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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1956
Page
15
Tax tips cover standard vs itemized deductions, child care credits, medical expense limits, casualty losses, and how to calculate mortgage and carrying charges. The article notes thresholds, filing jointly, and the need to list deductions to qualify, with a preview of future guidance on dividend income.
Helen Wilkie announces new titles at the Public Library offering readers a range of works from The Golden Journey Call to Inside Africa and The Hittites. Titles include Burden of Victory and Let Dead, with varied topics and authors across islands and regions.
A correction states Mrs Mary McBreen Dunham is the widow of Fred P Dunham who died at Cochituate last week. World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday at 10 am by churches in Concord Carlisle and Lincoln at West Concord Union Church with Mrs Fred Parks of Somerville as guest speaker. Charles Voigt and wife of Lowell Road left Thursday for an extended Caribbean cruise to Venezuela with stops in Caracas Martique Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Food markets show plentiful meat and produce during Lent with porterhouse sirloin and roasts on sale. Pork prices rise slowly while eggs and dairy stay common. fish and shellfish are higher but available. Seasonal fruits and vegetables like lettuce onions squash carrots and apples remain affordable as shoppers plan meals and freezes.
A health column argues that recovered TB patients should have the right to work with medical clearance. It notes illness creates financial strain, emphasizes that returning patients are not contagious, and urges community support. Sponsored by local health organizations and Middlesex Health Association.
Lieut Richard M Finan U S Air Force moved from Winter Haven Florida to Vance Air Force Base Enid Oklahoma Local residents may arrange for the Red Cross bloodmobile visit on February 29 by calling Emerson 9 2590 The First Parish Fellowship met at Rev Robert D Richardson s Oak Road home to discuss Why I Choose to be a Unitarian Mr and Mrs Lyman Wiles hosted a Trinity Adult Group supper and masquerade on Friday night
The pensions committee reported favorably bills to boost transportation aid from $2.50 to $5.00 monthly, authorize up to $150 funeral payments, lower eligibility age from 65 to 60, set minimum monthly payments at $65, and lift medical care costs from recipients’ budgets ahead of House debates next week.
The Student Council of Acton High School will sponsor a dance on February 21 to honor the South Paris girls basketball team from Maine, which will play the Acton High girls that same day. Dobatny Bay has met with local students to arrange a warm welcome for the visitors.
Niles Michigan residents reported three sets of twin calves born within ten days on the John Foster farm nearby. The unusual twin spree drew attention from local farmers and livestock enthusiasts.
In the Northeast about 8 percent of workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act earned less than $1 an hour. The $1 rate becomes effective March 1 1956, affecting those in interstate commerce or dependent on it. Industries including leather shirts and furniture show under-$1 wages. March of Dimes needs $47 600 000.
The Atomic Energy Commission approves as a basis for negotiations a Yankee Atomic Electric Co plan by 12 New England utilities to build a 134000 kilowatt nuclear plant near Rowe Massachusetts. The project would cost about 32.7 million and mostly private funding.
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