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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1964
Page
4
A reflection on a federation of all humanity and social justice to secure health education and equal opportunity. The author argues such a framework would unleash vast human energy and mark a new phase in history.
In his new book On Dealing With the Communist World, George F. Kennan says the once monolithic Communist world is now polycentric. He warns against black and white thinking and urges the West to guide communist evolution by embracing liberalizing currents across regimes including Russia. This shift offers both hope and a test for statecraft.
A disclosure by the Automobile Manufacturers Association notes 1967 American cars to feature built in exhaust purifiers to reduce pollutants. California leads in strict rules and pollution, spurring auto device improvements. Despite gains, smog remains where climate and geography trap pollutants, but progress lessens the grimy environment.
A Dallas County jail riot stemmed from inadequate phone access for prisoners. Officials found only a few phones served all inmates, highlighting underphone conditions as the root cause rather than equipment, switchboard delays, or high bills.
A Havana report accuses Fidel Castro of conscripting children to harvest sugar cane. A 12 year old is said to average 7,500 pounds daily, slashing with a machete as younger peers struggle to keep pace in Cuba’s workers’ paradise.
U S planners monitor rising discontent in East Germany and Eastern Europe. They foresee a weakened Soviet bloc and possible independent moves by Romania Hungary and Czechoslovakia while weighing risks of action versus war. The United States fears loss of credibility abroad if it does not respond to uprisings.
Hollywood interview with Pola Negri in Beverly Hills recalls Rudolph Valentino as the great love of her life. She praises his mystique virility and screen charisma while noting personal losses and investments in San Antonio. The star reflects on Valentino’s enduring allure and the era’s adoring female fans. Hal Boyle is on vacation.
AP analysis notes the dollar outflow is set to rise after a brief improvement in early 1964. Prospects point to a widening gap between incoming and outgoing funds driven by rising imports, farm export slowdowns, and heavier American spending abroad as tourism and consumer purchases climb. Investment fund outflows also rebound in April.
Ruth Millett argues investors forum should rethink women roles while noting some women display poise and skill in grooming, social tact, and household leadership. The piece contrasts different types of achiever and cautions against harsh self judgement for not matching others.
The American Medical Association offers nine rules for wives of retired husbands. Highlights advise sharing household duties, avoiding constant reminders of retirement, encouraging independence, not rushing marriage to new hobbies, avoiding competition, allowing him kitchen duties, permitting his own quarters, not treating him as helpless, and embracing retirement as a new chapter rather than an end. These tips aim to improve harmony as spouses adjust to life after work.
Reader letters critique H R 7152 the so called Rights Act of 1963 and warn of constitutional risks. Charles Johnson cites concerns over jury trials private property speech press rights and federal overreach into employer discretion and state powers in a one sided public forum letter from E. McLean Johnson.
Biddeford Saco Journal details the publishing office at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with W Paul Casavant as publisher and E P Ingalls as managing editor plus telephone numbers for departments. Subscription rates are set at 1 month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and notes AP exclusive rights to local news and dispatches.
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