$300 Billion By 1980 Editorial on Government Growth
The editorial argues that federal growth and spending dwarf other forces since 1960. It cites a 1968 budget, notes 42 million people receive federal or state aid, and warns of a likely doubling of government spending into the 1970s and a nonzero chance of a $300 billion budget by 1980. It advocates slow policy, education, and a Hoover Commission to curb proliferation and consolidation of programs.
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Congress
United States
Vietnam
Hoover Commission
Federal overreach and state wage limits questioned
The piece argues that empowering federal regulation of interstate commerce has eroded state sovereignty. It notes 1966 Fair Labor Standards Act expansions covering state and local employers in care facilities, with states challenging legality. Texas warns that if hospitals and schools are regulated then most state functions could be, under Congress.
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Maryland
Texas
Public Health Department
Police
Highway Department
Congress
Sound Investment Advice From a 1960s Column
A reader seeking growth is advised to switch Long Island and Witco into faster growth stocks like Becton Dickinson while keeping a long term stance. The piece notes utilities like telephone and gas underperforming for growth seekers and suggests diversification later for life insurance stocks, with columnist Spear promising to answer questions.
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Teo
Long Island
International T
Wico Chemical
T. M
Gourel
Wilco
Witco
Becton
Dickinson
Life
Spear
Gen. Fen. Corp
Postage Rates for Mail Subscriptions Listed
Postage paid at Anderson Indiana. Rates by correspondence and mail advance listed for Madison and adjoining counties in Indiana and beyond. One year $15.00 six months $8.00 three months $4.50 one month $1.75. Madison area one year $24.00 six months $6.59 three months $6.59 one month $2.25.
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Anderson
Indiana
Corres
Madison
Adio
Medison
Editor's Outlook on Supreme Court Criminal Rulings
An era of liberal court restraint is critiqued as now reshaping criminal evidence through Mallory Escobedo and Miranda. The piece argues the amendments curb police inquiry, noting delays, confessions, and the push for a constitutional amendment to curb the court.
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U. S. Supreme Court
America
Mallory
Escobedo
Washington
Supreme Justices
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Danny Escobedo
Chicago
Goldberg
Harlan
Stewart
Pheonix
Miranda
Supreme Free
Sen
Sam Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Warren Court
Gen. Fea. Corp
Brady Health Advice Promotes Self Aid Over External Aids
Letters praise a pocket booklet titled The Constipation Habit and Colon Hygiene while warning against reliance on artificial aids for regularity. Dr Brady offers brief health letters, answering readers who enclose stamped envelopes, and cautions about drug dependence as part of a longer constitutional preface text.
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W. Lee
Worry Mike Levine hosts teen delinquency radio clinic
Mike Levine, a top KDKA Pittsburgh MC, conducted a 60 minute radio clinic on teenage problems and delinquency. He invites audience questions and uses a guest to discuss respect for authority, home discipline, and aging generations in maintaining morale and order.
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Mike Levine
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Mike
Dr Crane on youth, caste, and self-sufficiency in Mellor
In a Mellor Indiana clinic dialogue Dr Crane argues democracy hinges on experienced leadership not inherited privilege. He promotes respect for elders, informal titles, and urges teens to work for spending money via small tasks to curb delinquency. Readers are invited to request his booklet and personal advice via stamped self address envelopes.
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Crane
Russia
Quirky downtown scene and sharp death-portrait quips
A crowded downtown scene shows an elderly woman jabbing a man as buses queue for Crown Hill Cemetery. The piece adds a wry anecdote about Irvin S Cobb and a frontier-style coroner quip, plus an old American saying about umpires and fan errors across the baseball field.
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Hanapolis
Wade
Crown Hill Cemetery
Peace Corps work endures amid mixed Peru reports
The piece compares Peace Corps impact with a novel character, noting Peru projects include 70 clubs, a 1,500-member 4-H network, regional newspaper, loan funds, summer Institute, and training in agriculture and home economics. It also mentions Papal Volunteers in Peru, aiding Indians, scholarships, and credit unions, urging qualified volunteers to apply.
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Une Peace Corps
Mary Jo Travers
Peru
Tissie Goodell
PCV
Hubert Humphrey
Peace Corps
Papal Volunteers
Monroe Street
Chicago
Gen
Fea. Corp
Young Navy Lad Hiram Paulding Saves Ticonderoga
The young navigator Hiram Paulding, age 17, saved the ship Ticonderoga by placing his pistol against a powder charge to fire the guns after learning the Finch was out of matches. He later crossed the South American Andes on horseback to deliver a critical message.
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Ticonderoga
Hiram Paulding
John Paul Jones
Finch
Paulding
Andes
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Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
D. Dittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Raymond A
REED
Reas
THE
Associated Press
Herald
Jenkins Lloyd Jons
Brady's Health Service
Brady
William Brady
E! Camino
Beverly Hills
California
United NX States
United States of America
George W. Urane
Folklore
Irvin S. Cobb
Kentucky
Paducah Elks Lodge
Elks Club
Western States
George Pomerton
Sam Fisher
I As
Buckley
James B. Martin
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