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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
7
Metropolitan Life figures put average life expectancy at birth around 70.4 years, up from earlier decades and marking a record high. The gain since 1949 totals about 2.7 years, with larger increases since 1909 and notable lag in 1950s compared to WWII years.
The piece notes a rising 65 plus population now 22 million with growth of 2,000 beds monthly. It cites demand for swank facilities and strong wait lists as seniors seek homes that feel like their own and offer social activity and quality furnishings.
New York recipe for perch fillets with onion salt pepper and corn meal, fried golden brown, served with spicy hot barbecue sauce. In Kiel Germany Neale Fraser defeated Nicola Pietrangeli in an exhibition tennis match 6-8, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday.
The 25th anniversary of the Social Security Act is noted as over 14 million people receive monthly old age survivor and disability checks totaling $900 million each month. Norman Keyes cites expanded coverage since 1935 with higher benefits, disability protections, and broad eligibility for families as improvements. Locations for information sessions include Marlboro City Hall, Concord Post Office, and Maynard Town House on scheduled Fridays.
Yonkers New York United States trotting horse founder Messenger a gray stallion foaled in England 1780 imported 1785 for stud purposes in the United States remains the pioneering bloodline figure in UPI report from Yonkers New York.
The Interior Department announced the 1960-61 waterfowl seasons and bag limits at broadly similar levels to last year in the Atlantic Mississippi and Central flyways with cuts in the Pacific. The plan includes a closed season on redheads and canvasbacks, higher back and possession limits in three flyways, and the option for states to set seasons with equal or unequal lengths.
The Post Office urges defeat of the Cunningham Bill H. R. 12590 which would bar air transport of regular first class mail. Since 1953 airlifting has sped mail delivery, with five million letters daily and progress toward next day service for continental U S. citizens.
At the International Association of Gerontology congress Dr Louis Kaplan urged a positive outlook as vital to longevity. He cited Grandmother Moses painting at 98 and Tommy Manville marrying at 65 as examples of motivation, noting science has not defined aging fully.
UNICEF has shipped more than a billion pounds of skimmed milk to children worldwide since its inception. The shipment amount is described as about six times the weight of the liner Queen Elizabeth.
UPI reports International Confederation of Free Trade Unions meeting in Brussels Belgium from June 27 to July 2 will be attended by ICFTU president George Meany and United Auto Workers chief Walt Reuther.
Rijk van Loy of Belgium won the men's pro road racing title at the world championships in Sachsemrin East Germany. He completed the 173.14 mile course in 7 hours 47 minutes 27 seconds, securing the championship on Sunday.
Middlesex County District Attorney John J. Browsey reports eighty nine full time bookmakers have been arrested as part of a sustained war on illegal gambling. He notes many are repeat offenders linked to a larger crime syndicate and pledges more raids and harsher sentences with police and state troopers aiding the effort.
Nicola Pietrangeli of Italy defeats Jan Eric Lundquist of Sweden 6-3 2 6-4 6-2 to win the men's singles at Hamburg. Sandra Reynolds wins the women's title after upsetting Wimbledon champion Maria Bueno of Brazil 7-5 8-6.
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