Commonly Accepted Retiring Age May Go Lower Than 65
An aging trend and health advances may push life expectancy beyond current norms. Experts anticipate longer lifespans with medical advances targeting heart disease cancer arthritis and mental illnesses. The piece surveys historical ages and future prospects including potential rises to 100 years and beyond.
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America
Roger D. Greene
Washington
American Science
National Institute of Health
Thomas Parr
Westminster Abbey
Salopp
Yereignes
Yereignes of Ten Princes
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Edward L. Bortz
American Medical Assny
Bortz
Piggy Back Freight Begins on Western Maryland Line
In Cumberland Maryland on January 5 the Western Maryland Railway launched its new piggy back freight service with two trailers on a flat car from Baltimore to Chicago. The through train connects with Pittsburgh and West Virginia Lines at Connellsville and continues to Chicago via Wheeling and Lake Erie and Nickel Plate. The railroad plans to expand the scheme with five railroads linking Philadelphia to Chicago.
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Western Maryland Railway
Baltimore
Chicago
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West Virginia
Connellsville
Western Maryland
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Foodman predicts 1955 prosperity through unions and free trade
Industrialist Paul Gerot of Pillsbury Mills argues 1955 can bring prosperity if taxes rise, unions grow, and international trade loosens. He links a stable economy to defense spending, low unemployment, and higher production, urging freer trade and stronger family stability to support peace and growth.
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NEA Food & Markets
Minneapolis
Paul Gerot
Pillsbury Malls
Minneapoli
Grocery ‘Manufacturers of America
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NEA Service
Gerot
Dresden
China
Congress
Nate Argee Conyel
Lutheran Church report and social notices in Union Bridge area
Union Bridge reports Union Bridge Harris Frock, president of the Maryland Synod Brotherhood, spoke on world Lutheran work at St James Lutheran Church. Visitors and locals share holiday events. telephone cuts in Berlin fearfully noted as Soviets disrupt lines.
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Harris Frock
Westminster
Maryland Synod Brotherhood
United Lutheran Church In America
Toronto
Canada
St. James
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