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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1960
Page
4
The page presents a thought on harmony between natural existence and spiritual belief, highlighting the interconnection of everyday life with inner values. It emphasizes balance, moral conduct, and the pursuit of truth as guiding principles.
Bruce Biossat notes Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon failed to gain traction in the Maryland primary. Morse attracted only 20 percent of the Kennedy Morse vote and 17 percent of the total Democratic vote, revealing limited national appeal. He campaigns as a liberal lone voice while eyeing Oregon Senate reelection in 1962 and seeks to undermine Kennedy.
Report from a McCall's Congress on Better Living shows 100 delegates criticizing chrome and luxury in favor of practical features. Delegates call for higher seats, safer designs, easier tire changes, labeled engine parts, and speed controls on highways. Two Maine delegates identified as Mrs. Robert F. Clifford and Mrs. Martin S. Plavin attend.
Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports the Tennessee Valley Authority, once seen as a socialistic gamble, now attracts major Wall Street interest. Congress allowed up to 750 million dollars in TVA bonds to finance a four year plan adding three million kilowatts, with 150 million already financed. Four syndicates bid on taxable bonds, guided by Lehman Brothers and First Boston, amid historical ties to Dixon Yates and Strauss. TVA chairman Gen Herbert Vogel cites heavy private investment near a billion dollars in TVA waterfront factories since 1933.
Maine will participate in the eighth annual Slow Down and Live campaign opening Memorial Day May 30 with Sergeant Ralph E. Hanson as State Safety Coordinator. The program runs through Labor Day September 5 and urges motorists to avoid the fatal five violations excessive speed improper passing failure to yield and following too closely. The slogan HIGHWAY SAFETY Makes driving FUN is promoted with support from enforcement agencies and local governments.
HAL BOYLE notes advertising colleague Stephen Baker argues a dog can help a single woman meet men. He suggests breed matches to personality, warns against certain dogs, and says a mutt with a monogrel partner yields a perfect marriage.
Ruth Mullett argues against overemphasizing a perpetual happy family image. She suggests parents must value adult needs, allow solo time, and let each member pursue personal interests. A home should balance togetherness with individual space, safeguarding parents' relaxation and personal growth.
Oregon counties revive WPA style programs to require welfare recipients to work for aid, citing morale gains and reduced welfare costs. About 200 recipients have been put to work mainly clearing brush and performing part time janitorial tasks. critics warn of creeping socialism but supporters call it a lesser evil. The experiment spans 8 of 36 counties with mixed results and questions about attendance and private sector work shifts.
Poems describe a calm spring day seen from a hospital window at Trull with bare trees turning green. A robin and mate build a nest as clouds pass and sun returns, bringing gratitude for trees birds and blooming lawns, noted by Lucy W Pay and Mrs Day.
AP reports business aircraft as a rising rival to commercial airlines. FAA calls corporate fleets the fastest growing aviation sector with 24 000 business planes now and projections above 40 000 by decade's end. Growth driven by safety records, but pilot training and turboprop jet adoption loom as challenges.
The Little Lit craft Association suggests on the job training as a potential solution. The article notes companies buy planes to move men and equipment quickly, independent of flight schedules, to keep executives mobile, and to save money for traveling.
A compact rundown of crossword items with numbered across and down clues. Includes names, places, terms, and prompts such as successors to kings, musical terms, anatomical hints, and biographical references for solving a cryptic style grid.
In Toms River New Jersey AP report Wen Richard McEvoy signs his name on water colors and oils to receive applause. As a state trooper with a highway radar unit he signs at traffic summons and inspires a different reaction.
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