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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-05-26
Minimum Standards

Although it is difficult to set &
standard of adequate income" fol
the aged, it is clear that the majority
of the elderly cannot afford any
realistic budget based upon minimum
standards of "health and decency"
The Labor Departments Bureau
of Labor Statistics has published a
budget for retired persons showing
that Social Security payments cover
only about one-half of the require
ment for modest but adequate"
level of living. This budget calls for
an annual income of $3,042 for a
retired worker past 65 and his wife
who rent their own two or three-room
dwelling in an urban area.
Obviously, this budget, designed to
allow for the 'fsocial, psychological,
as well as physical" needs of the re-
tired couples, is unavailable to the
vast majority of aged families. To
start with, it is almost $1,000 above
the median income of rs per cent of
the aged couples studied by the Nc
Namara Committee
INCOME INADEQUATE
After analyzing various income
standards established by the federal
government and its own state, the
Health and Welfare Association of
Allegheny County (Pa.)-a business
group-reported that sit is apparent
that significant proportion of per-
sons aged SIS and over have personal
incomes which are less than the
standards. !"
This same group found that while
Social Security represented the only
money income of 20 per cent of those
receiving OASDI benefits, the elderly
couple living ON Social Security lacks
$57.18 month of obtaining "mod-
est but adequate" standard of living.
IF the problem of insufficient
income were the only source of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-05-26

averaged $4,000 for retired couples
and widows.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-05-26
HEALTH CARE-A FIRST STEP

While the battle over health care
may make all of the headlines during
the present session of Congress, the
problems of the aging are so complex
that even a Kennedy victory in this
field can only be the first step in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-10

lowed by a somewhat less fortnight
approach to the solution. We doubt
this is evidence of weakness or vacil-
lation, but rather of shrewd, per-
haps too shrewd, political strategy to
gain Immediately minimal ground
from those who are relieved to find
they are not called upon to surrender
altogether. R sc oe Drummond
phrased this point we'll when he wrote
for the New York HERALD TRIB-
UNE that the President fully believes
that much more needs to be asked of
Congress and the country but feels
he does not yet possess the political
prestige and the national Influence
to ask for more at this time.
If President Kennedy did not de-
tail a wide-ranging blueprint for ac-
ton and spell out the sacrifices that
such a program will demand from the
affluent of our society, he succeeded
in striking a refreshing note of real
ism in contrast to the eight years of
complacency and paternal reassur-
ances that went before. His solemn
pledge to do everything that needs to
be done to revive and expand our
faltering economy represents a water
shed in recent American political and
economic history. He has laid the
groundwork. He must now prove him
self master of timing. For the coun-
try is ready-ready to follow him in
a bold program of social and eco
nomic action designed to Danish re-
cession and put America on the high
road to the goal of equality of oppor-
tunity for all.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-10
Can Labeled '0range Juice
Should Contain Orange Juice

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
California coop members told gov
eminent officials what they want in
orange juice standards without leav-
ing the sunny coast for snow drifts
here.
Their middleman was Dwight
Townsend, head of the Cooperative
Leagues Washington office. Town
send told Food & Drug officials at
a recent hearing that Berkeley coop
members
want labels to tell where the
orange juice is squeezed and the date
of processing;
oppose additives that mask in
ferior juice;
oppose artificial sweeteners;
oppose nutrient sweeteners (sor-
bitol or mannitoD that are mainly
preservatives:
oppose putting reconstructed or
ange juice in pasteurized orange
juice;
oppose diluting orange juice with
liquid sugar syrup; and
want any optional ingredients
listed prominently on the label.
Berkeley's co-op's home econo-
mists, Betsy Wood and Mary Gull
berg, talked with many of the co-op's
1900 member-families and drew up
he recommendations The coop OPP
crates three supermarkets.
Citrus growers said Townsend's
testimony was irrelevent and asked
hat it be stricken from the record.
FDA's hearing examiner said the tes-
imony would stand.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-10
Excess Profits

Arthur Augustus Calwell, Austral-
ian Labor Party leader, has charged
that American-owned companies are
taking excessive profits from his ma
tive land. Singing out General Mo-
tors, Calwell claimed that the firm
made APT per cent net profit on cap
ital invested in an Australian sub
sidiary.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-10

