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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1968
Page
3
The piece argues the nation faces a severe fiscal crisis under Johnson policies with inflation rising, a deteriorating balance of payments, growing deficits, and a threatened recession. It warns public confidence is eroding as federal spending soars despite higher revenues and urges prompt decisive action.
The Wall Street Journal reports 1967 as the first year total taxes across all government levels exceeded 200 billion dollars. It notes 1956’s 100 billion, then doubling in a single year, with projections of higher taxes ahead including Social Security increases and possible federal tax hikes. The piece cites Chase Manhattan Bank data and discusses tax shares by level and by income group.
The November rise was three tenths of one percent, matching October. All major categories climbed except food and beverages, with apparel gasoline and housing contributing to higher costs alongside consumer services.
An elderly reader asks if the saying to cut losses but let profits run applies to two damping holdings General Foods and Consolidated Edison and whether to hold. The adviser suggests holding given their price bases, while noting the reader’s age and circumstances.
Paul Harvey argues that patriotism is diluted by accidental and deliberate miseducation in history textbooks and globalist rhetoric. He warns this erodes allegiance to the United States and prompts antigovernment protests, urging a return to strong Americanism and virtuous leadership.
A health columnist discusses smoking's limited link to specific diseases among women, notes four coronary deaths in the last decade tied to excessive smoking, and warns about carbon monoxide in blood. He promotes breathing exercises and a mailed lesson for readers, ending with a constitutional preamble.
The Worry Clinic essay recounts Governor William Bradford linking the Mayflower Compact to communism and praising 1623 land allotment as improving labor and harvests. It contrasts communal sharing with private ownership and urges readers to support free enterprise, urging requests for Dr Crane’s booklet and advice materials.
The piece quotes a man discussing women's flattery and reactions, noting three types of women: take-a-chance, took-a-chance, and never had a chance. It remarks on widows, grass widows, and lessons learned from past relationships, ending with caution to marry a small woman for fewer disappointments.
The article explains Candlemas customs across Christian traditions, noting the Virgin Mary purification rite, blessed candles, and the custom of keeping decorations until Twelfth Night. It mentions German folk beliefs about badgers and groundhogs predicting winter's end, urging readers to light candles as hope for 1968 while avoiding excess.
James B. Martin recounts two pivotal Civil War engagements, the Monitor versus Merrimack and the Kearsarge against the Alabama, noting captains Worden Buchanan Semmes and notable end s. He then surveys Spanish American War actions at Santiago and Manila, followed by World War I anti submarine patrols and a World War II note on naval battles.
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