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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1962
Page
4
Editorial page presents a pithy thought from John Singer Sargent about the price of portrait painting. It reflects on artistic friendships and the personal cost of creative work in a concise, reflective line.
Bruce Biossat argues that top colleges report rising high school quality. Cal Tech president Dr Lee A DuBridge cites 1961 freshmen outperforming 1951 peers in English math and physics. MIT and Cal Tech data show public school origins dominate, challenging private school bias.
A Senate committee rejects reducing drug patent life from 17 to three years, arguing it would crush pharmaceutical research. A leading company announces plans to spend over 15.5 million on research this year, eight percent above 1961, with international expansion including England Canada and Mexico. Scientists pursue new drugs and better absorption and dosage forms, aiming for healthier longer lives.
Deep oil exploration in the United States cost $150 million in 1961 for wells below 15 000 feet. 243 wells exceeded that depth, totaling about four million feet drilled. Average deep well cost was $617 000, with one at $1 750 000. Eighty one thousand dollars worth of drilling muds per well and 15 325 drilling bits were used. Most deep wells pursued development rather than wildcatting, and 26 of 84 exploratory wells produced. Some dentists remove teeth, yet getting kids to the dentist remains like pulling teeth.
The Burma regime under Gen Ne Win ousted Premier U Nu and expelled Western influence. A U S trade mission reports growth potential but warns progress hinges on private industry follow up through trade associations. The mission visited Rangoon Mandalay Moulmein Myitkyina and Taunggyi and focused on establishing contacts rather than sealing deals. Bradley Murray led the effort with prior missions to Nigeria Chile Afghanistan and Rhodesia Nyasaland.
AP News Analyst SAM DAWSON outlines how a presidential advisory panel urges more White House power to intervene in national emergency strikes. The panel's split on labor management rules shows a broader dispute over monopoly power in unions, and how far government should curb inflationary wage demands.
Garry Moore marks his 5000th national network broadcast as a towering star in radio and television. Morfit, 47, speaks of gratitude, longevity, and a philosophy of staying humble and grateful while continuing to work with legends like Duke Ellington and Ed Wynn.
Biddeford Saco Journal lists address at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine Marie Paul Casavant publisher T J Mahoney editor with telephone numbers for business and editorial desks. Subscription rates show one month 1.85 six months 10.50 one year 21.00. Associated Press rights noted for local news and dispatches.
A congressman jokingly proposed a Navy wives academy to rate social status and curb spendthrift habits. The piece mockingly outlines courses on small talk entertaining economically and looking like a million on less, with refreshers as status trends shift.
Paul Harvey denounces northern journalists and activists as hypocrites using phrases like glass houses and carpetbaggers. He argues they distorted Southern issues while ignoring urban violence and discrimination in the North, urging awareness of manipulation and reversal of aid.
A compact crossword style list of across and down clues covering dairy themed terms and general knowledge. Includes hints for words like sibilant signal man of Hebron and various geographic and linguistic entries.
A compact poem notes a dog not leashed and the certainty of events around a figure, with imagery of fur and burled hair. The voice reflects on identity whether male or female and references Sarah Bridge Graves.
Jack Lemmon says films must be all three comedy drama and romance and cites The Apartment and Days of Wine and Roses as examples. He notes the triangle about a man a woman and alcohol and praises Lee Remick and the TV origins of Days of Wine and Roses.
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