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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1975
Page
17
The piece reflects on pre Christmas hustle and the contrast with 1930s shortages, noting how social security pressures shape gift buying for the elderly. It highlights Sun City Arizona and Leisure World Laguna Hills as retirement hubs with concerts, dinners, and upscale towers where apartments sell for 30k to 60k, meals extra.
A reader asks why a widow does not receive the full Social Security amount. Official guidance shows the widow's benefit rises with age, from 71 percent at early claim up to 100 percent at age 65. Benefits vary by age of widow when claiming.
Earl Crowell, once a roaming pool player and itinerant harvest worker, now 17 and living in Duluth, spends days at the Senior Citizens Community Center shooting pool. Known for a precise cue and a past of high-stakes gambling, he reflects on a life split between card games, trapper work, and hunting.
A reader notes the Rossmoor Towers residents host an exclusive Christmas party in the Great Hall while preferring the lighter tone of the Desert Dingalings. The writer wishes readers a Merry Christmas.
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