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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1955
Page
2
Editorial cites Anderson Police Department figures showing 1721 traffic accidents in the city during the first 11 months, with 381 injuries and five deaths, an increase from the prior year. Authors blame carelessness and failure to stop at preferential streets, urging a community program with law enforcement to improve driving habits and reduce fatalities.
The Current Events Club of Anderson plans its 28th Charity Ball for December 26 1955 promising a premier social event of the season. Proceeds support Victoria Guild Bill Wilson Boys Club School for Exceptional Children Visiting Nurse Association Anderson Community Chest and Boy and Girl Scout programs.
Dan Cravens, Franklin, and Frank T. Millis, Revenue Commissioner, emerge as early contenders for Indiana governor with Lt. Gov. Harold Handley among possible entrants. The piece stresses party unity over individual ambition to avoid past defeats and unite behind the state ticket for the November campaign.
Washington column surveys Expert Dulles missteps on Portuguese GOA remark drawing Indian ire while ex diplomat Cooper cables State on the miscue. It also covers FAO talks in Rome with Rep Anfuso on food surpluses and aid, plus Lamb TV license scrutiny and FCC witness oddities as part of a broader overseas policy mood.
The piece describes old American folk pastimes where music guides a search for hidden objects and a whistle game that misleads a seeker. It also notes a UC Berkeley discovery of one of six known West Texas Constitution copies, stored in Bancroft Library, and a Detroit report that about 7 percent of U.S. families own one car.
A psychologist advises fathers that time with children under 12 is priceless. Case Q-328 features Harry B. asking what gifts to give his four kids. the answer is time. A Chicago father pledges to give one full day of his time each month for a year, for sports games, picnics or other activities.
A 1950s health column urges daily brisk walking for health and warns against relying on elastic stockings for varicose veins. It notes proper exercise, tone of leg muscles, and warns against charlatans selling ineffective treatments. The piece also discusses parental playtime, children’s games, and family behavior as influences on health. Dolly Varden obituary appended.
Trinity Episcopal Church will celebrate the Nativity with a Midnight Mass at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday preceded by a Festival of Carols at 11:30. Salvatore Silipigni directs the choir as Mrs. Silipigni plays the organ. Father Burns preaches on The Cross of Bethlehem. A second Christmas service is at 11 a.m. with Holy Baptism at 11:45. The Feast of St Stephen children’s service is at 2 p.m. Monday. services for St John and the Holy Innocents follow at 9 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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