Editorial: Mayor Rock urged tax relief but broke his word
The piece rebuts Mayor Robert L. Rock’s 1971 call to lower Anderson’s tax rate from 10.96 to below 10.10, arguing his 1973 proposal raises the civil city rate from 3.23 to 4.586 with a 34.5 percent increase. It accuses him of mismanagement, cronies on the payroll, and neglect of services, urging taxpayers to demand honesty and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Rock
State Board of Tax Commissioners
City of
Anderson
Rock
Reading
Federal arbitrator eases newspaper ban on job site reading
A federal arbitrator ruled discipline over newspaper reading on duty at a naval air station in Alameda was overenforced. The civilian guard’s 15 day suspension was cut to 10, and the policy was urged to be applied more leniently. The ruling also touched on broader press freedom issues in government workplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Calif
SOG
American Federation of Government Employees Union
Union
Solomon
Right to Work and the Republican Platform Debate
The piece critiques the 1972 Republican platform on right to work, noting tensions between President Nixon and party moderates. It argues the party shifts from state autonomy to weakening labor Democratic ties, citing how platform writers and Nixon aides handle economic signals and public support. The column mocks platform zeal and stresses the need for accountability in presidential influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Republican Platform Committee
Piataren Gippee Party
Republican Party
Tion
Lyndon Johnson
Organized Labor
Democratic Party
Richard Whalen
Miami
Richard Nixon
Nixon
New York
Whalen
Indiana
Freylinghuysen
John Jones
Republic
McGovern
George Meany
White House
E.Q
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Jury Abuse in Jury Selection Alleged by Alice Widener
Alice Widener condemns leftist and anti establishment lawyers for bias in jury selection. She cites Ellsberg case and letters from jurors alleging exclusions based on banking ties motherhood and military background. She warns escalating hand picked juries threaten impartiality like treacherous courts in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Daniel Ellsberg
Cone
El Dorado Is Now Aimed At Home Energy Independence
Holmes Alexander argues that the United States can achieve practical energy self sufficiency through domestic coal gasification oil shale solar energy and nuclear power. He cites Senate hearings and studies showing rising known oil reserves and urges government and private investment to reduce reliance on foreign fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Mid East
Far East
Russian Siberia
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Ohio
William Saxbe
Middle East
Russia
North Slope
Alaska
Canada
Atomic Energy Commission
George McGovern
United States
U.S. Geological Survey
Henry Steele
MIT
Senate Judiciary Committee
Steele
Senate Interior Committee
Tom Medders, Jr
Independent Petroleum Association of America
U.S
Randoph
el Dorado
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Should Michigan voters include the insane on ballots
A 1972 column questions Attorney General Frank Kelley ruling that residents of state mental institutions may vote. It argues against extending ballot access to the mentally disabled, notes campus voting trends, and critiques broader democratic proposals while lampooning political lunacy. It cites Kelley’s stance, McGovern’s universal basic income idea, and fears of illiterate or imprisoned voters altering elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Frank J. Kelley
Kelley
Secrats
U.S. Senate
Robert Griffin
Michigan House of Representatives
John Smeekens
George McGovern
Bedlam
Gen. Fea. Corp
A Fleet In Time Propels Alaska Oil To Market
A defense of moving Alaska North Slope crude to Valdez and down to Seattle and California refineries argues tankers would advance U.S. shipbuilding and a revived merchant marine. Industry leaders say ocean transport will be safe, ecologically responsible, and crucial to easing domestic oil and gas shortages as the new tanker fleet materializes. The piece cites U N and domestic efforts to update pollution rules and tanker size limits while urging support for the industry’s growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Valdez
Seattle
California
U.S
South
Industrial News Review
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The
American Civil Liberties Union Today
FBI
Veterans Administration
Texas
William Westmoreland
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Donald Johnson
Westy
Westmoreland
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Associated Press
Buckley
Alice Widener
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
Kirk
United States of America
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