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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1973
Page
1
Democratic leader Thomas P. ONeill of Massachusetts accuses Nixon of easing Phase 2 controls, causing inflation to rise. He urges congressional initiative to curb prices and restore economic stability.
A brief spring cloudburst brings winds up to 55 mph, ripping a grit collector roof near Emge Packing and causing temporary power losses to Emge and Western Village. Downed poles, uprooted branches, and minor damage reported across Madison County with rainfall over half an inch.
Gov. Otis R Bowen could not sign the tax package as printers ran late. The chronology outlines retroactive rate changes from 1913 to 1974, county local option income taxes, and expected property tax relief refunds. State Treasurer Jack L. New criticizes GOP explanations and foresees varied property tax impacts on rural residents.
Indiana lawmakers approved a $15 million program to pay about 58,000 Vietnam era veterans $200 each, with $500 bonuses for those with at least 10 percent service-connected disability and $1,000 for families of Hoosiers killed in Southeast Asia. Eligibility covers Indiana residents who spent at least nine days in Vietnam and filed within three years.
Local women will display creative hats Sunday at 5 pm in the Fine Arts Center as part of the Historic Eighth Street Gaslight Festival and Street Fair. Three categories historical beautiful and comical millinery highlight the event with entry forms on Page 6.
Nearly 200 Northwest School patrons rallied against a new middle school beside Shenandoah High, urging reconsideration as board approval for six to eight graders moved ahead with a $9500 additional building fund appropriation. Attendees complained of lack of notice and closed sessions, while attorney James White challenged the procedure and public input.
Madison County councilman Franklin Earl Patterson 35 was charged by affidavit with theft after a probable cause hearing in Madison Superior Court Judge Paul Schrenker presided Anderson police detectives filed the charge. He posted a $2000 bond and was questioned outside T and H Sales and Service where a portable color TV and stereo valued at 770 were found in his car. Patterson, owner of a security service, is a Democratic councilman serving his first term.
Madison council moved on a 6-0 vote to authorize a public hearing date set for May 1 on a 1.5 million appropriation for a city bond program aimed at a 2.75 million overall package. The plan funds park expansion, downtown thoroughfare improvements, and transit modernization with a new parking authority shaping downtown development. Dennis Lanane questioned speed of the process.
The Bay Area race centers on Bobby Seale as he contends for Oakland mayor while Berkeley eyes a leftist council win. The item appears amid a page of international and regional news including fashion price tensions and inflation measures.
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