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Neither had caught up with seamy-side Novelist Nelson (A Walk on the Wild Side) Algren, 47, though he granted that it had certainly been a wild walk. Foraging for groceries at 10 a.m. one chilly morning in home-town Gary, Ind., Algren decided to short-cut across a frozen lakefront lagoon, shortly found himself floundering in cold water. Author Algren yelped for help, was soon hauled out by two helpful carpenters on the other end of some rope. Later, he consoled himself with the thought: "I didn't even get a sneeze out of the deal."
In Long Beach, Calif, and very much alive, up popped spry old (91 this week) Dr. Francis E. Townsend, whose old-age pension "Plan" once promised a silver lining beyond the Depression's storm clouds. Dr. Townsend's latest project: organization of a "Women's Anti-Poverty Party" (men also invited to join).