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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1965
Page
4
Editorial notes quote from Wentworth Dillon about the difficulty of finding a man of great estate who can distinguish flatterers from true friends. The reflection offers caution about loyalties and social pretenses in public life.
In spring 1965 young graduates find industry knocking at campus gates with attractive starting salaries. Science and engineering grads can earn about 630 dollars a month with perks, while other fields do well. The caution: keep humility. a big ego won't win big jobs.
The AAA reports plans for international travel climbing to postwar highs as airline traffic rises. TWA bookings up 40 percent Atlantic, Pan American 37 percent Atlantic and 170 percent Caribbean, BOAC 25 percent and SAS 20 percent. Despite a government push to stay home, more foreigners visit the U.S. while Americans spend heavily abroad.
The Labor Department counts anyone claiming job search as unemployed, affecting monthly rates. A surge in youths seeking spring and summer work pushed unemployment to 4.9 percent, highlighting the tougher job market as schools end and graduates enter the labor force.
A survey of 110 New York married couples finds husbands should not wash dishes or do laundry. The study focuses on newlyweds and implies attitudes shift after the first anniversary. The piece also jokes about college presidents, golf course exports, and sideline critics.
Washington analysis notes Moscow paraded a 110-foot ICBM with higher range and mobile medium‑range capability. The trend favors mobile, rapid‑response systems and precision smaller yield warheads, with orbital capability for global strike.
Lt. Col. Harry G. Howton, commander of the 311th Air Commando Squadron, dubbed Harry the Horse, runs a busy frontline unit in Da Nang. He and his crew fly C123s on up to ten combat sorties a day, delivering mail, evacuating the wounded, dropping flares, and supplying isolated Vietnamese and U.S. forces while dodging ground fire.
The piece foresees sustained U S economic expansion into the mid 1970s driven by rising per capita income and a booming auto industry led by General Motors. It advocates long term investment in growth common stocks while favoring short term dollar deposits or prime bonds for near term needs. It cites GMs 1965 first quarter sales and a projected GNP rise from 650 billion to 1 trillion by 1975.
A New Jersey couple, George and Marian J, illustrate the need for homemaker services to keep seniors independent. The article notes nationwide shortages, urges expansion, cites New Jersey as a leader with local legislation, and calls readers to contact the National Council for Homemaker Services for guidance.
Dennis crafts a comic novel on marital strain among the privileged with a precocious 10 year old narrator Kerry. The plot centers on a Christmas Day fallout leading to divorce and separate lives for Daddy and Mommy as grandparents and social worlds collide.
A newspaper column blends Law Day observations with reflections on law and freedom. It notes President Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy praise Law Day and explains the 196% theme Up hold the Law A Citizen's First Duty while recounting local civic events. A side item covers Ren City Vehicle Supt Jess Stephens urging automatic transmissions for patrol cars to ease gear issues.
The Biddeford-Seco Journal presents a reader question about investment strategy. C.E.Q. replies that diversification is not advised, urging focus on core holdings in American Telephone and Telegraph and General Motors rather than spreading funds.
Crossword entries include definitions for court messenger predicates and Latin phrases. The list spans clues from 50 to 63 with words such as lat, mas, and abbess alongside abbreviations and color terms for arts and letters.
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