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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1973
Page
3
Readers discuss cremation costs versus organ registry options and humane end of life planning. Letters reference Pennsylvania Anatomical Board, legal directives, and Mead's ideas on avoiding prolonged suffering. Helen Bettel encourages thoughtful, humane choices and invites more reader submissions.
New York AP outlines the perils of turning a motel into a quiet semi retirement. Stephen Brewer warns that disasters such as airport shutdowns or highway bypasses can force owners to abandon or sell for land value. He notes motels are labor intensive and hard to automate, with options including housing, care centers, or dorms. The piece questions investing in motel stocks as largely misdefined and warns of a possible four day workweek in the 1980s reducing occupancy.
New York audience hears a poke at age, wages, and the care economy as a string of jokes about Sam Turnjoint, a diligent plumber. The bits hinge on doctors and house calls, fees, forgotten tools, and the old trade in a humorous clash of eras. The piece ends with a frantic homeowner seeking an emergency appointment.
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