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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1961
Page
12
Lucre Beale presents Santa and King Ferdinand of Polydora disguising as magicians to fool a crowd and dig a ditch to trap the Ipswitch. A giant shoe drops, trapping them in the hole as the plan backfires and ends in comic calamity with no clear resolution.
Norfolk businessman Richmon d Henry Hofheimer, president of Southern Materials Co., to lead the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award committee for 1962. The award honors notable contributors. past recipients include Carter Glass and Francis Gaines.
A new social security tax rate takes effect January 1 1962 for nine of ten workers. Employed individuals face a 3 percent employee share plus 3 percent employer share totaling 4.7 percent, with maximum earnings of 4800 dollars. The change raises annual taxes, monthly benefits, and eligibility provisions under the 1961 Kennedy amendments including earlier retirement at 62 and higher minimum and survivor benefits.
A survey by the Executive Inn chain of motor hotels shows 54 percent of vacationers favor sightseeing as their first activity. Swimming ranks second and resting third among preferred pastimes.
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