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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1961
Page
4
A concise editorial line emphasizes that true companionship rests with those guided by noble thoughts. The quote from Sir Philip Sidney frames moral elevation as a solitary yet shared pursuit among virtuous minds.
Bruce Biossat reports on a Kennedy administration task force that warns unless air travel growth is matched by steep safety improvements, fatalities could soar by 1970. It calls for better aircraft, safer airports, and advanced air traffic control, while noting high costs, competition, and weak market demand.
Washington report outlines federal voting reforms including six years of education as literacy, nationwide district equality, and prohibition of arbitrary actions affecting registration. Recommendations urge Congress to enact amendments under the Fifteenth, standardize literacy, curb gerrymandering, and expand census data for reform.
A compact essay argues democracy falters where self-government is absent and civilians lack governing experience. It notes military rulers take control when order is needed, and that full stomachs alone cannot sustain democracy without educated minds and awareness of global realities. The piece wryly closes with a string of brief, varied vignettes.
AP reports Hollywood nude movies face opposition from civic leaders, church figures, and law officers. Los Angeles officials form a committee to stamp out junk films, while defenders argue nudity is harmless entertainment and freedom of the screen should prevail.
HAL BOYLE surveys quirky facts from mail, noting left handed people may number 200 million and southpaw children occur at about 24 to 1. He riffs on meteors, pigeons, handkerchiefs, Elizabethan punishments, missing dogs, presidents taught by wives, dental counts, last words of Toulouse-Lautrec, European emigration, and the White donkey of Saudi Arabia, closing with Mark Twain on health and diet.
AP News Analyst Sam Dawson explains inflation can rise from wage gains, higher costs, or money supply growth. He outlines classic postwar patterns, cost push and price pull theories, and notes government deficit finance, wage pressures, and business pricing as key factors behind rising living costs.
Ruth Willett critiques Margery Wilsons book Double Your Energy and Live Without Fatigue. She argues modern women overextend themselves chasing many goals, leading to burnout and restlessness. Cite quiet time and fewer commitments as remedy.
A compact clue set for a daily crossword includes 23 character in David Copperfield 25 Mudslingers delight 27 Scow or frown 28 Come into view 29 Wood lighter than cork 30 Bequeath 32 Mistake 33 One of Kipling's trio elliptically two words 34 Easy gaits 37 Make a test of 40 Young salmon 43 Awkward 44 Former 47 Filled with joy 50 Arachnid 52 Bent to one side 54 Envious sister in law of Niobe 56 Small amphibians 57 What Oliver Twist asked for 58 Mondays shade 59 Cheese coating 61 the bargain besides 62 Over again 63 Slangy negative 66 Lyrical work
Paul Harvey argues against limited force and warns that relying on M 14 rifles and M 60 tanks risks defeat. He urges maximum nuclear deterrence to prevent endless local wars and maintain American military strength against Soviet aggression.
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