Wordplay and Ireland exchange tales in a December pages
The Washington Evening Journal reflects on a gospel verse and humor columns. Gwyneth Jones reports from Ireland, detailing an International Farm Youth Exchange experience with Irish families and harvest work, highlighting hospitality and hard work aboard.
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Washington County
Ireland
Gwyneth Jones
International Farm Youth Exchange
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Profits of Industry Scare Shows Low Pack Profit Rates
The article cites polls misreading profits in US industry. Swift and Co and A and P show net profit per dollar well under one cent, with 1957 to 1961 Swift earnings varying from fractions of a cent. It argues rising costs squeeze margins as expansion lags revenue.
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Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Swift and Co
United States
Scenes From a Kitchen Window
A column reflecting on historic notions of women's chores and daily domestic tasks. It ponders the hair dryer ad slogan, weather service debates, garden pests, preferences for high furniture, and leftover holiday cranberries transformed into a gelatin salad. A joke closes with a former patient joking about shaving mishaps. See You, Marge.
Birth control plan stirs Illinois public aid clash
Illinois Public Aid Commission backs a state funded birth control program aimed at cutting costs in Cook County. Proponents say it could save about 1.25 million annually and prevent 4 000 to 5 000 births, but opponents warn of taxpayer funding for dependent homes. Annie, an ADC mother in Chicago, illustrates the issue with personal stories as lawmakers debate funding and administration.
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Illinois Public Aid Commission
Cook County
Chicago
Annie
Arnold Maremont
IPAC
James Cleary
Illinois
United Press International
Northwest Side
Mississippi
ADC
Aid
Maremont
Cook County Hospital
Springfield
Otto Kerner
Commission
Bazaar Sabado charms at Mexico City market finds from Yucatan beetle brooches
The writer reviews Bazaar Sabado in Mexico City where vendors display breadth of food and art items. Macech beetle brooches from Yucatan dazzle buyers while Chiapas ceramics and antique reproductions attract tourists. The piece notes the mix of ancient and modern pieces and the high cost to the narrator's pocketbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Wendell
Cynthia Riggs
San Angel
Riggs
Puebla
Cook
Frank Lowenstein
Georgia
Yucatan
Chiapas
Bonampak
Four-Cent Stamp Saves For 1963 and 1964 Hope
A Mt. Pleasant Iowa constituent sends a Christmas card to Congressman Fred Schwengel posted at the four cent rate. The note mocks rising costs, debts, and budgets, then wishes 1964 well and asks for free garden seed promised earlier.
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Schwengel
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Smile Florida campaign and winter observations from Brandon
The piece describes a 1963 Florida tourism push titled Smile Be Happy Sell Florida with promotional buttons and posters inviting residents to greet northern visitors. It notes a modified Florida map poster, ongoing fruit damage from the December freeze, banana dock strikes affecting Tampa banana shipments, rising strawberry harvests, and local trailer-park gardening efforts amid seasonal weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Fla
Florida
Panhandle
Tampa
Midtown
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Gwendolyn
Gwen
Taft
Jake
Centerville
BY Marge Luckey
Krick Weather Service
Denver
U. S. Weather Bureau
Krick
Tern
Mrs. Mouse
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Simole
Blondie
Ohio Young
Dixie Dugan
Pigeo
BY McEvoy
Striebel
NED
Nancy
Hawaii
By Ernie Bushmiller
Traveler's Aid
Public Aid Commission
United Press-International
UPI
Mexico
John Abney
Journal
Miss Miller
Harlan Foster
Fred Schwengel
Harlan C. Foster
By the
Way
Brandon Park
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