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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1962
Page
2
The Anderson Junior Achievement program enters its third year, teaching high school youths to run a business. Students form JA companies, sell stock, buy materials, manufacture products, and distribute profits to stockholders. The program emphasizes sound business, individual responsibility, and civic duty.
The Indiana State Highway Department faced criticism for poor planning and winter halts on the Anderson to Alexandria project. Residents along the route endure hardship accessing driveways and several businesses suffer as traffic hazards from three crossovers persist, with better scheduling urged to prevent future inconvenience.
The Atlantic Convention opens in Paris with the aim of stronger political and economic cooperation among NATO nations. It follows a 1960 congressional measure creating a private U S Citizens Commission on NATO, led by Herter and Clayton, with a $277,000 appropriation and no pay for commissioners.
Victor H. Riggs of Madison County died last Sunday ending a long career in the dry cleaning trade and a notable half century of school board service. Born in Linwood, he lived much of his life in Anderson and earned respect for his even temperament and fair decisions during school board upheavals from 1952 to 1935 and 1948 to 1954. He was a Mason and Scottish Rite member and a devoted husband and father. The Anderson Herald offers condolences to his family.
Fragmented report notes mass executions and arrests tied to Fidel Castro as 1962 events unfold. It mentions Cubans tied to mercy, Latin American legates, and a planned rally in Havana on January 22 amid inter-American conferences and new anti-counterrevolution laws.
Walter Lippmann notes that the Kennedy budget aims to balance at about 92 to 93 billion, with growth driven by recovery and higher tax revenues. He warns the plan hinges on future economic strength and potential emergency spending, while comparing it to past Eisenhower figures and current projections.
A psychologist recounts Beth R. a 40 year old threatened with divorce as she obsesses on constant hairdos and costly beauty routines. The case traces how an idiom influenced her subconscious and led to escalating grooming compulsion across decades.
The piece blends humorous verse with essay on public spending, highlighting urban bias, federal and local budgets, and defense as the dominant cost. It argues that total government outlay in the coming year nears 150 billion dollars and that civilian needs in cities deserve closer scrutiny alongside national security priorities.
A health column recounts readers praising a high calcium diet and supplementation for arthritis relief after doctors failed. One husband improved after weeks on milk, Ca, D, T and B, returning to work. the writer urges adherence and mocks abandoning the regimen despite prior advice.
Government purchase data show private firms supplied 39 percent of all government purchases in 1929. The text argues that there has been no decline in private enterprise participation, noting a sustained share despite years of policy shifts.
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