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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1962
Page
4
Editorial page reflection urges readers to imitate Mary Baker Eddy by sacrificing self for others, noting kindness as a civic duty and a reflection of divine blessing. The short piece frames service as personal virtue guiding community harmony and moral conduct.
Bruce Biossat reflects on Gen George Marshall's remark about Americans seeking quick resolutions. He notes impatience in rising nations and in U S youth, citing a midwestern student who wants immediate answers. The piece suggests youthful zeal can both hinder and hasten social progress as tempered by experience and realism.
The New England Nurserymen Association outlines seasonal garden chores from September to November. Transplant greens in September, plant spring bulbs, and prepare perennials for spring. October features leaf color and frosts with bulb protection and lawn decisions. November covers wrapping tree roses, mulching strawberries, finishing bulbs, and transplanting shrubs, with extra bulbs stored for February. Consult the New England Nurserymen Association for expert horticultural help.
Congress considers non service connected pensions for World War I veterans with first year costs near 1 billion and totals reaching 11.7 billion by 2000 while existing federal veteran benefits average 5.5 billion annually. The Tax Foundation highlights a 1.2 billion rise in such spending from 1954 to 1962 as part of Domestic Spending Growth 1947-63.
The Tax Foundation study Growth of Federal Domestic Spending Programs 1947-63 shows commerce related aid swelling from 661 million in 1947 to an estimated 212 billion in 1963. It notes highway funding shifted in 1957 to the Highway Trust Fund outside the budget, which would have yielded 5.9 billion in 1963 without the transfer, nine times the 1947 level.
Washington notes highlight W. Willard Wirtz, potential labor secretary, as a conciliator with a pragmatic view. He stresses small agency size, cautions against empire-building, and advocates education bridges, emergency dispute reform, and慎 balanced use of public boards while preserving the right to strike.
New York column cites trends from no mail day says American men grower chests from 38 to 41 coat size in 30 years. It notes gravity weakening claims, NYC dope figures, milk squirts per gallon, and various trivia about fashion, cocktails, credit, slavery prices, road wear, gifts, delinquency causes, baseball geography, animal facts, and a Josh Billings quote.
Babson Park Mass. discusses the European Common Market with six nations achieving high industrial growth and its impact on U.S. labor. It argues wage demands fuel imports, urges labor leaders to back moderate pay and uproot featherbedding, warning of government crackdowns and rising unemployment.
Ruth Millett argues modern housewives face derision when preserving grandma’s recipes and homemade meals. She notes guests praise shortcut cake mixes and calorie counts, while women cling to genuine cooking despite dieting chatter and social judgment.
Paul Harvey laments rising unemployment amid high labor force growth. He argues immigration and guest labor swell jobseekers faster than new jobs, cites Labor Department explanations, and questions union inaction. He references social policy claims by Henry Wallace and calls for stricter immigration limits to balance supply and demand.
A compact verse about a friend who truly cares and a phantom friend who outlives real companions. The poem, credited to Winifred Kathleen Powers of Biddeford, contrasts genuine affection with masks and pretense in a reflective meditation on friendship.
Marion G. Banks argues in a signed Journal letter that building a new school and high interest debt burden Saco. He blames 62 percent of taxes for schools, laments deteriorating streets sewers, predicts debt payoff beyond 200. He urges restraint on city spending amid worsening business conditions.
In Birmingham Alabama the Junior Chamber of Commerce offered a $5 reward to any citizen who called out a disguised jaywalker who walked downtown for a month. Only Jaycee officials and police knew the man. no one surfaced to claim the money.
An editorial argues the economic ignorance of American labor leaders. It notes England and Europe seeking entry into a European Common Market and foresees a 300 million strong Community shaping future world affairs.
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