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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1954
Page
18
Editorial notes Madison County ranked 68th among 92 Indiana counties in primary turnout, with only 24 counties lower. It contrasts heavy local effort with poor participation and urges a reappraisal of efforts to boost voter involvement before future elections.
Madison County residents studied the countywide personal property assessment which lowered Duck Creek Township to Class 10. The shift increases the township tax burden despite rich fertile soil and unchanged government costs including the Boone-Duck Creek School. This assessment dampens Duck Creek pride.
The Senate voted to form a six member committee chosen by Vice President Nixon to investigate Senator Joseph R McCarthy after Ralph Flanders resolution to censure. The panel includes three Democrats and three Republicans aiming for a thorough, bipartisan inquiry into Mc Carthy and related questions. Madison County residents praise local National Guard units after their two week Camp Grayling training with improved readiness.
The Senate and House clash over amendments to the atom energy bill as conferees seek a path, with Humphrey water power rules, Johnson government reactors, Langer anti monopoly safeguards, Kerr patent pooling, and other provisions shaping peacetime nuclear policy and costs.
Case L 375 features Marshall P. seeking marriage with Helene. Crane urges Marshall to reassert masculine dominance, dating others to provoke jealousy and wake her dependence, recommending bold affection and “knocking the crutch” from her. The column cites Seneca and Shakespeare to justify psychological advice.
The piece argues that postwar decolonization and national self assertion challenge Soviet and Chinese expansion. It notes Britain Holland and France retreating or reallocating influence, while the American Assembly calls African and Asian self determination a revolution. Russia and Red China push forward with forceful rule, but a day of reckoning is foretold.
Cpl. How ard T. Chrisman of Auburn will be promoted to sergeant and take command of the new Indiana state police post at Peru when it opens Aug. 16. He will be assisted by Elton Bodey of Peru and Gale P. DeLon of Kokomo, promoted from trooper to corporal. The Peru post, the fourth added in two years, ties to the Lafayette district for admin use and sits on US 31 north of Peru. William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, was a Methodist minister.
Dr William Brady reviews ambulant hernia treatment versus conventional hospital care. He cites Watsons HERNIA and Surgeon General guidelines, noting painless injections allow work return. He warns about clinic rackets and directs readers to write for personal health letters.
Evansville Indiana reports that McElroy from Mt. Carmel Illinois is recovering from a lightning shock that killed his companion Elmer Johnson age 46 of Carmi Illinois while working north of Evansville Monday night. Atlantic City has had a broad walk since 1870.
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