Pentagon maps decade space program to 1969 1980 planned ships
Washington report details a top secret ten year Pentagon space plan aiming to launch a 50 ton experimental platform by 1969 and several maneuverable space vehicles by 1970 with spy and satellite missions. It outlines space stations as supply bases and notes cost estimates over 100 million to a billion dollars with risks tied to funding.
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NEA
Washington
Pentagon
Air Force
Congress
Editorial Page Thought For Evening Treat friends by intent
Thoreau’s admonition urges looking past surface actions and judging others by their true intentions. The piece frames friendship through empathy and understanding, urging readers to value deeper motives over outward behavior.
Formosa fight rhetoric tests Red China aims
Right and might By Bruce Biossart argues that Red China shows no concrete plans to assault Formosa but seeks legitimacy by pressuring through Khrushchev. The piece recalls history from 1895 to 1949, noting Chiang Kai-shek’s control on Formosa and Peiping’s failed civil war conquest. It asserts there is no international law demanding Formosa’s cession and portrays the mainland and island as separate, with the United States and allies defending Formosa as free soil against Peiping aggression.
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Bruce Biossat
Formosa
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Peiping
Moscow
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Modesty of Gen Marshall Highlighted in Obituary Tone
The article recalls General George C. Marshall as a modest figure who shunned wartime fanfare and memoirs. It notes a vast trove of his papers will go to the George C. Marshall Research Foundation at Virginia Military Institute, his alma mater. It also credits the Marshall Plan with shaping peacetime global aid.
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George C. Marshall
United States Army
Marshall
Nursing elevated by floor managers in hospitals
Hospitals assign non nursing duties to college trained floor managers to handle dietary changes mail delivery housekeeping releases and laundry. Managers supervise aides performing admissions patient relations records and lab details freeing registered nurses to focus on clinical care improving nurse satisfaction and patient service.
Southern states back interstate nuclear cooperation plan
Sixteen southern states approved a compact at the Southern Governor's Conference to promote orderly nuclear development in agriculture science and industry. The plan calls for submitting documents to state legislatures for early enactment replacing the Regional Council on Nuclear Energy and creating a board with one member from each state and possibly a federal non voting member. The effort aims to broaden nuclear development in the South as isotope users rose 42 percent since 1958.
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Regional Council On Nuclear Energy
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Bard
Peak in business gains yet to come despite steel strike
AP reports investors see a potential second wind for the 1960 business boom, though government and labor diverge on strike impact. GDP fell 3.2 billion annually in July to September, with construction awards off 5 percent and rising layoffs in nonsteel sectors as the strike deepens.
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Sam Dawson
Business News
NEW York (Ap
Labor
F. W. Dodge Corp
Wall Street
Pavement Plate Musings from Boyle on Weather and Life
HAL BOYLE offers sidewalk aphorisms on weather, kindness, love, time, and worry in a column that blends observations and maxims. He notes the gists of human behavior, the value of helping others, and the tension between certainty and doubt in daily living. The piece compiles reflective pensées about life, health, and ambition.
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Hal Boyle
New York
You
Ruth Milcott Teaches Home Keeping Skills and Habits
A line of questions guides readers to evaluate household efficiency and pride. It asks about daily routines, planning, clutter control, prompt chores, and making meals from scratch. The piece emphasizes transforming a house into a home through organized effort and practical shortcuts.
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NEA Service, Inc
Homework burden in sixth grade sparks school board limit
Paul Harvey notes excessive homework in sixth grade, citing a Hopkinton Rhode Island petition for a two hour per night limit. He argues teachers bear administrative overload, reducing quality classroom learning, and warns that overemphasis on measurable IQ harms personal guidance and emotional discipline.
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Paul Harvey
Small Paul Harvey
Hopkinton
R.I
Health Ministry
America
Russia
Socrates
Richard M. Weaver
General Features Corp
Unions Seek Final Appeal Over Steel Strike
The Steelworkers Union asks the Supreme Court for a last ruling after two losses. Courts upheld an 80 day injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act, declaring the strike a danger to national health and safety. The union argues no perils proven and that injunctions delay collective bargaining. The strike continues and affects 500,000 workers plus 270,000 in dependent industries.
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Washington
Steelworkers’ Union
Supreme Court
U.S
U.S. Court of Appeals
Peril
National “Health and Safety
Justice Department
Eisenhower
National Health and Safety
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Taft-Hartley
Apeals
Appeals Court
Water as a Gift and Blessing Tribute by Dorothy Huff
A reflective poem on water's abundance and blessing, urging gratitude for this essential resource. The speaker, Dorothy Huff, praises pure running water and rainfall that feeds rivers, framing water as a free comfort and vital friend rather than a granted bequest.
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Dorothy Huff
Biddeford Saco Journal details staff and rates
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Paul Casavant as publisher and T J Mahoney as editor. It notes telephone numbers for departments and Atlantic 3-3625, plus subscription rates payable in advance of $1.85 for one month, $10.50 for six months, and $21.00 for one year. It also states the newspaper is a member of the Associated Press with AP dispatches secured at the Siddeford post office.
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Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
T. J. Mahoney
Atlantic 3
Associated Press
AP News
Siddeford
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues Chronicle Waltari Theme
Crossword entries list numbers and clues including 41 Author Waltari 42 Relatives of gee tars 44 Available 45 Surfeit 46 Elm 47 transit 48 Cod catcher 51 Cuckoo 52 New member 54 Periodical winds 56 Madden 57 Unaccustomed 58 Stiletto 59 Famous miler 1 Hide as evidence 2 work on Beautiful 3 Sea Fr 4 W Galati goddess 5 Overthrow 6 Snow Queen author 7 Boxer's corner
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Waltari
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