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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1962
Page
4
Politicians woo voters across party lines, courting those who lean opposite to their own. The piece argues leaders must seek broad support to govern, appealing to a national consensus and enlisting opponents' cooperation rather than relying solely on their partisan base.
Dr. George M. Fister, president of the American Medical Association, states that physicians will not compromise with politics that threaten medical care. They will cooperate with government to find sound solutions, uphold medical standards, and respect taxpayers. The profession supported Kerr-Mills and expanded voluntary health insurance, with many doctors donating time to treat the indigent. The fight is against political domination and bureaucratic rule, with patients as the primary beneficiaries.
The piece notes Cuba's militant stance and past incursions into Panama Haiti and the Dominican Republic in 1959 1960. It cites Cuban officers leading invasions and concerns over propaganda and subversion spreading through Central America and the Caribbean. It mentions new infiltration tactics and the presence of cane-cutters from Guinea in Cuba.
Two holdover cases from Pennsylvania and Maryland challenge school reading of Bible passages and the Lord's Prayer as unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The Abington Township case dates to 1958, when a 1959 court ruling deemed the practice unconstitutional but allowed exemptions by parental request. The Baltimore case involves atheists Ma dalyn Murray and her son, arguing a department rule requiring Bible reading and prayer intrudes on religious freedom. Maryland’s Court of Appeals upheld costs for defendants, now under review.
Hal Boyle argues that marriage doesn’t change people its the daily life of sharing routines and responsibilities that reveals them. The piece contrasts courtship idealism with married life as chores and adjustments, ending that people don’t change so much as adapt after tying the knot.
AP reports steel executives weigh keeping prices steady amid hopes of rising November demand fueled by auto industry orders. Two developments stir debate: a production dip after a brief rise and a West Coast price cut that widens regional pricing gaps and tests eastern markets.
A reader to the People's Forum laments weather related football postponements and praises teams that play on. He notes Thornton Academy has no nickname and suggests playful options like The Ducklings or Maroon Mudders after soggy Saturdays.
Carol Burnett, famed for her zany putty face and partnership with Garry Moore, strikes out on her own after four seasons. She earned a substantial sum on tour and Vegas, won a Nevada divorce from Don Saroyan, and will star in a Jack Benny show while planning a TV special and Broadway bound Jules Styne musical. She recalls leaving Moore was voluntary, not a kiss-off, and confirms his support as she pursues independent projects including Calamity Jane and possible movie roles.
Publication details for the Biddeford Saco Journal include address at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine publisher Paul Casavant editor T J Mahoney and telephone numbers for departments plus subscription rates in advance one month 185 six months 1050 one year 2100 and note of AP membership and exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
Ruth Millett argues it is easy to misread others actions and motives. The piece urges readers to question assumptions about hurt feelings and judgments before declaring someone cruel or indifferent.
A Veterans Administration report outlines plans to study aging through normative aging projects, twin studies, and octogenarian vets. Researchers seek what changes are normal, what can be treated, and how environment and biology affect longevity. With eight million vets alive in 2000 and most over 65, VA emphasizes proactive aging research across divisions to benefit all aging people.
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