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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1963
Page
4
Editorial notes Biddeford’s financial crossroads as a $240000 bond issue stalls. City borrowed $218000 for prior notes, complicating legality under the charter. Mayor Pomerleau weighs court or legislative avenues with time running out and little relief in sight.
The piece argues liberals misread history in urging President Kennedy to probe Congress or appeal directly to citizens. It contrasts FDR era fireside chats with modern times, noting a larger, more contented America of 1963 and a population conditioned by prosperity, making dramatic action harder to spark.
The American Medical Association released a rural mental health study describing farmers as accident prone, overworked, and depressed. It notes a frustrated wife with limited outside contact and farmers brooding at home while awaiting a cooperative weatherman.
President Kennedy sat at a large black leather chair during a lunch with the Committee for Economic Development in a Washington hotel. The White House said the chair was chosen to protect his back and was placed at the head of the table with about a dozen officials.
Hal Boyle column humorously recalls a trip to the supermarket where bread leads to a flood of temptations. The narrator and her husband illustrate contrasting shopping styles from bread and okra to gourmet snacks and forgetful missteps.
AP News reports rising pressure on overhauling stock market rules as the Supreme Court questions how much policing power exchanges hold over both members and nonmembers. Congress may codify powers after SEC investigations and calls to protect small investors.
Biddeford Saco Journal lists Adams Street office and publisher Marie Paul Casavant with editor E P Ingalls. It shows telephone lines for business and editorial desks, and subscription rates of $1.85 monthly, $10.50 half year, and $21 yearly. Associated Press rights are noted for local news and dispatches.
A reader endorses forming a Child and Family Guidance Association in Biddeford Saco and Old Orchard Beach. He cites past calls for school psychologists and mental hygiene, urging inclusion of clergy, PTA, administrators, police, and social workers to support home stability and community progress.
Hollywood star Jane Powell, newly divorced, speaks on adapting with the industry. She appears on Perry Como’s show and heads to Arena theaters and Melodyland as The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Powell seeks adult roles, diversifying beyond her Jane Powell persona after two MGM contracts.
Short clues appear in a dated paper style listing numbers and hints for a crosswords page. Read as a compact puzzle card with terse prompts for solve across and down entries.
Ruth Millett notes common social phrases that masquerade as friendliness. She cites examples like casual weight questions and party absences to show how such remarks can impose duties, imply judgments, or brush off others, revealing subtle social pressure.
A Massachusetts act allows residents 65 and older to enroll in university extension courses without tuition, paying only for texts. About 850 seniors this year take courses, with law and languages among the favorites, and many attend classes alongside younger students. The program is echoed by Boston University and a statewide division that offers high school equivalency courses free for seniors, reflecting a broader trend of lifelong learning.
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