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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1959
Page
4
Ghosts on Halloween prompt police safety alert
State Police urge caution as young ghost and goblin revelers roam neighborhoods this weekend. Motorists are asked to double vigilance due to reduced visibility, rain, and busy Halloween traffic. Ensure wipers work, headlights are aligned, and slow down for any child darts into streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Washington Labor pushes 1960 plan against automation headwinds
Labor's three priority measures for 1960 aim to ease automation fallout. Proposals include federal aid for workers displaced by automation, retraining, and relocation. funds to help communities lose factories to automation, with loans for new businesses. and broader stimulus via school, road, hospital, and airport construction plus higher unemployment and old-age social security benefits. AFL-CIO vows persistence, planning to push via investigations into automation's public welfare impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Washington
Labor
Congress
U.S
Oldsters
Afl-Cio
Past Masters By Bruce Biossat on Khrushchev’s Cold War gambit
The piece argues Khrushchev seeks a status quo that neutralizes postwar gains and past Communist transgressions. It cautions that conceding past crimes as a condition for détente would empower the Soviet Union to trade a truce for guaranteed future aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Kremlin
America
Moscow
United Nations
China
Tibet
Soviet Union
West
Electronics Service Men Spread From Homes to Cape Canaveral
The electronic service man has become indispensable across the nation. It is estimated he will handle about 13 billion dollars in business this year. When a TV or radio fails, housewives seek a handy husband or a specialist to repair gadgets essential to modern homes. The space age has created vast demand in offices and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
No Antarctica war pledge brings twelve nations together
The twelve nations active in Antarctica vow to keep the continent free from war and cooperate through a broad treaty framework. Participants include Western powers and the Soviet Union, underscoring a collective effort to live and work in harmony in the vast icy region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctica
Soviet Union
Steel Strike Hits Earnings in Third Quarter Reports
AP analysis notes steel strike costs appear in quarterly results. Fifteen steel firms show a July to September loss of nearly 49 million dollars, vs 124 million profit year earlier. Nine month steel earnings total 443.2 million, up a third from 1958. Metal fabricators post strong nine month gains despite the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Business News
NEW York
Bethlehem
Look Who's On the Stages Eddie Jackson Brings Dixie fame
New York AP interview with Eddie Jackson, 63, veteran vaudeville star known for Dixieland music and the stage heyday of the Prohibition era. He recalls performing with Jimmy Durante and Lou Clayton, 29 Palace appearances, and his life from a Brooklyn singing waiter to a long career. He praises Al Jolson and reflects on changing nightlife and home entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eddie Jackson
Eddie
Brooklyn
Jimmy Durante
Lou Clayton
Jackson
Biddeford Saco Journal Publication Details and Rates
Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher Paul Cesavant and editor T J Mahoney with daily weekday publication. It provides Atlantic 3 3625, AP membership notice, and subscription rates: one month 1 85, six months 16 50, one year 21 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Cesavant
T. J. Mahoney
Atlantic 3
Associated Press
AP News
Secuna
Riddafe
Aii
Mother-in-law’s hard work backfires in love
A mother-in-law recounts effort to win her daughter-in-law by child care, ironing, and gifts. The adviser says she overextended, that parenting and housework were the couple’s responsibility. Live your own life, offer only asked help, and earn respect rather than love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inlaw
NEA Service, Inc
Who's Covered By Social Security Handbook Overview
Ray Henry explains that about nine of ten jobs are covered by Social Security with ten major exceptions including many federal employees, doctors, certain nonprofits, family employment, and low earnings thresholds. Six broad groups qualify for coverage, with criteria for private industry, self employment, farming, domestic workers, servicemen, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Civil Service
Doctors of Medicine
Igen
Ray Henry
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A large mixed word puzzle list with many clues for Across and Down. Entries include names, places, and common crossword terms such as former diplomats, Greek letters, and various objects. The grid and exact answers are not provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Tonkin City
South China Sea
Pres. Harding
Thoughtlessness in Love and Loss Poem
A compact poem recounts a wife’s quiet care for her husband, baking biscuits and pies, while he remains oblivious. After her death the man endures cruelty from an abusive son, ending with a reflective sign off from Mabel M and Emery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram
Mabel M
Emery
Fidel Castro Is Burning Himself Up
James Marlow analyzes Fidel Castro as Cuba rifts deepen. He portrays Castro as an emotional, chaotic leader relying on mobs and firing squads rather than ballots, with suspensions of courts and elections and mass rallies backing executions. The piece recalls past show trials and pressure from both domestic critics and international observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
Hollywood
United States
Jesus A Blanco
Batista
Hitler
Mussolini
Hubert Matos
Cammaguey
Matos
Manuel Urrutia
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