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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1962
Page
4
The page urges readers to seek counsel from two eras. It contrasts ancient wisdom with modern insight, asking what timeless guidance remains best for today. It frames reflection as a dialogue between past and present to inform contemporary choices.
The April unemployment drop hides a growing need for skilled workers as automation expands. Insurance firms seek 3,000 college graduates this June, with many roles beyond sales. Data processing and high school programs could open 500,000 jobs in the coming decade, elevating demand for systems analysts and researchers. Education becomes the overarching answer.
Washington report notes President Kennedy joins Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen at Blair House for a birthday song. Anecdotes include a prohibitionist PM telling a wet joke from Oslo and remarks from Rear Adm. Galantin promoting Polaris to Navy families. Goldwater taunts voters with a joke about checks and women.
An editorial in Chain Store Age notes discount houses will expand but will not dominate. It cites 2,200 supermarkets, 650 variety and drug stores, 1,100 restaurant chains, and 8.9 hundred other chain stores opening in 1962. Established retailers must offer fair prices, service, and good stock.
The first joint effort by wholesalers and retailers showcases the American food industry at the Fifth International Food Congress in September at the New York Coliseum. An expected $50,000 exhibit will attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to highlight safe, inexpensive, varied food supply and share insights for international observers to emulate the American system. The piece argues mass distribution underpins daily life and urges producers and retailers across sectors to tell their stories as a continual public service.
The Automobile Association urges would be roadside artists to limit decorating to backyards. It warns that defacing public property can bring fines and prompts highway inspectors to report such activity to authorities as summer tourism rises in New England.
AP TV critic notes NBC's Show of the Week delivers an adult war drama titled A Sound of Hunting starring Sal Mineo amid mixed results. The piece compares past TV westerns and repeats like Gunsmoke and The Rifleman, and previews Ben Casey Tonight Show.
In a critique on speculative buying, Harry C. France argues investors chase high growth stocks like IBM, Polaroid, and Tex Instruments, ignoring dividends and safer yields. He cites a $5,000 IBM purchase that turned into a paper loss and urges diversified, income‑producing choices with solid firms. He prescribes a three‑part starter plan: $1,000 in a savings bank, adequate life insurance, and equities in leading enterprises with dependable returns and growth.
Forum exchange shows a reader offering $5,000 in 1964 U S Treasury notes. Answer suggests selling around 1034 and buying Treasury 3 12 s of 1990 at about 92. Copyright 1962 General Features Corp.
A proposed federal aid bill would fund personal and family counseling and other services for the elderly, blind, and disabled on public welfare. The government would cover 75 percent of costs with states and local agencies sharing the rest, aiding about 12 million on old age assistance or public assistance and Social Security benefits. The plan emphasizes comprehensive services beyond cash payments and renames the Bureau of Public Assistance to the Bureau of Family Services.
A high school poetry winner poem urges renewing faith with laughter and song. It praises counting blessings and seeing life as a gift from a higher power, noting hardships forge valiance and truth. The author is Claire Nadeau of 33 Beacon Avenue, St. Joseph.
Ruth Millett notes letters from salespeople, mostly women, defending selling. Shoppers critique sales staff and merchandise, treat shopping as a time killer, make rude remarks, handle items carelessly, and act superior. The piece argues buyers lose right to complain if guilty of these faults.
In Phoenix AP report, Lancaster, fed up with a neighbor boy, seated him before an automatic washer with a glass front and claimed the boy watched the entire Sea Hunt program, including the final rinse cycle.
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