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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1965
Page
4
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do Mark Twain quote anchors the page. The piece frames daily duty against leisure as a civic or personal philosophy for readers. It invites reflection on balance and responsibility.
Bobby Baker, once a rising Democratic figure, faces a blow as North American Aviation ends its $2.5 million a year vending contract with his company. The move follows Senate findings of improprieties and a stalled federal inquiry into possible conflict of interest payments. Baker and his firm continue operations with other contractors.
The article argues U S maritime costs are elevated due to labor and other factors. It cites a clash between the Committee of European Shipowners and the Federal Maritime Commission over confidential freight rates showing U S outgoing shipments at 35 93 per ton and incoming at 27 30, suggesting cartel like rate fixing. Maritime Commission Chair John Harllee defends openness, saying secrecy has no place in American law for rates.
A Commerce Department and SEC survey shows business plans for new plant and equipment hitting a fresh high, with August projections at 50.9 billion dollars. The revisions, up from 50.2 and 50.4 billion earlier in the year, aim to meet rising demand without fueling inflation.
Forecasters say steel output would have slumped without war demand and auto boom. Inventories rose in recent months as hedge against a strike, but a stronger economy and price uncertainties should prevent a sharp drop. The column also notes quirks in daily life and public speech.
A reader suggests husbands support homemakers by listening, complimenting, helping with children and repairs, keeping a neat home, showing respect for the role, and arriving home happy. The column asks men if they have tried these tips.
Washington correspondent assesses Kremlin infighting as Brezhnev strengthens while rival Podgorny fades. The article outlines four key policy fights centralization versus decentralization, consumer goods versus arms, relations with Red China, and farm and industry profits. It argues indecision harms the Soviet Union, offering the United States room to act in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
New York humorist Hal Boyle laments FBI blind spot for book thieves and shares findings from his desk top test library. He notes glossy pricier titles vanish, best sellers recur as targets, self help and sex books attract interest, while religion and politics volumes stay safe. He reveals a method to protect a cherished volume by swapping its dust jacket.
The American steel industry plans record spending on modernization in 1966 reaching about 2 billion dollars globally. Upgrades include oxygen furnaces, continuous casting, computer controlled rolling mills, and huge private projects like Bethlehem Steel’s Burns Harbor mill. These shifts follow wage gains and price battles, with productivity rising as payroll per ton falls.
The Act creates an Administration on Aging within HEW to aid older Americans. It aims for retirement income, health, suitable housing, rehabilitation, non-discriminatory employment, and community services. Funding begins July 1965 with multi year appropriations and grants to states for planning, pilots, training, and information services.
A reader letter from Robert L. Cassette, president of the Saco Taxpayers Protective Assn., accuses The Journal of prejudice and bias over tax list publication and access to city services. The piece contrasts editorial unsigned norms with publisher and editor names and cites perceived unequal treatment of local groups. In Louisville, veteran real estate man C Robert Peter, age 77, notes seven appears in his family birthday sequence, marking a multi generation pattern.
In Biddeford Maine the steel industry faces rising payrolls as demand climbs. Officials note July payroll at 613000 workers up from 554000 five years earlier. Sam Dawson is on vacation.
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