5. Increasing of capital stock to
$1O0,2OO,0
| Coutts, in making his report, told
| the delegates that 'the Exchange
| CATER 80 years operation) is in ex-
cellent condition and is financially
strong. But it can't forever live in
depressed farm economy and every
year show the tremendous growth it
has experienced in the past
Concluding, he said that "after 80
years of progress. we can look back
with pride to "a job well done by the
Central Exchange through it's affili-
ated co-ops and their members. Dur
ing times of trial, farm people have
turned more and more to their region
al and local co-operatives for help
and reaped the positive benefits
achieved by doing business the coop
way. They learned how little people
can do big things by cooperation"
PATTON ENCOURAGED
BY NEW FRONTIER"
James G. Patton, president of Ma
tional Farmers Union, told the con-
vention he is encouraged that the
new frontier of President Kennedy,
which has already brought some of
the action farmers and other people
have been needing, will make agri-
cultural history by cooperating in
a second world food conference
Such a meeting, Patton said, should
deal with sat least three things.
First, it should write a world food
policy. Second, it should take steps
to establish world food board under
the United Nations to help level off
abundance with shortages. Third. it
should initiate all possible steps TO
wipe hunger from the face of the
earth once and for ALL
eve now have the technical and
productive means for accomplishing
these things, and we have the kind
of national leadership we need to
harness these means I believe that
President Kennedy and his strong
Cabinet will finally get many of these
goals accomplished"
Among other speakers at the meet
ing was Leonard Kenfield, Great
Falls, president of Montana Farmers
Union.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-10
$I8.3 Million In Cash
Refunded By FUCE

Farmers Union Central Exchange has redeemed in cash
S18 million in patronage refund stock it announced by
President Leo Doheny the FUCE meeting ST. Paul
last week This retirement 18th in the regional
history portion of the 1861 patronage refund stock and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-10
ST MILLION IMPROVEMENT
AT LAUREL REFINERY

During 1860, according to senior
member of the Exchanges board Oh
directors, Glenn Coutts of Richey
five major policy decisions were made
by the board. These authorized:
L. 81 million worth of improve
ments and repairs at the Central Ex-
changes oil refinery at Laurel.
2. Construction of the SIS million
Cenex Pipeline and oil storage term
inal at Minot, N. ID.
3. The retiring of SIG million in
cash of the remaining half of 195O's
patronage refund stock. (The $1.8
retirement of part of 1851 stock came
as an unexpected announcement at
last weeks annual meeting following
a special meeting of the board of di-
rectors.)
4. Withdrawal from the wholesale
of heavy farm machinery
after 1861
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-10

amounted to SIS million.
The SIS million refund, according
to Doheny, a longtime wheat farmer
in Montana's triangle area. will be
distributed to $50 local co-ops in
nine northwest states which buy farm
supplies from the Central Exchange.
These locally-owned co-ops serve a
total of $4,000 farm families.
During 1860, Central Exchange
General Manager Tom Steichen an
nounced, the regional supply coop
did a total volume of business of
$9O,711, 900. Of this total. 1875 per
cent or 81, 56O,965 worth of petrol
cum products and other farm sup
plies were purchased by Montana CO.
op members through their local sup
ply organizations.
Eight and nine-tentns cents of
every gross dollar of volume of the
Central Exchange in 1860 will be
distributed, via of local co-ops to
patrons according to their pur-
chases during the year. For Mon
tana patron-owners of local co-ops
this means that on that $11.56
million gross volume in 1860, they
will get refunds totalling over one
million dollars
North Dakota farmer co-ops did
the largest volume of business of any
state, with FUCE, with total of
S23, 957,935, or 26.41 per cent of
the $9O.7 million. Closely behind
North Dakota was Wisconsin with
$23, 351,719 or 25.74 per cent. Min
nesota was third with $18,743,651,
or 2O.66 per cent. Montana was
fourth, followed by South Dakota
with $9,6O1,23O or 1888 per cent
The balance of the volume was dis
tributed between Idaho, Washington,
Oregon and Wyoming.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
House Kills Employment Benafit Pay Period Bill In Waning Hours

