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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1964
Page
4
A pointed editorial quotes Helen Hunt Jackson on wounded vanity and lasting pride, arguing vanity falters while true pride endures, framing a critique of self-importance and resilience.
In Rocky River Ohio nine year old Jim Probert built a backyard Fort Ticonderoga to defend against imagined foes. A zoning board ruling deemed it an accessory building, but the boy and his father prevailed, preserving his fort as a symbol of boyhood enterprise and imagination.
Postwar Japan unveils a monorail linking downtown Tokyo to Narita airport, claimed as the world’s first mass transit monorail. Running every six minutes at speeds up to 60 mph, it promises rapid airport access, addressing a key urban transport problem faced by New York, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, and other cities.
Castro isolation grows as Uruguay breaks relations leaving Mexico as the sole Latin American nation still allied with Havana Chile and Bolivia had voted against the OAS measure but later aligned with the hemispheric body The piece notes reduced fear of Marxist dissent and cites Chile's severing relations before elections Mexico’s ties are blamed for smuggling saboteurs and spies into the region The text ends with brief non sequiturs about a doctor and weekend car accidents.
Washington report outlines a GOP push at precinct level unseen since 1960. F Clifton White leads efforts to attract independents and Democrats to Goldwater, while vote quota plans target mobilizing the 30 to 35 million nonvoters thought to lean Democratic, potentially tipping the race.
HAL BOYLE surveys daily life and common knowledge in brief items. He notes 400000 U.S. workers earned 19 million in bonuses for efficiency, counts widespread arthritis, long drives risk, insect deaths and crop loss, hunger, hay fever tissue use, and old and new sayings from Menuhin to Washington. He cites Macmillan on oak trees and shade for the next generation.
The 1941 to 1964 era saw national income rise from 104 billion to 312 billion and the Dow Jones from 110 to 840, driven by money supply growth and deficit financing. Prices and wages climbed as dollars multiplied. investors are urged to hold blue chip common stocks and use surplus cash to buy.
Monterey AP piece profiles Martin Ransohoff, founder of Filmways, noting a $4.8 million film investment and plans for three films next month totaling $10 million. It highlights upcoming projects The Sandpiper, The Loved One, The Cincinnati Kid, and releases Topkapi and The Americanization of Emily, plus four TV series Beverly Hillbillies Petticoat Junction Mister Ed and the Addams Family. Ransohoff, 24 when starting in 1954, built Filmways into a diversified motion picture television and documentary company with about 45 percent features, 45 percent television, and 10 percent documentaries.
Ruth Millett argues that truly good meals require real cooking and planning. Quick prepackaged dishes may be convenient but lack flavor and effort, resulting in less enjoyable meals as families dine while watching TV.
A readers letter warns that known communists have held trusted government posts over four years and accuses liberal Democrat appointees of misinterpreting the Constitution. The writer denounces asylum seekers and claims ongoing creeping revolution and erosion of personal freedoms under Democrat rule.
Badicford Lace Journal at Adams Street publishes daily except Sunday in Biddeford Maine. W Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor. Subscription rates payable in advance: one month 185, six months 1050, one year 2100. Member of the Associated Press. Entered second class postage at Biddeford Maine.
A political column denounces the administration for attacking religious groups via a liberal court, claims votes are bought with poverty promises, and accuses the president of undermining Social Security while promising Medicare and union concessions. It questions unemployment and inflation, ending with a note that the elderly on Social Security and workers face higher prices.
The puzzle editor reports overwhelming reader support for the long running toughie feature Old Toughie. Readers across the circulation area participated, showing strong cross section support and enthusiasm for keeping the puzzle in the newspaper.
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