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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1975
Page
2
Intelligence reports say North Vietnamese captured U S fighter planes during the spring pullout in Southeast Asia and Russians allegedly traded them to Colombia for coffee. Colombia has unearthed a treaty obligating the United States to supply spare parts, prompting a lengthy parts list to Uncle Sam.
The Boston conference of mayors showed leaders seeking more federal aid while criticizing government stinginess. A 1954-1972 look at intergovernmental relations reveals aid totals rising from 83 billion in 1954 to 10 billion in 1964, with revenue sharing starting in 1972.
The figures show federal aid rising from 11.4 percent of state and local revenue in 1954 to 26.5 percent by 1974. Public employment at the state and local level grew 119.5 percent from 1955 to 1974, far outpacing federal growth and the private sector. The author urges mayors to scrutinize bloated municipal payrolls.
The Huston Plan drew sharp scrutiny as critics argue it infringed privacy through break ins infiltration and wiretaps while defenders claim wartime urgency excuses government overreach and hypocritical liberty talk amid riots looting and fear.
In These Times Trava invites readers to Alexandria for the 4-H Fair. The event showcases large livestock shows, impressive Home Economics displays by Madison women, crafts, and a Dragon midway with rides. Sheriff Jet Gunter exhibits weapons and deputies are available. Vendors offer fried treats and local booths, with an Anderson Newspapers tent offering subscriptions and photos.
Holmes Alexander surveys Madison's warning on faction from Federalist No.10 and applies it to Portugal's move toward constitutional government. He argues republics curb faction but cannot abolish politics, noting economic inequality and the peril of majority despotism amid global democratic experiments.
Andrew Tully remembers May Craig, longtime Washington correspondent who covered presidents from FDR to LBJ. She was a diminutive, sharp, professional journalist known for tough questions and fairness, credited with helping shape coverage, a first female Battleship correspondent and a pioneering flyer.
A Troy reader notes politics push by students advocating New York animal overpopulation laws. The column criticizes bills for mandatory spay clinics, school courses on overpopulation, and harsher pet licensing, while praising limited humane care and warning against humanizing pets.
The piece contrasts space docking euphoria with sharp U S criticism of Solzhenitsyn by Kissinger who warns detente must be firm. It notes SALT talks pressure, Solzhenitsyn’s warning, and Soviet moves in Portugal with 60 new KGB agents and 12 million spent since April. Portugal’s coalition frays as Socialists and PPD quit. The AFM pressures protests while leftists retain a radio station. The Kremlin smiles on these disruptions.
A Peoria Illinois elementary program for the deaf suffers a sudden rise in hearing loss among 70 students and 20 teachers, with 6 of 7 in a flooded room affected. State health officials test, analyze blood and carpeting, while a virologist at Northwestern studies results.
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