JUNEAU lP - A bill which would extend the maximum bene- fit period for employment securi- ty payments from 26 to 28 weeks was killed in the House Wednes- day by a tabling vote of 21-18.
 The action came in the waning hours of the legislative session after lawmakers were told that the 13-Week emergency federal employment security program would extend the coverage to the maximum 39 weeks anyway
 The bill which had been re- quested by Gov. Egan, passed the Senate more than a month ago.
 The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole before final action on the bill to hear testimony by Merrill Weir, State Director of Employment Security.
 In reply to questions, Weir said the bill would have no effect on jobless benefits in Alaska un- til June 30, 1862, at which time the emergency federal program will end.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
No Ones Education Is Complete
 Until He Seeks to be Elected to Office

1 with the cry, lets build a new gym Then a fourth candidate emerges with an even hotter is sue: What our community de- serves is a brand new school"
 The Wh ole situation has changed. Instead of being for ward-looking liberal, you are now tagged as foot-dragging old fossil with his mind in the past, a real drag on the community.
 Rumors spread that you are a wife beater, a tax dodger and a man who starves his kids on stale bread and water in order to keep up sumpuous love nests in two neighboring suburbs.
 Well, on the advice of Joe DoakeS, you rent mimeograph and start grinding out campaign literature. You and your support CTS hold endless caucuses far into the morning and soon you are spending more time and effort trying to be president of the PTA than you are in earning a living.
 Old enemies suddenly become warm friends, and old friends unexpectedly become new ene- mics. You have strange sense of unreality You don't feel you have changed, but the world around you has.
 Comes election night and you are badly swamped. The PTA overwhelmingly votes in as presi- dent the guy who pumped for a S3million bond issue to build a new school.
 You are a defeated man. But you have learned things about yourself and your community you never could have discovered un- less you have run for an elective office, and submitted yourself to the voting discipline of your fel- low man.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
LATEST THING IN FASHION

LONDON tR - It's the latest thing in British female fashion the Jacqueline Kennedy look.
 With the President and his wife coming to Europe next month, the girls are already try ing to look like Americas First Lady, says columnist Edna Me Kenna on the Tabloid Daily Sketch.
 She forecast the Jacqueline-type low hairline will be the success sor to the high blonde Bardot look which blossomed in Britain last summer.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
WANTED ONE EASTER BUNNY!

YUBA CITY, Calf. R - Want ed by the sheriff: One Easter bunny.
 Ebert Audrey Tylor was one of 10 prisoners assigned to play bunny and hide 4,200 colored Easter eggs before Sheriff G. w. Carpenters big Easter egg hunt for Sutter County children.
 The children found the eggs, but the sheriff hasn't been able to find Tylor, who was serving a nine months sentence for failure to provide for his family.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
Thousands of Refugees Flee From Angola Into the Congo

MATADI, The Congo R - Thousands of African refugees are Altering across the guarded Angola border into the Congo telling stories of Portuguese mas sacres and oppression.
 The Congolese security chief of Matadi, a port town lying only few miles from the frontier, esti- mated that at least 5000 persons - many of them young children - have fled to this region from Angola in the last two weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
Rep. Rivers Urges
 Doubling $2 Million For Indian Sanitation

WASHINGTON LP - Rep. Ralpa J. Rivers has urged doubl- ing the g million that has been 5ldgeted for the Indian Sanita- ton Facilities Program in the year starting July 1.
 In a letter Wednesday to Rep. Joln Fosarty, Chairman of the House Appropriations subcom- mittee on Health, Education and Welfare funds, Rivers said the $2 million budgeted is inadequate to meet immediate sanitation needs of Indian communities.
 There is a waiting list of com munities with approved projects which means many will have to wait for aid until the fiscal year starting July l, 1862 or later un- less the program is increased, Rivers said.
 Among these, he said, is the Metlakatla community in South eastern Alaska, in need of help to rehabilititate it's water system, which Rivers said, is "in a pre- carious state of disrepair."
 Under the program, the Public Health Service helps provide water supply, waste disposal and other sanitation facilities for h. dian reservations, villages and homes.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
By Hal Boyle

