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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1960
Page
4
Editorial page extols focus on present duties citing Carlyle urging action on clear tasks rather than distant aims. Reflects on discipline, duty, and practical moral guidance for readers in a civic newspaper voice.
Maine promotes year round tourism with winter sports growth in the Rangeley region. Investment in two major winter areas signals durable demand as skiing gains popularity with all ages. A recent survey shows over a quarter billion dollars invested in Maine vacation property and facilities, boosting tax revenue and local economies.
The text discusses a hypothetical ICBM range of about 12,500 miles, implying global strike capability. It moves through quips on roads, green apples, luck, marriage, theater, baths, teens, and comical proverbs, weaving a dated humor column tone with disparate one liners.
Washington crowd hears Dr. Wernher von Braun critique film life story in a curtain speech. He notes the need for a script with limited principals and a love interest, joking about a glamorous spy and his wife vetoing a fictional romance. Several light political and social snippets follow.
HAL BOYLE surveys mail from readers for a nostalgic miscellany. The column collects trivia on transfusions vs air crashes, dentist fees for children, late shift workers, celebrity oddities, dieting weigh-ins, and historical tax costs. It includes quips from Tennesse Williams, a stamp misprint worth thousands, bird and fish trivia, and a peek at how one hundred thirty daily letters to a company president are handled.
Hollywood AP reports the record industry returns to talk albums led by Bob Newhart. Talk records, once rare, now top sales with Morton Sahl Shelly Berman and others, driven by home entertainment and the thrill of discovering fresh talent.
Ruth Miller profile warns that a negative attitude repels friends and dulls social life. It notes excessive worry over impressions, reliance on one friend, and mood dependent cordiality, ending with a caution about making others want to engage.
Paul Harvey explains the Salami Game as a patient Soviet strategy to gradually shrink West Berlin. He argues Russia seeks to outlast Western will with slow, small cuts rather than open battle, while the United States and Britain pledge to defend freedom with force if needed.
A contemplative poem by Lucy W Day from Trull Hospital meditates on friendship, kindness, and judgment in the Book of Life. It asks if acts of grace are recorded as a downward path or a rising stand, with the Father observing from the Great Beyond.
A reader endorsed free expression in a community letters column, praising education's role in personal growth. The writer, a former Boston Sunday Post correspondent, shares experiences as a shut-in and laments the importance of learning, writing, and books in sustaining courage and opportunity.
European imports lit up Thursday night television with Annie Farge in CBS Angel and Victor Borge on ABC. Farge’s cute French character sparked a bright start, while Borge delivered musical wit, a bullfight burlesque, and a Lizst skit, followed by Mike Wallace’s interview. The column notes Khrushchev controversy and CBS Playhouse 90 questions, plus Ocasey’s Drums Under the Windows at Cherry Lane with Martyn Green.
A compact list of crossword clues for a daily puzzle. Entries include across and down items with numbers, Greek letters, animal names, nationalities, and common terms. The list appears to solicit answers like Hamlet ending, dog pests, numbers for puzzles, and various cross references.
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