Farmers Rebuff Government Controls in Historic 22 Year Vote
Farmers across the United States rose in a record turnout to reject tighter production controls and price supports. Only 47.8 percent backed theAdministration plan, led by strong small-farmer votes in Indiana Illinois and Ohio and a Southeast regional majority. The result signals a shift toward greater farm independence and free enterprise.
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Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Unemployed Rate Reveals 14 Million Jobless in 1962
Secretary of Labor Wirtz testifies to the Senate manpower subcommittee that about 14 million Americans, nearly one in five workers, were unemployed at some point in 1962. He notes that monthly figures understate the problem and cites a sweeping study on the shift from blue to white collar work and its impact on opportunities.
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Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate Manpower Subcommittee
Wirtz
Senate
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
Clark
More And Better Jobs For High Achieving Graduates
A Bureau of Labor survey shows upper half graduates in science math engineering accounting and teaching will have top job options in the Middle Atlantic region with starting pay 3 to 5 percent higher than 1962. Engineering grads can start around $600 a month while physics math and chemistry grads earn $500 to $575 monthly. Industries including electronics aerospace chemical public accounting and government seek recruits, proving it pays to study.
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Bureau of Labor
Middle Atlantic
America
A Flat Tax Hope Stirs in Congress Hall's Plan Outlined
The piece explores moves toward a proportional income tax around 20 percent and a voluntary profit sharing scheme. E. S. Hall of Farmington, Conn., pushes a plan to win broad acceptance by linking corporate tax exemptions to worker profit sharing and payroll dividends. Bruce Alger of Texas has introduced the bill for paper-readiness.
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Wilbur Mills
House of Representatives’ Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
E. S. Hall
Farmington, Conn
Congress
Hall
Bruce Alger
Texas
Dear Abby readers weigh weddings and familiar terms
Dear Abby columns confront a range of reader concerns from a sister in law's unusual marriage plan to public etiquette. A bride’s age gap prompts questions of social perception, while Abby advises focusing on the bride’s day and using sense, and notes on acceptable terms of endearment and neighborly conduct.
The Secret Of Human Interest In Writing
Personal cases discuss how readers relate to themselves and prefer present immediacy. The author argues emotions, senses, and adjectives drive engagement, while dry logic relies on nouns and verbs. Readers respond to vivid scenes and tangible details that evoke sight sound and touch.
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U. S
Zaleski Visiting Noted At Willows Nursing Home
Postmaster and Mrs. J B O Leary called on Mrs. Sally Johnson at Willows Nursing Home Chillicothe. Elmer McKibben and Vera visited their son Martin and family at The Plains. James Cox and spouse visited Mrs. J L Cava and Mrs. Blanche Porter in Athens.
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James McKibben Zaleski
J. B. O'Leary
Sally Johnson
the Willows
Chillicothe
Elmer McKibben
Vera
Martin
the Plains
James Cox
Athens
J. L. Cava
Blanche Poter
Life Begins At 40 Says 90 and 93 Year Old Pair
Fears of aging decline with statistics give way to examples of healthful living. A Seattle couple, Jesse Smalley, 93, and wife 90, report rare doctor visits since 1918 and 36 years respectively, credit moderation and activity. Other notes include J Paul Getty’s wish to be a writer, Cleveland Amory’s obituary humor, Barry Farber’s grandparents, a Houston babysitting folder idea, and a weaving booklet offer.
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Jesse Smalley
Seattle
Wash
College Grads Getting Smarter and Sillier Bits
A collage of opinions notes college graduates grow smarter with tougher coursework yet doubts whether 1963 grads are tougher than 1933. Humorous darts target cashiers with $2 bills, hiccups cures, wastebasket replies, con men, ladders superstition, and office mores. New York obituary for Louis Lipsky, 86, long leader in Jewish organizations.
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Joe College
New York
Louis Lipsky
Zionist Organization of America
American Jewish Congress
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Abby
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Sweetie
Grace
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Clark G
Mr. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Moses
Zaleski
By Robert Peterson
J. Paul Getty
Getty
Cleveland Amory
Barry Farber
William Farbers
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