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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1973
Page
1
Syria announces a boycott of the Middle East peace talks in Geneva while Israel and Egypt plan to attend. U.S. officials foresee progress amid cautions. Other items note a schoolbus incident, Skylab routine, and space mission updates page references.
The Associated Press reports millions on the East Coast shivered and shoveled after a snow and ice storm killed at least 20 and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands. Connecticut bore the worst outages with utilities deployed and repairs ongoing. Governors and National Guardsmen battled debris and aimed to restore service as federal and local agencies assessed damage and mobilized resources.
Anderson Community Schools closed Tuesday night due to a lice epidemic described by Superintendent G E Ebbertt as a losing battle. Schools will reopen Jan 7 with health officials advising tests and treatment. parochial and private institutions also halted.
Five Arab extremists who hijacked a Lufthansa jet and earlier a Pan Am plane surrendered in Kuwait after a 30 hour ordeal that began in Rome. The incidents left 32 dead, including Americans, and involved fire and explosives as the group bluffed about their actions during stops in Athens. The surrender came hours after captors released 12 held people unharmed and insisted they were not criminals.
About forty Anderson businessmen attended a Chamber of Commerce luncheon launching a community energy conservation campaign. An Anderson energy committee will be formed to motivate the whole area, guided by a Richmond energy team that cited 60 percent plant fuel savings and 20 percent plus in other businesses.
At a Board of Public Works meeting, minutes read by a sick secretary showed condemnation proceedings against Carrie Winer Williams for land in Hannah Hazaletts Addition near West Fourth and Jackson streets. City attorney Jack Campbell said $77,000 offer failed to settle. negotiations stalled and only one property involved. The city had already spent about $30,000 on the project.
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce estimates Hoosiers will pay about 33.7 percent of income in federal, state, and local taxes in 1974 with federal taxes rising as personal income grows. Local taxes may fall while sales taxes rise, per Edward Bowman and John Barnett. The 1973 tax program shapes the changes, and overall total taxation may stay near last year’s level.
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