Bells to ring nationwide for Independence Day observance
Editorial urges a patriotic push to revive Fourth of July bell ringing across the United States and abroad. President Kennedy supports the plan, with Sen. Ribicoff and 19 colleagues backing a Senate resolution. Officials at state and local levels back the effort to honor freedom, urging bells from churches to campuses.
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USO
Kennedy
Eric Hatch
Eric Sloane
Connecticut
Abraham Ribicoff
This Week
Sen. Ribicoff
U. S. Senate
Car Sales Boom Strains Streets and Parking Space
Automobiles sell at a rapid pace with many families owning more than one car. Cities face worsening traffic and parking shortages as garages fill. Officials lag in expanding parking while dealers push more sales, raising a cheeky idea about selling streets to ease the squeeze.
Plush camping for all
A reflective piece traces humans long habit of outdoor living and the modern shift to luxury camping. It notes widespread fees, park services, and abundant equipment aimed at turning camping into homelike living, while asking when automatic comforts undermine true camping.
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Millenia
United States
Public safety vs rights in arrest rights study begins
The American Law Institute will start a five year study into suspects rights after arrest funded by Ford Foundation. Supreme Court rulings have unsettled police and prosecutors who argue federal arraignment delays hinder investigations and may prompt changes to allow delayed confessions or six hour delays. The effort seeks balance between public safety and individual rights.
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The
American Law Institute
Ford Foundation
U. S. Supreme Court
Law Institute
Growth of outdoor living market fuels garden boom
A survey shows many garden enthusiasts dislike gardening yet enter it for status competition and self expression. They fueled a 2.6 billion dollar spend on tools seeds and supplies last year with power mower sales expected to reach 4.3 million. Pesticide and sprinkler sales remain strong signaling continued growth.
Addis Ababa Summit Aims for African Unity and Independence
The Addis Ababa conference May 23 25 will host 32 independent African nations led by Nasser Nkrumah and Ben Bella. Haile Selassie seeks to speed independence unite Africa and draft a universal charter. Topics include defense tariffs currency and economic services with aims of a Pan African Union. United States policy supports unity to stabilize Africa in the UN and counter Balkanization. Africa's total foreign aid last year ranged 2.5 to 3 billion dollars.
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Uikhehane Gaede Sieninekoe
Ben Bella
Tubman
Africa
Angola
Mozambique
Basutoalid
Southwest Africa
Rhodesia
Emperor Haile Selassie
Casablanca
Monrovia
Arab League
Asia
Near East
Addis Ababa
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Black Africa
Sahara
United States
United Nations
Boyle's Column Bathtubs
New York AP notes columns reveal mail insight on credit health and risk factors. Poor credit correlates with higher accident rates while bathtubs claim twice the death toll of pools. Japan’s TV aerial becomes a status symbol among the poor, and lines on neurosis show 35 percent of college-age Americans are enrolled yet a third drop out before degree.
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New York
Japan
Quotation Page On Butterflies to Coffins and More
A quirky column surveys folk beliefs and trivia about everyday life. It notes a butter myth, grim musings on buried lives, a flood of patent applications, gender dynamics at Iowa State, car thefts, coffin use in Korea, appliance lifespans, presidental family sizes, and the resilience of small business alongside four million U.S. firms with under 20 employees.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
U.S. Patent Office
Iowa State University
America
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Arnold H. Glason
U.S
Garbage disposers stir debate across the nation
AP reports households vary by city on using kitchen waste disposers amid drainage concerns and public health questions. Detroit prompts mandatory use while New York bans it. Jasper Indiana cut garbage collection costs and funded a treatment plant. Industry leaders like In-Sink-Erator cite 72 million disposers in use with a seven to ten year life, as builders add more units in new homes.
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AP Business News
New York
California
Midwest
Northeast
Waste King Corporation
Los Angeles
Biddeford Saco Journal masthead and publishing details
Biddeford Saco Journal lists address 11 Adams Street and publisher Marie Paul Casavant with E. P. Ingalls as managing editor. Business and editorial departments phone numbers AT 3-3625 and AT 2-1535. Subscription rates shown: one month 1.85, six months 10.50, one year 21.00. Associated Press member states AP dispatches used for local news. Entry class and postage details noted.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Marie Paul Casavant
E., P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Maine
Picture story houses Pretty but not homes
Ruth Miller argues that glossy magazine homes mislead readers by staged settings. She notes expensive, plant-filled exteriors and arranged rooms create unattainable perfection, urging homemakers to value the real warmth and practicality of their own homes.
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Jim
George
Retirement activities push seniors beyond the armchair
A Cornell sociologist study of 5 000 older adults shows retirees spend about 10 hours daily on leisure with three hours TV and two hours visiting or reading. Few engage in garden, church work, or sports, prompting advice to plan an active postretirement life and seek interests outside the home.
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Cornell University
Martin E
Woman Driver Courage Sparks Editorial Response
A reader letters to People's Forum complains about male drivers, recounting near misses at stop signs on Jefferson and Union streets and a 25 mph zone near Ocean Park road in Saco. She argues not all men are reckless but urges courtesy and adherence to road rules. A Potential Woman Driver.
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Inc Journal
Jefferson Street
Union Street
Ocean Park Road
Saco
TV Satire on NBC Misses Boat and Route 66 Cast Reunites
AP reviews NBC dramatic satire The Legend of Lilah Clare with Tuesday Weld as Elsie Brinkmann and notes television radio coverage choices. It mentions Route 66 and George Maharis returning as a singer on Ed Sullivan Show after hepatitis relapse, with plans for his acting comeback.
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NEW York
NBC
Lilah Clare
Tuesday Weld
Elsie Brinkmann
Minnesota
Merrill Mueller
Cape Canavera
John Chancellor
George Maharis
Maharis
Devemner
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