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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1967
Page
11
A 1967 survey notes employers issued hidden pay checks worth 72 billion dollars in holidays, insurance, bonuses, and other fringe benefits. fringe costs rose 19 percent, boosting total compensation beyond wages. By 1969 a ninth holiday and broader benefits are predicted as union contracts push early retirement, health care, tuition refunds, and portable pensions.
A playful entry discusses dictionaries and the history of word collections. It mentions the first real English dictionary by Richard Hakluyt, Samuel Johnson’s 1755 dictionary, and notes on how dictionaries evolved. The piece weaves in a classroom scene with a joke about a late student and a sign saying School ahead.
A playful puzzle asks to transform the first word Hand to the last word Cure in four moves by changing one letter at a time. The note invites readers to send jokes and riddles to the Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Event, with winner Susanne Heaton of Edmonton Alberta.
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