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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1961
Page
8
The President says he has no plans to write a book now or in the near future. He explains he already works long hours from eight to 730 and could not manage a book alongside his duties. He adds he hopes to make his profession his lasting career and doubts a book would serve a worthwhile purpose.
James C. Hagerty, longtime White House press secretary, says he will not publish memoirs though he holds detailed memories of Eisenhower years. Now vice president of ABC, he describes intense press pressures, late-night calls, and the 1955 heart attack period when he released full medical details. He plans a quieter life in Bronxville with golf and family, and keeps transcripts of all 8 years’ news conferences.
In 1895 Shel ly Hutchinson saved his Jackson Michigan shoe business by issuing stamps redeemable for gifts, later teaming with Thomas Sperry to launch S and H green stamps. Now 96 Hutchinson recalls booms in trading stamps as the program expands, attracting 40 million families last year despite criticism. Instances include a Florida minister offering 5 stamps for church attendance and a Utah private school receiving 3 school buses for 7 708 000 stamps.
Idell Hallman confronted two would be robbers along an Oklahoma highway when she produced a toy pistol she was delivering to a nephew. The pair fled after she forced them off the road.
In Barrow England residents saw two statues installed by Jaqueline Hawry’s father outside her house after they repeatedly watched her through her bedroom window. Police investigated the incident as a privacy concern and possible harassment, noting the unusual protest lighting up the street.
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