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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1955
Page
12
Major Thomas M. Nial notes a postwar surge in veteran home buying aided by GI loans. The VA offers a 20 page checklist stressing total costs beyond down payment, including closing costs, moving, furnishings, taxes, insurance, and utilities, plus monthly mortgage payments. The guide urges careful budgeting to ensure housing expenses do not exceed take home pay.
A paragraph advises readers to estimate monthly utility upkeep and repair costs and compare with weekly take home pay. It suggests writing Major Nial about service‑connected problems, enclosing a stamped self‑addressed envelope and 20 cents. The page also lists historical events, birthdays, and a fortune for the day.
Today’s anniversaries list notable births and deaths. Elihu Yale, born in Boston and honored by Yale University, died July 8, 1721. Booker T. Washington, born in Virginia, died 1915. Glenn S. Pop Warner, famed football coach, born in Springville New York, died in Palo Alto, California. Winchell Smith, playwright, died 1933. Frank H. Simonds, journalist author, died 1936. Willard L. Sperry, Harvard dean, born 1882.
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