Editorial on Kathy Wyle WyIe murder sentencing in Indiana
Madisons county and Indiana readers were outraged when Kathy Wyle’s killer received life imprisonment instead of execution. The piece blames Supreme Court guidelines for mangling justice and notes French and Martin, parolees, avoided death by legal changes. It argues murderers should pay proportionally.
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Swadison County
Indiana
Kathy Wyle
Henry County
United States Supreme Court
Kathy
Summitville
Lester Dewayne French
White River
French
Indiana Reformatory
Lebanon
Martin
Wylie
Indiana Supreme Court
U.S
Paper Dagger in the Panama Canal Debate
The piece rails against changing the Panama Canal Treaty arguing the canal is mostly useless and bankrolled by U.S. financing. It accuses Panamanian dictatorships and U.S. bankers of pressuring Congress to fund continued use while Panama remains unstable and unable to repay debts. The author cites 50 Panamanian governments and fears treaty shifts threaten national sovereignty.
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Panama Canal
Ford
Panama
U.S
United States
Shifting American Mideast Attitudes and Israeli Pressure
An interpretive report traces a tilt in U.S. opinion after Sadat’s Jerusalem visit, with Americans seeing Egypt as more peace‑oriented than Israel while preserving Israel’s survival. It notes rifts among American Jews and Congress, and suggests Begin’s policies and U.S. public sentiment complicate a harder line from Washington, urging renewed Middle East accommodation.
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Washington, D.C
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
U.S
Edgar Bronfman
Seagram Corporation
Congress
Senate
Ford Administration
Begin
Hubert Humphrey
Capitol Hill
Humphrey
United States
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sinai
Labor Party
Klutznik
Bronfman
Sadat
White House
Carter
Community thanks after storm hit in Anderson Indiana
Reader thanks residents and city departments for aid after a blizzard. The writer criticizes city leadership for inaction during Mayor’s absence and alleges snow piling blocked a parking lot and hydrant, spurring calls for competent city governance and public thanks from the Anderson Fire Department.
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School Board
Anderson
Verbatim column argues to boost girls basketball support
A reader from Anderson Indiana questions community backing for the girls basketball program after a sectional win. The letter urges the school and town to rally behind the team, noting the players’ hard work and a recent sectional victory.
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Anderson
Robert Spare
Oakwood
Ind
Teachers propose making up snow lost time in Anderson
In response to the snow emergency teachers in Anderson Community Schools offer to teach on February 20, a day normally Presidents Day, and suggest sacrificing Spring Vacation and possibly Good Friday to recover lost instructional days. They urge school leadership to support voluntary make up days and reject unpaid work.
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Anderson
Blizzard of 1978 Draws High Praise for Firefighters
The blizzard of 1978 prompted praise for firefighters who worked under severe conditions. Eight hundred twelve overtime hours were logged, with crews out in the weather crawling and digging when vehicles failed. Ambulance and fire runs were completed, and interdepartmental cooperation, especially with street and police, was noted.
Community gratitude and editorials from a winter storm era
A letter from Saint John's Hospital praises volunteers and staff after the Blizzard of 78, thanking those who aided patients and transport. A separate editorial reply defends the United Auto Workers, criticizing local newspaper coverage and arguing for workers’ perspectives amid a snowy city’s labor concerns.
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Rhenas
Saint John's Hospital
Anderson
Sister Mary IsrooKs
Birth control among politicians urged to curb political lineage
A commentator notes that nearly every prominent politician has an offspring running for office and argues that politics breeds politics. The proposed remedy is birth control among politicians to stamp out the cycle at its source.
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Anderson Street
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Mayors Office
Controller's Office
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Norm Cook
St Anderson
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