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The Wakefield News

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1957

Page

5

Senate housing bill expands Fannie Mae authority and lowers down payments

Senator Potter reports on a housing plan to aid buyers by expanding Fannie Mae mortgage authority and lowering down payments. The measure funds 35,000 federally aided housing units, plus grants for slum clearance and urban renewal, with a total cost of 61.6 billion. The story also notes campaign finance critiques, sea lane watching at Thousand Islands, rising food prices, and remarks by Senator Potter on independence days of Poles and Armenians.

Fannie Fannie Mae Senate House Senate House Thousand Islands St. Lawrence Seaway Eisenhower and Grasse Michigan Seaway Capitol Congressional America Soviet Union Saginaw Bay Sikonam Sakonam Saguinam Saquinam Charles E. Potter United States

Promises and legal remedies in contracts described

The article discusses the importance of keeping promises and explains the action of assumpsit as a means to recover damages for nonperformance. It notes the rise of life insurance policies and survivor benefits, citing large payouts and the proliferation of motels across states such as California and Florida.

Ironwood area graduates and local notices in brief

Diploma ceremonies honored 162 Ironwood High School graduates and 38 Gogebic Community College graduates. Also noted are school closings, a class of 87 at Bessemer High, obituaries for local residents, church leadership changes, and the planned Series E Savings Bonds rollout in October. The Survivor Benefits Act prompts widows to file by July 1 for higher compensation.

Ironwood High School Gogebic Community College Ironwood Northwestern Hurley Bessemer High School Mike Valeslak William Mertz Methodist Church Mount Clemens Donald Porteous Calumet Earl M. Orbin Bessemer Rotc Fort San Houston Texas Paul Mehnert Iron County Creamery Buss Creamery Detroit Jameson

New Change-Of-Life Tablet Promises Relief

Science offers women relief from hot flashes irritability and nervous distress through a tablet claimed to act on the nervous system. Clinical tests allegedly show 8 of 10 testers improved with the Lydia Pinkham formula now available in drugstores with claims of blood-building iron and rapid restoration of happiness.

Lydia Pinkham Pinkham Lydia Pinkham's

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