Editorial tension over redevelopment and public projects
Editorial notes concern over municipal spending by the Anderson Redevelopment Commission on buying and demolishing property for parking lots and cites a case where a taxed lot was condemned for city meters. It also describes Postal Service surplus property sales, a planned downtown building and school system expansion as context for fiscal debate.
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Anderson Redevelopment Commission
Postal Service
Federal
1Th and
Jackson Sts
Sie
10Th and
Main Sts
Sehool
Mth
Public resistance to metric system dominates survey findings
A Gallup pull shows the general public not ready for the metric system. By early 1973 awareness rose from 34 to 74 percent, while fewer know conversion details. Taxpayers face cost while officials expand downtown properties and parking as the conversion idea falters.
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United States
Pharmaceutical
History Rewritten By HALH de TOLEDANO Copley News Service
Washington reviewer analyzes Rhoden Jeffreys Jones American Espionage focusing on Hiss case errors and biased sources. He criticizes reliance on dubious references and calls the book dry pedantic. Concerns linger over CIA and FBI portrayal and overall scholarly credibility.
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Halh de Toledano
Copley
Washington
Macmillan
Rhoden Jeffreys Jones
W. Somerset Maugham
Dashiell Hamen
J. Edgar Jicover
Ars UN
Hhodri deffreyus-Jones
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Moscow
Jeffreys Jones
Chambers
Jeffreys
FBI
CIA
Macmullan
Mason
America
No Escape Island Crisis Warns of Self Destruction Epidemic
Paul Harvey discusses the global rise in death by own action, highlighting Micronesia and the U S Trust Territory of the Racine Islands. He cites rates, factors like alcohol, and government dependence as key drivers in an urgent, somber warning.
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Paul Harvey
Abergawn
South Pacific Islands
Helsinki
Finlat
Hungary
Denmark
Finland
Micronesia
Parifi
United States
U. S. Trust
Racine Islands
Los Angeles Times Syndirate
Tidal Wave Of Insanity In Washington
Washington column argues that media coverage of the women’s movement has inflated a fringe to the center stage. It compares Bella Abzug to Phyllis Diller and warns the circus could undermine real equality. The piece laments press complicity and predicts Abzug’s influence will fade.
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Washington
Ron Hendren
Houston
Bella Abzug
Charlie Chaplin
Phyllis Diller
Abzug and Co
Diller
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Marcos and Torture in the Philippines through War and Power
Buckley sketches Ferdinand Marcos from resistance fighter to president, detailing wartime torture by Japanese captors, his later crackdown after martial law, and reflections on state-sanctioned cruelty, with moral questions about top leadership and accountability.
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William F. Buckley
Manila
Marcos
Philippines
Bataan
Shinty
Thes
Erse
Bial
Japan
Tokyo
The
Maarcos
Pinochet
Videla
Ferdinand Marcos
Persorral
Unemployment Debate Stirs Carter Era Commentary
Washington 1 recounts visits by three labor officials and a Nash firm lunch where a female worker’s quit and claimed aid prompts scrutiny of unemployment figures. The piece cites Carter's energy speech and critics who use statistics to fuel liberal campaigns, noting a Policy Review article on how new registrations change unemployment counts.
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Holales Alexander Washington
Department of Labor
Carter
Fiddler
Conpanies
Nalion
Caner
Kenneth Clarkson
Hoger Meiners
Policy Review
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Ome Buckley
Henry Howell
Hywell
Virginia
Alexander
Ani
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