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...thousands of them supplied electricity for Midwest farms. Then the cheap power brought by the New Deal's rural electrification program finally made most of the durable fixtures obsolete. During World War II, a giant 110-ft, 1,250-kilowatt wind-driven generator built on a hill called Grandpa's Knob outside Rutland, Vt., created a flurry of renewed interest in wind power -until one of the monster machine's eight-ton blades, weakened by metal fatigue, tore off and hurtled 750 ft. into the air before crash-landing...
...agrees. "But blah blah, woof woof, as Jimi Hendrix used to say." Says Miss Mary, Ernest Hemingway's widow (and Margaux's step-grandmother): "She was such a nice healthy kid, I hope nothing spoils her, natch." About her publicity-hating grandfather, Margaux is admiringly respectful, exulting: "Grandpa's spirit's in my marrow." But she prefers people to realize that it is Margaux, not Ernest, who is the big name today. She is even getting over her fear of competition. When Joan came to New York recently to promote the movie Rosebud, for which...
...businesses. But, he points out, under present law wealthy taxpayers count only half their capital gains in calculating their taxable income; Okun would reduce or even eliminate that discount. He also favors tightening up on federal estate taxes, especially to wipe out "the generation-skipping trust, by which Great Grandpa can provide abundantly for his children and grandchildren while ensuring that the estate will elude taxation during their generations...
Many families also cannot handle the physical aspects of aging. The Jury family, of Clarks Summit, Pa., watched helplessly as "Grandpa" Frank Tugend faded. The Jurys kept the retired coal miner with them, bearing with him as he became confused and forgetful, cleaning up after him as he lost control of his bodily functions. In his lucid moments, the proud 81-year-old Tugend knew what was happening to him. One day he took out his false teeth and refused to eat any more. He had decided to die, and no one-not his doctor, not his family-could...
...lovable old grandpa on The Waltons' TV series, but Actor Will Geer, 73, is still the leading man in some circles. Last week Geer, along with ex-Wife Herta Ware and Protégé Michael Wilson, trouped through Chicago retirement hotels with a program of poetry and song. "We do little pieces of authors that these old girls might remember," said Geer of his readings from Robert Frost and Walt Whitman. The white-haired women in his audiences seemed appreciative, but they were still a surprise to the actor. "People talk out loud just as they do when...