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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1960

Page

4

Thought for the Evening by Thomas Jefferson

An editorial style quotation advises counting to ten before speaking when anger rises, and to count to a hundred if anger is extreme, attributed to Thomas Jefferson on an editorial page.

Margin narrows on Red China U N admission vote

Bruce Biossat notes year to year shifts in favor of admitting Peiping to the United Nations despite objections to its militant stance. The 42 to 34 vote to take up the issue marks the 10th straight year of a closer margin, with future action possible in 1961 or 1962 and potential risks to global peace and Formosa's Nationalist government.

China U.N Peiping Confort America Red China Soviet Union Russia Formosa Chiang Kai-shek

Time to get tagged for winter car prep

A regional note urges motorist readiness as October ends. The Automobile Legal Association and state inspection month push drivers to prepare for winter driving with anti freeze checks and lubricant changes. Readiness includes window scrapers sand shovels glare shields and sun glasses.

Automobile Legal Association New England A.S.A

Hunting safety tips urge extreme caution in Maine

The note highlights past Maine hunting accidents, nine fatal among 51, and stresses strict safety rules. It urges targets for game only, never point at people, load and safety use only when ready, ensure firearm is working, wear blaze orange or neon-red, and to hunt legally with a license.

Maine

Well balanced American woman Alice Leopold calls for focus on achievement

The Director of the Women's Bureau, Alice Leopold, says she is weary of hearing about problems in the battle of the sexes. She lauds women who are not home centered or rebellious, urging younger women to plan training early. She notes the 23 million women in the labor force and objects to the term labor force. She argues that women exercise choice over their lives and denies this to be a man's world.

Department of Labor Alice Leopold Secretary of Labor Washington Service

Open season on how to run State Department outlined

Washington briefing notes the American Assembly at Arden House near Harriman, New York, gathered 75 prominent citizens to discuss how the secretary of state should run foreign policy and its implications for the next president. The piece notes past reorganizations, current workload, travel, diplomacy, and the job’s growing scope as critical for the next administration.

Peter Edsonashington R Enterprise Assn Arden House Harriman N. Y NEA American Assembly State Department Eisenhower Washington Ess Columbia University Assembly Henry M. Winston New York Secretary of State GOP Nixon Henry Cabot Lodge United States Herter South America London Teheran Istanbul Athens Paris San Jose United Nations General Assembly Congress Dean Acheson

Oil firms diversify into new fields amid market pressures

AP reports oil companies expand beyond energy into land development electronics heating food processing and banking. Sunset International Petroleum Standard Oil of California and Hunt Oil Co lead the trend with large tracts hotels stores and plants. Diversification even touches consumer goods and services while some ventures face local backlash and competition concerns.

AP Business News NEW York Soviet Union Sunset International Petroleum Los Angeles San Diego Sacramento Standard Oil of California Long Beach California Untington Beach Development Co Hydrocarbons Inc Berkley Shores Estates New Jersey Diversa, Inc Dallas Tex Diversa-Cal Properties Simi Water Development Co United Petroleum Gas Minneapolis Rich Plan Corp Carrier Home Rich Plan Chicago City Bank & Trust Texas Electronic Products Hunt Oil Co Ada Oil Co Texas Hughes Topl Co Trans World Airlines Socony Mobil Simon & Schuster

Hollywood Stars Move Abroad for Tax Benefits

Hollywood and TV film figures increasingly reside overseas or float between nations to minimize U.S. taxes. Switzerland attracts stars like Brynner Holden Hepburn Kerr Loren Chaplin with house-based taxes and bank secrecy. others are perpetual floaters paying little or no income tax.

Jack Palance Robert Mitchum Orson Welles Otto Preminger Darryl Zanuck Norman Krasna Stanley Donen John Huston Brynner Hollywood

Expatriate tax loopholes cited in Hollywood decline

A Biddeford Saco Journal item notes how film stars such as Clark Gable Gregory Peck Kirk Douglas and Gene Kelly shot films abroad to exploit tax exemptions before a $20000 ceiling was imposed by Congress. The piece links expatriates to Hollywood production declines alongside other factors to be explored this Wednesday.

Clark Gable Gregory Peck Kirk Douglas Gene Kelly Congress Hollywood

Nine Rules for Getting Along With a Husband

Ruth Millett adapts a reader’s list into nine rules for husbands to ease married life. Emphasizes housekeeping cooperation praise cheerful return home regular date nights non nagging effort grooming manners and mutual effort to shape happiness in marriage.

Ruth Millett

Coming Of Age by Ray Henry shows proof of age cures

In 1911 Mary Stephen’s arrival record claimed she was 11 though she was 15, used to dim older ages for passage. In 1957 she claimed widow benefits at 62, and with affidavits, school records, and a doctor’s note she proved Dec 24 1895 birth date, securing payments. The piece notes SSA records as common hurdles for proving age and urges readers to gather proof with local offices.

Mary Stephen Mary Social Security Administration United States Socia Security

Extension Service Linked to York County Homes

The Journal describes the University of Maine Extension Cooperative system reaching 35 York County communities. It details offices in Orono Sanford and local groups guided by home demonstration agents and county agents for women and men. Dues are 81 yearly with a monthly magazine The Farm and Homemaker. Visitors welcome and contact listed for meetings and enrollment.

Saco Extension University of Maine York County Orono Sanford Sace Eliza Stafford Beulah MacDonald Saco Francis Price Old Orchard Beach

Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues

Crossword puzzle list with across and down clues including lengths and partial solutions for a daily grid. Clues span general knowledge from biology to geography and include themed references to languages and titles.

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