The National Biscuit Company has brought the science of baking close to the point of perfection, practically revolutionizing the baking of biscuit, crackers and wafers.

It makes them better than they have ever been made before; it keeps them fresh in moisture proof packages, as they have never been kept before, and all this goodness it guarantees by placing a trade mark in red and white on each end of the package, so that even the toddler peeping eagerly over the counter’s edge, may buy as safely as the thoughtful housewife.

50 Years Ago, 1955

New York – George K. Gulyas gave a frank explanation in court today when his car collided with a milk truck here last week. “Well, you see, judge, I have only one good eye – no vision in my right – and besides, I’m not a good driver anyway,” said Gulyas, 43, of Norfolk, Conn.

After making sure he heard right, Magistrate Samuel J. Ohringer fined Gulyas $10 and directed that the Connecticut officials be asked to give him a new driving fitness test.

25 Years ago, 1980

The Maine Supreme Court has overturned a youth’s disorderly conduct conviction, ruling that abusive language directed at police is not necessarily sufficient cause for arrest. The court noted that persons involved in an arrest have a constitutional right to protest, even when “crude speech” may be used.

The case involved a Saco juvenile arrested last year after yelling at police who had just arrested his sister. After his sister was placed in the police cruiser, the youth repeatedly demanded to know “what the hell is going on” and proceeded to yell obscenities at the police.

The high court ruled that to be a violation of state law in those circumstances, the conduct must be “so offensive as to have a direct tendency to cause a violent response even from a police officer.”