Education bent on retraining unemployed workers in Virginia
Virginia State College at Norfolk launches a combined research and retraining effort to help long term unemployed, many lacking basic literacy, find usable jobs. A year program is funded by a special grant after initial recruitment showed illiteracy barriers in hotel, auto, masonry and metal trades.
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Peter Edson
Washington
New Enterprise Assn
Virginia State College
Norfolk
Manpower Training Act
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kennedy
Senate
House
Cational
National Defense Education
Ing
Youth Conservation Corps
It's up to the Senate To save our Sundays
The Maine House postponed the MacGregor bill ending Sunday shopping for large retailers. The editorial urges Senate action with statesmanship, noting the religious angle and the Sabbath as a day of rest. It calls readers to contact their senator to influence the outcome.
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Senate
Maine
House of Representatives
House
Horsepower Replaced by Machines Across Modern Life
A nostalgia essay recalls how horses once powered much of work in the United States. Today over 75 million motor vehicles and vast machine use dominate, with planes and factories contributing billions of horsepower. Muscles now perform only about 1 percent of work, while machines provide 99 percent.
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United States
After Khrushchev what follows in Soviet leadership
The piece argues Kozlov’s illness remains secret creating uncertainty about Khrushchev’s successor. It notes Kozlov as a favored but not guaranteed choice and suggests a power struggle is likely. The incoming leader may differ from past leaders and be wary of Western coexistence while strengthening ideological resolve, requiring US vigilance.
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Frol Kozlov
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Kozlov
Red China
U. S
Bathing Through The Ages From Babylon To Modern Showers
A trade association traces bathing origins back 5000 years to Babylonian tubless baths and notes Roman marble bathtubs with silver and gold fittings. Earliest American tubs were log enclosures, with enamel iron introduced about 1870. Modern showers and soaps broaden bathing after ancient luxury.
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America
Crop prospects improve as 1963 yields rise
Agricultural statisticians say drought fears are unfounded and more than adequate crops will be harvested in 1963. Only citrus and a few crops damaged by winter freezes fall below normal, while total wheat exceeds annual demand. Surplus carryovers and increased government stocks are expected across many crop categories.
When I Grow Old by Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett urges middle aged readers to plan a positive aging path. The list includes staying appearance aware listening more, preserving independence, making friends, seeking the good in others, avoiding bitterness about the past, helping those less fortunate, embracing each day as a gift, and using mind hands and heart as long as possible.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Boyle's Column Double-breasted Suits By Hal Boyle
A rapid survey of quirky facts and wry observations spans cars, life expectancy, fashion, and quirks of daily life. The column riffs on parking, aging, wages, and odd historical tidbits, noting trends in car culture and social humor with pithy lines and aphorisms.
Easy On Your Eyes Readers Guide For Aging Visions
Community notice explains books printed in larger type aid aging readers. It highlights a 600-title list from New England Council of Optometrists and Massachusetts Library Association, priced at 35 cents, plus tips on lighting and eye care for reading and TV watching.
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New England Council of Optometrists
Massachusetts Library Association
Councils of Optometrists
U.S
New England Council of Optomere
Tremont St
Boston
Martin E. Cope to Lead Future Columns
Martin E. Cope, care of this paper, will answer questions of widest interest in future columns. He invites readers to submit topics and signals ongoing discussion of public concerns and community affairs through planned syndicated pieces.
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Martin E. Cope
Acres of Diamonds in the Stock Market Forum
A physician with an endowment matures and considers investing in top stocks. He selects ten major equities held by his insurer, totaling over 100 million dollars, and asks why they aren’t good for him. The piece argues for broader stock ownership and outlines the need for more individual equity holders alongside bonds.
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America
American Can
American Telephone
Bethelehem Steel
General Motors
International Harvester
Sears, Roebuck
Southern California
Edison
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Union Carbide
U. S. Steel
United States
Ford
Chrysler
Russell H. Gonwell
Talk with your Dean Write letters to exchange firms
Biddeford-Seco Journal presents a brief promotional line urging readers to contact a Dean and write to a dozen New York Exchange firms to share their ambitions. The note appears amid standard newspaper masthead and subscription information.
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New York Exchange
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Facts
Crossword includes numerous imperfect terms and errors. Readable entries suggest clues for discards insignia veteran America golfer performer arts vibrating effect living degree archaic truly city Oklahoma etc. The list contains many misspellings and garbled phrases making precise solutions unreliable.
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America
Oklahor
Abbi
Minnesota Twins
Letters show Biddeford tax dodge and bond delay
A reader letters column questions when Biddeford will truly pay for new fire engines and last year’s county tax. The writer accuses the current and past administrations of delaying payments, shifting bills and high interest to the next year, plus a 25 percent property tax rise this year.
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Biddeford
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Security For
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Martin E. Segal
Retirement Advisors, Inc
Scranton
Investors Forum
Biddeford - Seco
Adams Street
Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
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