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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1963

Page

4

Thought for Evening Editorial on Prayer and Chapel

The piece presents a Defoe quip about religious spaces, noting that wherever God erects a house of prayer the Devil builds a chapel and that the latter often gathers the larger crowd upon examination. It delivers a cautionary mat

Daniel Defoe

Divorce Statistics Raise Questions About Methods

A 1960s US comparison shows 390000 divorces, about one in 109 marriages, but the figure varies by method. It notes many marriages and divorces repeat and quotes impact on over 850000 children, urging caution and effort to make marriages work.

USPHS U. S

Humidity in Winter Homes and Comfort

The article explains how indoor humidity shifts with seasons, stressing low moisture in winter and high in summer. Ideal winter relative humidity is 40 to 50 percent, but can drop to 15 percent, causing shrinkage of floors and furniture and affecting breathing. It offers remedies such as showers with doors open, drying clothes, and consulting a heating engineer with a hygrometer to raise humidity to comfortable levels.

Concord Supersonic Airliner Set to Transform Travel

An Anglo French Concord will fly faster than sound before 1970, cutting New York to London to under three hours. It will rise 15 miles up, carry passengers, and redefine time though many technical hurdles remain. American firms lag but study U S fighters for speed lessons. first to market wins huge orders. Progress faces heat barriers and sound bang issues as designers push toward a unique future in air travel.

Concord New York London U. S

Washington News Voters Get Capitol Assist

Washington reporters note how constituents seek help from Rep. James Harvey and others on quirky problems. Examples include sil verfish insects, ants on laundry day, and cabbage quantities for cole slaw. Responses show ties to agriculture, Capitol chefs, and state officials.

Washington Staff Newspaper Enterprise Assn Washington Congress James Harvey R-Mich Harvey Agriculture Department

Leon Ames Joins Mister Ed as Next Door Neighbor

Hollywood AP reports actor Leon Ames will replace the late Larry Keating as Alan Young's neighbor on CBS Mister Ed. Ames, who has two grown children, finds the role ideal and humorous as he moves into town with his wife and a critical eye on Ed, the talking horse. He starred in Life With Father and Father of the Bride on TV, calling Father of the Bride a miserable experience.

Bob Thomas Hollywood Leon Ames Ames Larry Keating Alan Young Alan Leon Father Father Day Elizabeth Taylor Margaret O'Brien Jane Powell MGM

Modern schools as brains factories and remote control

Babson Park Massachusetts essay argues that schools should be efficient, factory like systems guided by electronics and automation. It urges teachers and parents to empower students with reading writing and arithmetic to harness inner potential and control self development as a learning factory.

Babson Park Mass Emer Babson Gloucester

Letter to the editor on Halloween theft at Bradbury Street

A mother recounts an incident on Halloween where a sack with candy was snatched from her nine year old son by an assailant with two accomplices. She notes the theft occurred near St Joseph's Church parking lot and expresses outrage, calling for accountability and better parental guidance. Police were notified and a suspect aged around 16 or 17 is hoped to be caught.

Journal Bradbury Street St. Joseph's Church

It’s a job for all of us in Maine cleaning effort

An editorial lauds the Governor’s Committee to Keep Maine Scenic led by Richard H. Woodbury for mobilizing statewide support to spruce Maine. It urges civic, fraternal, and religious clubs to organize local efforts, catalog abandoned buildings, and form task forces to physically clean up eyesores through coordinated barn-raisings and community work.

Earle Doucette Maine Richard H. Woodbury Portland Woodbury Triangle Fish and Game Association Mechanics Falls Governor's Committee To

Ogunquit author writes of Conspiracy in new novel

Ogunquit writer David O Woodbury-Dev in Adair releases Five Days to Oblivion a thriller featuring Dean Riam head of science at a tech institute. The plot follows the disappearance of a nuclear scientist tied to a top secret defense project, with FBI agent Reggie Wayne aiding in direct action against conspirators by a Maine lake and offshore Russian fishing activity. A laboratory scene shows a computer solving an identification riddle.

David O. Woodbury Devin Adair Ogunquit Dean Riam U. S FBI Reggie Wayne Maine Ian Fleming E. Phillips Oppenheim

Biddeford Saco Journal civic masthead note

Biddeford Saco Journal lists publication details including address 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine. Names W Paul Casavant president and E P Ingalls managing editor. Mentions telephone numbers, subscription rates and Associated Press status.

Adams Street Biddeford Maine The Journal Publishing Corp W. Paul Casavant E. P. Ingalls Associated Press

Lyndon Moon Sale Shows White House Moon Push

Paul Harvey critiques Vice President Lyndon Johnson's push to fund a moon program at twenty billion dollars. He notes Houston's spaceport profits, questions the cost, and compares moon hype to pole expeditions, urging Congress to avoid waste and favor domestic investments.

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