NEW YORK LR - No ones edu- cation is quite complete until he seeks to be elected something or other.
 It isn't necessary to seek high public office - to aspire to be a senator or a governor or ten ant of the White House.
 Running for the presidency of a private club or organization of any kind can be equally enlight- ening as to the vital dynamics of democracy.
 A man learns the same basic facts of politics whether he runs for the Presidency of the United States, or for the chairmanship of the local branch of the interna- tional society for the betterment of the petunia.
 AS a matter of pure truth, the infighting in amateur politics is probably more intense than it is in the field of professional poli- ticsi which is, to some extent, af- fected by traditional rules.
 You are an ordinary man req sonably content with an ordinary job, a wife and two ordinary children. You rather unWillingly join PTA because - well, you feel you ought to.
 You sit silent through the first two meetings. Then, one night, when the audience is asked for suggestions as to how to improve the school, you get up.
 Why don't we get the gym mats cleaned. They look pretty dirty" you say.
 Later Joe Doakes, one of the king makers of the organization approaches you.
 That was mighty constructive proposal you made. This outfit needs fresh minds and new blood. How about you running for pres ident " he says.
 So you launch your campaign for the presidency on a liberal platform: Lets get the gym mats cleaned - and hang the ex- penses."
 A week later a second faction appears with a candidate whose slogan is, "Why imperil our chil- dren's safety with used gym mats? Let's buy new gym mats!"
 A third candidate then arises
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
90 Soldiers Complete 3o0- Mile Cross Country Trek

With temperatures as low as 50 degrees for four days the 30 soldiers of the Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battle Group from Fit. Richardson completed their 300-mile cross country trek on skis and on foot from McGrath to Unalakleet. They were equipped with three Sno Travellers and started the trip on March 13.
 They will be returned to their base by air.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
PROUD DISPLAY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. R - A tourist back from Scotland proud ly displayed a silk scarf in heather box and in- scribed: "A gift from Bonnie Scotland."
 The scarf itself carried the label: Made in West Germany"
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07
sol PERSONS EXECUTED TO
 DATE BY CASTRO'S REGIME

HAVANA R - Firing squads executed two more men in La Cabana yesterday, raising to 601 the unofficial total of persons eX- ecuted by Prime Minister Fidel Gastro's regime since he took power on Jan. l, 1959
 They were condemned by sepa- rate military tribunals Wednes- day night
 The two tribunals also sen fenced 24 persons to prison for terms ranging from 9 to 30 years on charges of counter-revolution- ary activities.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07

Flattery does get you some where. A top door to-door sales man says his success secret is: "The first five words I utter when a housewife opens the door are "Miss, is your mother in?"
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07

Planning to sell your home? Some real estate men say you can get up to 12 per cent more if you paint it first.
The Nome nugget., 1961-04-07

Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-06
EdifOrialS...
FOR OUR CHILDREN, THE WONDERFUL
WORLD OF BOOKS is A DISTANT PLANET

Every so often we read something
about how few books are read by
adults in this country. 1t is always
distressing to be reminded how limit
ed the interest is in following the
reading habit.
But even more distressing are the
following comments overheard from
the parent of school child last week
THANK goodness school has start
ed. Now my children will start reading
again. They've been retrogressing all
summer"
We are Saddened to hear Sucn re-
marks. But we cannot doubt that it
Is an accurate illustration of the
existing situation.
We could go into a long drawn out
charge that it is the parents who are
to blame for this lack of interest on
the part of their children. and we
could admonish the children for their
shortsightedness, but after we got
through we would still be aware of
the lnkling in the backs of our minds
that there is another shortcoming for
which all of us are to blame.
1T Is not a new idea that we are
IN need of a library here II has been
talked of and written about several
times IN the past. The only thing is.
nothing substantial has been done
about it.
The County Commissioners have
been sympathetic and liberal toward
us IN their consideration of our library
needs. and we are thankful that we
have the services of the county book
mobile, but it obviously is not ade-
quate.
The bOOkmobile comes to town
only once every two we Is. 1t is hero
only a very short time. 1t would be
nice If all who are Interested in get
tlng books could arrange their affairs
so they could make this schedule.
but unfortunately such is not the case.
And even if this could be done. the
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-06
Carriers
Column
By-W. Horace Carter

