Many Elderly Angry Over Mandatory Retirement at 65
Thelma F Davis a 69 year old tutor and Harry Lapow a 67 year old photographer join 22.4 million Americans over 65 in opposing compulsory retirement. They cite experience and vitality lost to mandatory cutoff and challenge ageist misconceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Barclay
Associated Press
Griffin
Thelma F. Davis
Harry Lapow
New York
Greenwich Village
U.S. Census Bureau
Alice M. Brophy
New York City
Dan Knowles
Grumman Aerospace
Debating Mandatory Retirement Across Age Barriers
The piece surveys opinions from Dr. Robert L. Kahn and Dr. Harvey Brenner, arguing retirement can be positive with security and care, while critics say 65 is unfair as life expectancy rises. It cites Census projections, calls for policy changes, and notes pending congressional bills and a Supreme Court case centered on age discrimination and retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Kahn
University of Chicago
America
Social Security
Census Bureau
Harvey Brenner
Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Robert N. Butler
National Institute On Aging
John L. Dugan
Atlanta, Ga
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert D. Murgin
Massachusetts
Murgin
Supreme Court
Robert City
Murgia
Thelma Davis
Griffin, Ga
Athens Past in Athens Present shows county heritage through slides
An eight member 4 H group produced a four section slide show titled Athens Past in Athens Present. It preserves Athens County history via Wilderness and Settlement Travel Into Yesterday Working and Praying and From Cutler to Catchfly with grants aiding color negatives and taped scripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Athens
Anne Culbert
Cutler
Catchfly
Ohio Arts Council
Cooperative Extension Office
Abby advice column excerpts on relationships and etiquette
A reader asks how to handle being seen as an available man’s partner, Abby replies the man sets the role himself. Another asks about donkey blinders for a husband who gawks at women and drives slowly, Abby suggests taking the wheel. A third wonders how condolences should be addressed after a friend’s mother dies, Abby weighs whether to include the husband and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Gawker
John Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Athens Messenger
International Wives Club
East State Street
Elizabeth Barstad
Messenger
Lawrence L. White
Pomeroy
Route 56
Robert G. Cooper
Hollister
Band
Abigail van Burer
S. Court
Sharff
Bank Americard
Ips A
Maxwell i Sige
Holsum
Wey
rWa
Garvins
JOY Liquid Detergent
Robin Hood
Onions
California
Nix
Raette
Stoel T Es
Rer
Florida
DAVIS
Hamgues
Poplar Street
Nelsonville
Ohio
S. Davis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!