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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
2
Editorial notes Anderson Transit System shows promise with municipal backing and partial business subsidies. It urges widespread public use to build revenue, praises new equipment and schedules, and asks riders to embrace future routes to avoid losing the system.
A California sixth grade teacher introduces a two point incentive system paying students in imaginary dollars for good work and fining them for poor effort. Students build firms and empires, pay and reward others, start with zero credit, and claim it teaches the American way of life though parents oppose the concept. The educator praises the method as motivating and asserts it mirrors capitalist principles.
An industrialist argues that codes rules and inflation block home ownership for youths. He calls for federal and local housing reform to curb inflation while easing mortgage money supply and material costs, urges building code breakthroughs, and seeks greater corporate involvement to meet 1970s demand.
In a 1969 column Roger E Spear explains the 1929 merger of Electric Bond and Share into a holding group, the three for one share swap, and later stock splits. He advises on calculating cost basis with Chase Manhattan Bank and notes dividend rights for Litton Serving B and convertible preferred shares.
Paul Harvey notes 2239 near misses and 25 midair crashes last year as air traffic grows. He cites bird strike hazards from seagulls to pheasants, with potential microwave deterrents and other methods under study by the Airline Pilots Association.
The author visits Westminster and East Coker to reflect on T. S. Eliot. He notes Eliot’s stone in Westminster Abbey and the East Coker monument with lines from Little Gidding. The piece compares Eliot’s belief in the communication of the dead to other figures and quotes.
A narrator recalls teaching creative writing at the University of Miami while balancing journalism and prose. He describes a student questioning if journalism stifles fiction, discusses early career struggles, a Tampa wedding deadline, and first magazine success with Adventure and a steamboat inspired short story.
A collection of humorous misstatements and aphorisms attributed to William Wade discussing language, daily life and common phrases. Entries range from misspellings to quirky definitions, ending with a note on proverbial wisdom.
The piece argues President Nixon may finish with a legacy of scientific progress and economic gains rather than a weak record. It highlights nuclear power advances, SSTs, and Seaborg inspired ideas as proof of national potential beyond war ends and inflation relief. The rhetoric reinforces Nixon as a driver of technological innovation with practical social applications.
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