Government spending and debt spark call for restraint
The First National Bank of Boston warns that total government outlays in 1961 reached about $900 per person, 27 percent of GNP, with federal debt near $290 billion and $75 billion from state and local entities. It urges reduced nondefense programs and more citizen scrutiny to curb expanding public spending and the growth of centralized government.
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First National Bank of Boston
New England
Congress
Retail firms seek on-hand stock exemption from new labeling law
Congress passed the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act last July and the labeling rules, to be issued by the Department of Health Education and Welfare, take effect February 1. The delay in rulemaking could allow seizure of noncompliant merchandise already in stores. Retailers urge exempting current stock on hand from the unwritten requirements to avoid unfair jeopardy.
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Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Variety Stores Association
Who are the unemployed mid June 1960s overview
The Department of Labor notes the typical unemployed person is a 25 to 55 year old unskilled or semiskilled durable goods worker in six states New York California Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and Illinois receiving about 32 dollars weekly in benefits. About 700 thousand are on extended benefits and a third of the two million exhausting benefit rights since mid-1960. The average recipient got 22 weeks of benefits with roughly 10 weeks remaining. The general pattern remained largely unchanged. In Chicago a waitress was arrested for speeding.
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Department of Labor
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Winois
Beautiful hands through life and faith
Poem honors hands that nurture teach and comfort from parenting to prayer. It notes caring discipline labor affection and prayerful acts, highlighting hands that write sing and bless. The verse closes with reverent hands of the aged and those passed awaiting the Savior. Submitted by Muriel Leach.
Aggie's Boys Quit Farms Boost Rural Development Push
Washington report details a broad shift as the Agriculture Department expands nonfarm rural development. A new Area Redevelopment Administration funds 100 million for industry and facilities in distressed areas, with loans to nonfarm housing, small-town factories, and watershed protection.
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Peter Edson
Washington Correspondent
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Department of Agriculture
New Area Redevelopment Administration
FHA
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Kennedy
Agriculture of Department
Charles Brannan
Office of
Rural Area Development
John A. Baker
Rural Areas Development Board
Turley Mace
Baker
Alan Ladd Tames Young Actors Amid Fame and Training
Hollywood AP report notes Alan Ladd trains his son David Ladd to stay normal despite stardom. Ladd recalls his own near Olympic diver dream, talks coaching from three ex Olympians, and details balancing school life with celebrity pressure for the 14 year old star of Misty and Dog of Flanders.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Alan Ladd
Alan
David Ladd
California
David
Flanders
Holmby Hills
Palm Springs
Lake Arrowhead
Brandon de Wilde
Shane
de Wilde
Early Curtain Rises for 1961 62 TV Season Across Networks
Hollywood reports a shift to mid September premieres with NBC CBS and ABC launching new programs earlier than past seasons. Highlights include International Showtime Debenders Follow the Sun The Price is Right and Gunsmoke expanding to hour slots while Robert Taylors Detectives moves to NBC and Bachelor Father to ABC.
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Hollywood
NBC
Showtime
CBS
The
ABC
New Times
National Velvet
Untouchables
Checkmate
Mitch
Robert Taylor
Detectives
Robert Young
Young
Main Street
Canadian Lobster Giant Shows Offshore Industry Strength
Investor forum notes lobsters form a major New Brunswick industry. Deer Island pound ships two to three tons daily to 150 cities, including Belgium and the U S. Canada produced 52 million pounds last year with Nova Scotia lead. The founder’s son runs the mill now at St Andrews by the Sea.
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St. Andrews-By-the-Sea
New Brunswick
Can
United States
Canada
Europe
Deer Island
Bay of Fundy
St. Andrews by-the-Sea
Belgium
Seattle
San Francisco
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Quebec
Local Biddeford Daily Publishes Notes on Commerce
The Biddeford Maine paper advertises subscription rates and staff details while promoting a 42 page handbook Your Financial Security by Harry C. France. It highlights integrity and thrift as key values and notes the publication is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive local news rights.
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Adams Stree
Biddeford
Maine
Pau
Casavant
T J. Mahoney
Tenens
Associated Press
New Brunswick
Harry C. France
Grand Central Sta
General Features Corp
Ruth Millett On TV Time Dominating Youths Free Time
Ruth Millett argues that American youngsters squander over half their discretionary time watching TV, spending about 36 of 67 weekly hours in front of a screen. She notes a preference for entertaining over informative programming and questions parental awareness and involvement.
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Ruth Millett Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Sis
Junior
Bear Talk and Berlin: A July Parable by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey laments tourists feeding bears at Yellowstone and warns that bears cannot be tamed. He compares this to NATO negotiations with Khrushchev over Berlin, arguing قصد that appeasement leads to danger. A jungle summit fable concludes that only universal arms can deter aggression.
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Yellowstone
Montana
Woonins
Khrushchev
NATO
Berlin
Rusk
Munich
Napoleon
Kennedy
Paris
General Features Corp
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A complete set of crossword clues listing many across entries such as Eisenhower's Secy of State and Norse name, plus down clues ranging from city in Spain to compass point. Includes terms like Emperor, statue seating, and general knowledge prompts.
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Eisenhower
Johnson
Spain
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Federal Extension Service
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France
Biddeford - Saco Journal
A Mae
Ruth Millett
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
King
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Emerald Isle
Colley
Presley
Compass Point
Normandy Town
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