Editorial on Valachi hearing and organized crime impact
The piece argues Valachi’s testimony confirms Mafia reach in the United States and questions how authorities can disrupt a billion dollar empire. It notes risks of unreliable testimony, the need for corroborating witnesses, and potential public official complicity, urging broader cooperation to dismantle Cosa Nostra.
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U. S. Senate
United States
Capone
Senate Committee
Justice Department
Committee
Department
Valachi
Underworld
Vito Genovese
Cosa Nostra
Mafia
Mob
Unione Sicilione
Syndicate
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Don’t give fire a place to start this week
A dramatic appeal during Fire Prevention Week urges readers to examine habits and remove fire hazards at home. It cites costly annual losses and lives lost to preventable fires and calls for immediate action to protect families and homes.
Flogging in 1845 Boston Schools and the Woodshed Aired
The piece questions today’s discipline by comparing 1845 Boston school flogging rates with current beliefs. It notes 54 floggings daily in a 400 pupil school and over 13 percent of pupils flogged on average, alongside scoldings and punishments, then ponders implications for delinquency and nostalgia. It humorously critiques pensions and aging wisdom while observing sports and politics lags.
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Boston
Civil rights drive launches toward Thanksgiving weekend
Washington leaders plan nationwide push to press Congress for strong civil rights legislation this year. Local campaigns target about 100 doubtful congressmen with delegations to sit in galleries during key votes while meeting in districts. Roy Wilkins rejects sit-ins and a countrywide boycott, urging focused action and timely passage in 1963. The U S Commission on Civil Rights reports limited progress on housing, education, and employment integration, urging stronger remedies and noting desegregation delays despite the 1962 executive order.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
March On
Congress
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
U. S. Commission On Civil Rights
Senate
Supreme Court
TV And Radio Scoreboard Sees Mixed Debuts For New Season
AP Television writer Cynthia Lowry notes 31 of 32 new programs launched with 17 hits or maybes and 14 misses. CBS tops with Danny Kaye Judy Garland, Petticoat Junction, Arrest and Trial, The Fugitive, Greatest Show on Earth, Farmer’s Daughter. NBC’s Mr Novak and Hollywood and the Stars look promising.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
CBS
Danny Kaye
Judy Garland
ABC
NBC
Phil Silvers
Channing
Breaking Point
Grindl
Imogene Coca
Bill Dana
Glynis
Jerry Lewis
Jimmy Dean
Dean
Jaimie McPheeters
Memory betrays age in Boyle column reminiscence
Hal Boyle reflects on memory as a hidden betrayer of age in a New York AP column. He lampoons past fashions and attitudes, recalling Mt Everest impossibility, four minute miles, and 1920s to midcentury life, urging readers to guard their recollections against nostalgia.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Bond in love and danger in a Blofeld plot
Ian Fleming’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service presents Bond entangled with Tracy and her crime father Marc-Ange as Blofeld schemes in a Swiss Alpine resort laboratory. The pursuit features speed cars, peril on ski slopes, and a dramatic final showdown mixing romance and espionage in a tense, adrenaline fueled thriller. The work is noted as formula fiction delivering high excitement and suspense.
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HER Majesty’s Secret Service
Ian Fleming
New American Library
James Bond
Teresa
Tracy
Marc-Ange
Bond
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Spectre
Blofeld
Swiss Alps
Fleming
Economic forecasts mix as 1964 outlook forms
AP analysis notes that predictions for 1964 are similar across analysts. A likely early tax cut could lift consumer spending and industrial output, while questions linger about whether the upturn hides underlying weaknesses. Momentum, housing, durable goods, and steel trends shape a cautious but optimistic view.
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead and Rates
Biddeford Saco Journal published daily except Sunday at Biddeford Maine by The Journal Publishing Corp W Paul Casavant president E P Ingalls managing editor. Subscription rates payable in advance one month 185 six months 1050 one year 2100. Member of Associated Press AP news distributed retained for local news.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
The
Journal Publishing Corp
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Pauli Harvey on checks and balances in gun choices
Paul Harvey compares his hunt for the ideal shotgun with Pentagon procurement. He argues no single gun fits all needs and praises blending veteran expertise with civilian testing while warning against abandoning military judgment for trendsetters. He cites the TFX contract as an example of costly civilian overreach.
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Paul Harvey
Paul
Pentagon
TFX
Latin America
Praise for Animals in St Francis Day Letter
A reader in Saco urges kindness to animals and recalls St Francis of Assisi and Henry W. Longfellow. The letter condemns hit and run drivers after a cat injury, cites the World Day for Animals on Oct 4, and stresses humane treatment for all creatures.
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St. Francis of Assisi
Madeline Corriveau
Lincoln Street
Saco
Corriveau
United States
St. Francis
St Francis
Portiuncula
Brother
Henry W. Longfellow
Vaily Crossword Puzzle Across Clues Mixed List
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G.S.A. BP
Island of
Denmark
Colley
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