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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1959
Page
4
A quotation on the page praises the pure affection of a nine year old. Author Holman Francis Day is cited for the line about honest love. The segment reflects period editorial voice and moral tone typical of the era.
Bruce Biossat portrays John Foster Dulles as a tireless, bold architect of American foreign policy who gave decades to the globe. In six Eisenhower years he logged about 540000 miles, shaping policy, defending free nations, and facing criticism for his hard line against totalitarian forces.
M. C. Chagla, former chief justice of the Bombay high court and new Indian ambassador to the United States, says Lincoln embodies American idealism for Indians. He plans to visit every state to understand the American people, notes Indian reverence seen from Madras. He criticizes limited foreign news in American papers and emphasizes warmth toward India and its democracy.
Washington neared a two billion dollar recovery by June 30 from Renegotiation Act efforts on defense contracts. Since 1958, government action has returned 1.5 billion in excessive profits and 818 million in voluntary refunds across 3,202 cases, with further gains expected this fiscal year.
AP reports the US holds about 20 billion dollars in gold at Fort Knox, far from 25 billion in 1949. Increasing the gold price to raise its value could back the currency with more gold, potentially doubling prices of goods, aiding mining stock, and broadening international currency adjustments.
AP News analyst James Marlow reflects on John Foster Dulles who died after six years as secretary of state. He credits Dulles with preserving peace and containing communism despite mounting global tensions from isolation to a nuclear era, noting the shift from two separate worlds to a single global order shaped by missiles and Cold War pressures.
Ten years ago in Biddeford Sanford and surrounding towns were visited or residents traveled. Notable items include Rev Br Thomas of St Ignatius High School in Sanford visiting Biddeford. Mrs Alma Bellefeuille and children from Graham Street Biddeford toured Montreal. Police Chief Leo Farrington of Old Orchard nee took a business trip to Boston. Robert Law of Hampton NH returns home after visiting his grandmother Mrs Annie Yalinsky in Sandy Beach. Virgil A Burnham is installed as president of the Biddeford Saco Camera Club at its first annual banquet. Harold G Lee and Viola Lee of Saco purchase the house and land of Bernice Mills in Saco. Mr and Mrs L Brasse of Acorn Street Biddeford depart for New York to visit the World’s Fair. Alfred Bolduc Gene Palmer and Roland Bolduc attend a business convention at the Eastland Hotel Portland. Frank Stewart of Aberdeen Scotland visiting his sister Mrs William Prescott of Middle Street leaves for New York then Britain. Mrs Jessie Rice of 35 Mechanic Street returns from New Jersey. Miss Agnes Connelly Elizabeth Seidel and Mrs William Acton attend a literary convention at St Joseph Academy Deer ing. Simeon Daigneault of Alfred Street Biddeford takes a business trip. City Marshal William A Hobson moves from Cutts Avenue to Elm Street in Saco. Mrs Frank M Irving and granddaughter Dorothy Stone of Biddeford return from a visit to Popham Beach. The Eagles Nest cottage at Biddeford Pool, formerly Frank Cole, is sold to Stockton Butler of Cincinnati. William Goodwin of Waterboro moves to Saco to make his home.
The piece surveys Dulles diplomacy after Stalin's death and the hydrogen bomb era, noting evolving Soviet tactics, missile power, and the West's reaction. It then shifts to retirement advisory programs, highlighting firms like Retirement Advisors, Inc., and their services for active and retired workers, with a call to obtain a Social Security handbook.
A doctor reports hypnosis helped forty two women shed a half ton of fat. The piece notes the women’s self- induced dieting mindset and their fixation on calories as they attend reducing salons and exercise classes.
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