Senior girls report guides for smart consumer choices
Margaret Pratt notes that senior girls in vocational homemaking produced current reports on health insurance advertising large home equipment and buying practices. Students urged reading labels, using reputable dealers, understanding credit costs and keeping policy up to date. A trip to Des Moines for the state Future Homemakers meeting is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Thomas
Kathy Kuyper
Rosiland Elbert
Barbara McConnell
Sandi Reeves
Ake
Pat Rathman
Sharon Eversole
Diane Christiansen
Des Moines
Future Homemakers
15 000 000 NOW PAID SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
The article notes over 15 million people now receive social security benefits. Anthony A. Deceding of Florissant Missouri is the 15 millionth beneficiary greeted by President Kennedy at the White House on February 27 1961. Average retiree payments run about 70 dollars monthly. More than 8 million beneficiaries are retired men 65 plus and women 62 plus. The program expanded from 200 000 in 1940 to 15 million today with 2 million children under 18 or disabled over 18 receiving 24 million monthly, and 400 000 mothers of beneficiaries also paid 24 million monthly. An estimated 1961 calendar year benefits exceed 12 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony A. Deceding
Florissant
Missouri
Kennedy
White House
George Replogle
Fort Dodge Social Security Office
Replogle
Grapefruit Tree Blooms in Sigourney Basement
A grapefruit tree in the basement of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Peiffer in Sigourney bears near ripe fruit while also blossoming. Brought from Texas six years ago, it thrives in a tub, rooted indoors in winter and outdoors in summer. The tree remains under half its Texas height with small fruit, yet this winter it is loaded with both fruit and blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter A. Peiffer
Sigourney
Peiffer
Texas
Walter Garrison Barber of New Market Passes Long Service
Walter Garrison Barber aged 67 of New Market has served as an adviser and barber to five generations of the Carmichael family in the town, reflecting a long local practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber Walter Garrison
New Market
Ag Ibarber
Carmichael
Iowa lawmaking update from representative Kibbie March 1961
Representative John P. Kibbie writes from the Iowa State House detailing session progress as of March 15 1961. He lists totals of introduced bills 623 in the House and 449 in the Senate, notes bills disposed of variously, and highlights measures passed by both houses awaiting the governor's signature with July 4 1961 as a potential law date. He calls attention to the Shaft Plan reapportionment and other major items such as the Soil Conservation Committee, school starting age, shoplifting penalties, the Iowa State Teachers College name change, and judicial reform bills with public voting in 1962. He also notes the legalization of acts permissive legislation and code corrections, plus a plan to redistrict Iowa and new agricultural producer association provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
State of Iowa
Fifty-Ninth
General Assembly
State House
of Moines
Iowa
Palo Alto County
House
Senate
Soil Conservation Committee
Iowa State Teachers College
State College of Iowa
State of
Great Oak Township
Fourteenth
Redistricting shifts Iowa to seven districts in loss of congressman
Discussion notes that population decline costs Iowa a U.S. House seat, reducing eight districts to seven. Palo Alto County remains placed in the present eighth district in every plan the house examined, amid talk of tax relief, school funding, and broad revenue measures. Rep. Kibbie invites local input from Palo Alto residents and visits to Des Moines. Separately, the Farmers Home Administration adds 50 million dollars for farm housing loans to ease financing for rural housing, heating, water systems, and dairy facility modernization with 4 percent interest and up to 33 years to repay. eligibility requires farm value, income, and lack of credit elsewhere, with applications through the local FmHA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Iowa
House
Palo Alto County
Senate
Farmers Home Administration
Dallas C. Rohlf
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