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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1963
Page
4
A compact literary musing on romantic pallor and the paradox of health versus appearance. The verse centers on a lover asking why a beloved appears pale and wan, suggesting that outward vigor may not reflect inner feelings.
World renowned violinist David Rubinoff played at the new Thornton Academy gym auditorium to a 1100 strong audience. The Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club benefited financially, signaling local appetite for cultural events and praise for the auditorium as a prime venue. The piece urges more cultural entertainment and continued charitable support.
A defense of open debate argues that Yale and Princeton should not bar Gov Wallace and Gov Barnett from campus talks. The piece says opposing views belong in a free university, and officials cannot hide behind technicalities, urging steadfast faith in liberty and the test of hostile ideas.
News notes a Chilean National Socialist Party led by 27 year old Franz Pfeiffer Richter with 6000 claimed members. The article warns Latin America’s volatility could mirror early Germany as a movement adopts black shirts swastika armbands and echoes Hitler.
Ruth Millett notes that crowds of visiting women display distinct types from haughty to snobbish in stores and restaurants. She argues their collective behavior undermines individual niceness, leaving an unflattering impression when they are strangers in a crowd.
Washington correspondent Peter Edson notes the nonstop tempo of statements by New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Sen. Barry Goldwater as they campaign without formal candidacy. The clash over policy, debates, and the direction of the Republican Party dominates early primary discourse. Rockefeller pushes alternative foreign and fiscal plans, while Goldwater resists endorsing the party's hard right, aiming to mobilize all Republicans ahead of the national convention.
AP by HAL BOYLE outlines C Northcote Parkinson's view that Western civilization will collapse around the year 2000 due to taxation and bureaucracy while Eastern civilization overtakes the West in technological lead. Parkinson defends the clash of East and West as a driver of ideas and notes reforms rarely curb modern governments.
A $10 million, 525 foot Tradefair vessel will depart New York harbor on November 21 carrying exhibits from major U.S. industries to 32 countries. The privately financed ship, backed by government support, aims to promote US trade and people-to-people contact, with about one million trade buyers expected annually.
Public guidance on Social Security claiming after age 65, with reader questions from Mrs. J M of Clarks Neb and Mr M of Youngstown Ohio. Discusses retroactive benefits, earnings effects on benefit rate, GI insurance reinstatement, and obtaining a widow’s benefit and tracing a deceased father’s Social Security number.
A compact list of crossword clues with across and down entries ranging from simple prefixes to proper nouns, including terms for garments instruments exclamations and geographic names. The grid references common crossword conventions and leverages abbreviations and archaic spellings to fit a historical puzzle style.
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