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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1961
Page
4
Thought for the Evening reflects on freedom as a defining legacy, citing a quotation attributed to William Harvard about passing liberty to future generations. The brief editorial voice echoes civic duty and national pride.
Bruce Biossat reflects on Project Mercury astronauts as precise, dedicated space technicians. He praises Alan Shepard and six colleagues for their skill, teamwork, and poise, arguing their rigor embodies American scientific leadership and a free society's strengths amid global tensions.
President Keith Funston of the New York Stock Exchange cites a new survey showing strong public backing for tax measures that spur investment and growth. The survey finds 10 to 1 support from shareowners and 5 to 1 from nonshareowners to keep the dividend exclusion, with similar margins for preserving the tax credit on remaining dividend income.
Economists use barometers like retail trade to gauge the economy. Mass distribution partners with mass production, enabling efficient sale through high volume at low unit profits. Chains pioneered this model, expanding to food, clothing, household wares, and more, delivering huge consumer savings and higher living standards.
The Ad Council distributes The Promise of America to counter recession psychology. The free booklet, obtainable by writing Box 330 New York 18 NY Today, argues foreign trade supports jobs and paints a picture of a long growth period for America's factories. The piece notes golf as a polite pastime and urges optimism.
Washington dispatch details a wholesale turnover at the State Department under the Kennedy era. A new White House team guides foreign policy, with many top officials replaced and few holdovers. Diplomats face reassignment as 57 ambassadors nominated, 41 still from Eisenhower era contemplate moves.
New York AP column presents a series of farmer oriented quips and vignettes. It satirizes government farm policy bank debt hunger for education and modern life contrasts. It mocks rural nostalgia and urban dependence with punchy jokes and ironic twists.
AP Business News Analyst Sam Dawson discusses how novice and part time investors chase quick profits, facing losses from bad judgment and manipulation. The SEC plans to probe the American Exchange and tighten rules as authorities scrutinize specialists and trading in volatile markets.
AP analysis notes U S pressure to win broad loyalty in backward nations amid rising anti American sentiment. Kennedy warns the tide is unfavorable and cites Laos Cuba Korea and Vietnam as flashpoints. It argues aid must push rapid reforms or risk revolutions and stronger Communist appeals.
The poem by Mabel M Emery celebrates spring with images of shad bushes blooming in woods bullfrogs croaking wren brown tassels on alders and ferns unfurling green fronds signifying winter’s end and new life.
Biddeford Saco Journal published daily except Sunday in Biddeford Maine with publisher Paul Casavant and editor T J Mahoney. Rates: one month 1 85 six months 10 50 one year 21 00. AP member with local news and dispatches republished.
A fragmented crossword puzzle list presents multiple clues with partial answers. Items include Cooperative for American Remittance Everywhere, German numeral One, Danish "Katherine," and entries for Excessive, Parts of Australia, symbols like hammer and sickle, and various others with remnants of phrases and numbers. The text is unreadable in places, offering a collage of words and partial phrases without full solutions.
Ruth Millett argues in a 1950s tone that women often stretch the truth to flatter men. She cites Dr Joseph H Peck on honesty and asks whether absolute candor would help or harm dating dynamics and how women keep men feeling young by softening truths.
Paul Harvey warns that within a decade about one thousand U S cities could lack pure drinking water as industry and agriculture deplete supplies. He cites Dr Arthur Miller and various research efforts to desalinate brackish water, outlines costs, and notes Great Lakes contamination while detailing projected consumption growth and a multi-billion dollar funding need.
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