Elderly rights call for united action and reforms
A speech argues for an Elderly People Association modeled after NAACP to press for age based fairness in hiring and pensions. It warns older workers face prejudice, urges self‑improvement for interviews, and notes millions over 65 could sway policy while lamenting political neglect of seniors.
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Onn Association of
NAEP
NAACP
Washington
Anger Over Welfare Ceiling and Aging Workers Debate
A reader argues the $100 welfare earnings cap harms the elderly and urges raising it. The piece cites welfare cost growth from 13.8 to 37 billion dollars 1951 to 1961, with 170 percent rise amid 20 percent population growth. It critiques aging policy, cites a Michigan report suggesting fewer workers will be needed, and ends with political self-identification and a jab at postwar economic prospects.
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University of Michigan Conference On Aging
Final suggestion to secede and buy Florida and Arizona
A condensed quote from Jo seph H. Peck's 1963 work argues for secession from the United States, proposing that old folks band together to purchase Florida and Arizona or drive out their owners, form a new government, and seek Washington support for progress bounty while living freely.
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Florida
Arizona
Union
Alliance For Progress
Washington
Joseph H. Peck
M. D
Prentice Hall
Pope Strives To Ease Pressure
Pope Paul VI seeks to ease Catholic suffering behind the Iron Curtain through persuasion with Communist leaders. Messages to Khrushchev and Zawadzki express desire for religious freedom and restoration of Vatican ties, noting Poland's long Catholic history. The effort follows John XXIII policies to repair postwar church-state tensions.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Pontif
Vatican
Moscow
Warsaw
Khrushchev
Aleksander Zawadzki
Poland
Zawadzki
Paul
John XXIII
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Wellsville Chapter Hosts Eastern Star Event In Wellsville
Wellsville News notes Eastern Star events with Connie Steele honored as Grand Electa and guests from Lawrence Pauline Woods and others attending. Cosmos Chapter Edgerton officials visited, while Wellsville Garden Club members toured local gardens during a coffee hosted by H E Patton with twelve to fifteen attendees.
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Weslsville
Order of Eastern Star
Connie Steele
Grand Chapter
Kansas
Lawrence
Pauline Woods
British Columbia
Neva Myers
Ruth Murphy
Dorothy Tomlinson
Mayme O'Connor
Cosmos Chapter
Edgerton
Corrine Westoff
Spring Hill
Wellsville
John Neis
Bernhard Fleming
Clarence Coffman
Littleton
Colo
Alvin Benham
Benham
H. E. Patton
Wellsville Garden Club
Patton
Edith O'Neil
W. H. Mo
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