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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1961
Page
4
Editorial note cites Mohandas Gandhi stating that a man loses his freedom only through his own weakness. Short reflection appears on the page as a meditation for readers.
Charles St Rhyne leads the American Bar Association's Committee on World Peace Through Law aiming to widen international law. A June conference in San Jose will gather 23 Western Hemisphere nations to push for a global legal framework and regional courts, despite a weak World Court.
The piece argues major welfare expansion in Congress would cost 21 to 72 plus billion dollars over four years, depending on who estimates. It warns funding via higher taxes or deficit spending risks inflation, debt, and reduced growth, urging restraint to avoid overburdening the economy amid a tense world situation.
The piece argues that strong police court and citizen cooperation can curb violence as shown in Philadelphia. American Stores reports two years with no armed holdups after an aggressive partnership with law enforcement, following nearly 100 gunpoint robberies and 83 bandits jailed, 11 for life, illustrating deterrence through punishment and community action.
Across clues mix abbreviations and definitions from tree coverings to notable figures and places. Readable entries include many archaic spellings and partial phrases, requiring solver knowledge of cross references and vocabulary to complete the full puzzle.
A collection of quips and vignettes from Washington featuring Senator Dirksen on a new day in the Post Office, Secretary Freeman’s PR shift, Bailey’s Saints and Sinners tale, the Peace Corps joke, and a Thurmond rally spoof. It includes a constituent’s humorous note to Rep Widnall and a mock letter to Chairman Keating.
In a New York AP interview John Steinbeck, age 59 and author of 27 books, discusses global shock, shifting authority, and a life of prolific writing. He previews The Winter of Our Discontent, reflects on aging, and notes his habit of daily prose in worn ledgers, which he sometimes discards.
Ruth Millett notes a Nottingham hotel case shows how adding men changes female dynamics and lifts mood. The AP analysis explores Khrushchev's renewed push for consumer goods and how Soviet policy could steer oil and goods to global markets, challenging American firms.
Dear readers answer on why 65 year olds with earnings face limits. Traces 1935 concept of foundation security, 1952 1200 annual limit, 1939 15 dollar monthly rule, and 1950 50 dollar, 1952 75 dollar steps. Notes future possibility of removing limit and cost implications.
The piece recounts how the 1961 Bay of Pigs plan, driven by Kennedy McNamara Lemnitzer Dulles and Rusk with Bundy present, relied on an uprising that never happened. It notes Senate reactions, CIA information claims, and key reasons the White House pressed ahead amid uncertainty and risk.
Biddeford Saco Journal at 11 Adams Street bids daily edition except Sundays in Biddeford Maine with Paul Casavant publisher and T J Mahoney editor. Subscription rates payable in advance include one month 1.85 six months 10.50 and one year 21.00. Associated Press rights note and postal details provided.
A short poem speaks to a daughter sending Easter wishes to her mother Mae Atwater Phillips. The card features spring imagery of ruby red tulips and green leaves. The speaker folds in a vow of enduring love to mothers everywhere in all lands and climes.
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