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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1961
Page
3
The item argues for delaying mandatory retirement and widening access to continued work for seniors. It notes forthcoming social security tax changes to raise benefits for age 62, widows, and reduced withholding for earnings, while urging real job opportunities for older citizens.
A nationwide survey found over 60 percent of shoppers switch to stores because of friendliness and courtesy. The piece argues that positive treatment at entry and during service influences return visits, noting staff morale, even when facing difficult customers, and urges mutual courtesy as the best sales pitch.
AP reports a buoyant 1962 economy with rising consumer and government spending, modest profit gains, and more jobs. Auto industry plans record first-half production, while gross national product may reach $580 billion by year’s end. inflation risk and steel strikes loom as caveats.
Drew Pearson reports Abe Ribicoff may seek Connecticut Senate seat, shelving his health, education, and welfare cabinet role. The Connecticut native and Kennedy backer is portrayed as efficient, cautious, and politically ambitious, eyeing future moves and a possible path to the Supreme Court.
Chicago AP report quotes Carl J Megel president of the American Federation of Teachers predicting higher standards in public schools within five years through collective bargaining. He cites a national pattern after New York City teachers chose the United Federation of Teachers Local 2 as their bargaining agent by a near two-to-one vote.
A collage of reader notes and quips from The Ulysses News. Items include a housewife’s pessimism about wax on floors, unwieldy Dear Big John letters, and Joe Weddle’s phone mayhem with two teen daughters. Bertha Shore comments on a euphemistic obituary, plus a Maple Street kitten request leading to a Cat Placement Bureau confession.
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