APPOINTMENT: Columbus County been completely left
out OF the political patronage pls by the National aa
John H. Prince OF Fair Bluff "rslE; olo'et
of j. and Edred Prince Motor Company here has
Deputy Executive Assistant for Administration III
Department OF Commerce by Secretary Luther n
Prince last month. He is resident OF Arlington
Va, present.
FASHIONS: We didn't get there but the Dirt Dobbcs Fashion
Shmv, we understand admit exactly draw capacity CROWD
a. tt Of tact the attendance was small and the
probably very protsbe But the idea was COCO an
bowling success The Dirt Dubocrs are to pe com
DONG something too o;t," clubs simply
me-; and nothing We ike to see activity among those org
an1a,ions that are suppose 20 lcao the community
SCOUT DRIVE: Soon now the Boy Scouts Of America
launch the annual ovc tor funds The scouts of f.o"r CnN
nav Dec" ,''''7 .,l very D . ~ ., I r
year md deserve "1 srP"Lt c" me community l|'s' yen
about 500 raised IN Faoor City 10 support this youth
contributed year.
COLLEGE, huge drive for funds will open in Horny
County to raise enough money start building college
thai adjoining county. Certainly college ia Horny
A. the moment half OF all the students OF the
this area the figure less han one fourth Of the ngh school
graduates attending college,
with the of the nation Perhaps colleges closer
get high school grad
rates into institutions of higher learning.
RADIO: The Voice America radio sponsored by
the United states government pro-
grams to the iron curtain Countries representative
bo City last week record the history the
Tabor City Tribune. We certainly honored talk
hc particularly after we found that The Tribune the only
weekly newspaper in the country that is being used
Bryant Baker, Mayor Howard
HARRISON were briefly interviewed and their statements
corded along with truly Well probably
program but we hope that from something emerge
that those listeners the communists absorb
FOOTBALL: in recent history recall City
a graron team as that of last Fricay nipbt Tb@re % b
been about 1900 1900 and the football
team played extremely well In seasons folks
prcssive in the season opener should he
stmuant to the sure would like to see
i'll years past.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-09-06
And In This CoInr-
A Flying Visitor

has wings. ''' nc hlild that
,b r aE got up night last week with ono Of
said there IaS anu Wheh she came back to bed she
/ a. i" .'eIe vas bat in the bathroom she was
"''oep oelore l could say anything.
wnt lay awake and thought about it, After a while
"A bat?" [ asked.
YES she said
Ion t you think We ought to try and get it out
~ ~ ele morning, she said, and was asecn aTair
,l r e iiiorhlhg got up and went i'm the bathroom
ana looked around No bat | went back and n"hn
There's no bat in there" said.
one got up and went in and looked .ro,od
,rdo ne probably asleep somewhere in crack or
" euge, Sne said. Bats sleep in the DAYTIME"
~ we started looking in all the cracks and nmJor
al me Lodges. The bathroom and the back nnrb
S anu u ohe kitchen connect and the doors were opcm
ire oT ~o en-, IN all three places Still bat
"t I"S9e IL got out, she said.
,,ihe same way it got in"
:; We looked for places where it might have oo+
IN. We couldn't find any - "'s"' nave eot
was mao forgotten about the bat by the next night
car " LILLY a, bath when something went by my
t ear ! called Phyllis and told her the bat was in
me me bathroom with me. She yelled at me to close
'he ooor TO the children's room.
=, got the door closed and thinking fast opcnod
e,e uoor TO the back porch | could get the bat
out the back door. But the kitchen door ,yas o D
and the bat went by me- and I veIIed for pbuDp tn
close the other door it wouldn't get in the dinno
i. ~ al eTIdtlc pattern from
10 another Phyllis yelled at me through a crack i"
'ne olning room door to hold the back door nrn,
ana maybe the bat would fly out / told her I dii't
nave any clothes on and had only towel arnund
lne, but she SAID that was all right so I dodVrJ
around the bat and held the door open ~
a. IL made few more turns through the rooms and
lhen came out past me at the door ~
through the crack ''' OdIh'hs
told her did
III amazing how fast bats can fl, in close orar
ters and still not hit anything mentioned il to
fhyllis later, and asked her didn't she think il was
amazing. w ~ "" IL was
of radar ~ '' sui