong
Lennon Turns Writer In His Own Write Novelty
Simon and Schuster markets John Lennon’s In His Own Write as a quirky British novelty. The book blends nonsense humor with odd drawings and playful wordplay reminiscent of Carroll Joyce and Thurber. Critics noted its whimsical poetry and surreal satire, predicting adult fascination despite teen indifference and a possible cultural fad.
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John Lennon
Simon and Schuster
England
Lewis Carroll
James Joyce
James Thurber
Lennon
Malaprop
Miles A. Smith
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers List
A compact listing of crossword clues from Simmers to Sharp turn in a course. Includes entries such as Mythical marine creatures and Pulitzer prize author with cross references to raseence and White povias. Names like Karel Capek appear as examples while other clues describe frame, blessings, and river references.
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Zinsser
Jacob
Farm Riches Straddle State Line For Catches
J Nel son Gibson Jr must buy an out of state license to fish his own 1000 acre farm pond that lies across the North Carolina South Carolina line with his home on the NC side and the pond extending into SC.
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Gibson
N.C
J. Nelson Gibson Jr
North Carolina
South Carolina
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