- Title: UNITED STATES: 85-YEAR-OLD STUDENT RECEIVES COLLEGE DEGREE
- Date: 28th January 1970
- Summary: GRADUATES ARRIVE: MRS. SHERMAN SEATED WITH DEGREE: GRADUATES LOOK ON: MRS. SHERMAN SPEAKING. TRANSCRIPT SHERMAN: "YOU SEE, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN, BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. THE SENIOR CITIZENS I CONSIDER AMERICA'S STEP-CHILDREN, BECAUSE THEY ARE FORCED TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE. THEY ARE NOT GIVEN ENOUGH TO LIVE ON, SO YOU, BUT THEY GIVE YOU NOT MUCH TO LET YOU DIE. SO THEY'RE BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP-BLUE-SEA. NOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS WHO WOULD BE GLAD TO WORK-WE ARE STEREOTYPED, WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WORK, WE ARE TREATED AS STEP-CHILDREN, AND I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT." REPORTER: "ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A JOB NOW?" SHERMAN: "I WOULD-OH HONEY? I WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE EMPLOYMENT-BUT I DO NOT WANT A JOB FOR WORKING FOR CHEAP STARVATION SALARY. I'VE PAID IN TOO MUCH MONEY MAKING, PREPARING MYSELF, TO THROW MY TIME AWAY. YES I WANT EMPLOYMENT, BUT I WANT DECENT SALARY". Initials PH/V/BOB/PS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: CHICAGO, U.S.A.
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