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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
5
The editorial urges voters to participate in the state primary casting ballots for party candidates. It warns Republicans against switching to Democrat ballots to aid Gov. Branigin and stresses choosing the party ballot aligns with duty to party and country.
A Utah rancher returned four thousand four hundred thirty seven dollars in uncashed Social Security checks to the U S Treasury. He wrote that he is healthy and runs a small livestock operation and cannot find a charity worthy enough to receive the funds. He criticizes government mismanagement and says the money could help solvency rather than be wasted.
The passage quotes critics who decry excess choice and demand limits on products. They argue limiting competition and reducing display variety would relieve consumer confusion, echoing economic retrogression advocates resisting modern abundance.
A traveling sales executive of a U S steamship group promotes foreign trade to business leaders through nationwide workshop meetings. In Atlanta he cites 1966 export figures and warns of aging merchant ships and the need for rapid U S shipbuilding to sustain a healthy trade surplus and world commerce.
A joke notes a bum entering the Office of Economic Opportunity and leaving with a Community Action grant worth 175000 dollars, three staff assistants and six VISTA volunteers. The remark links inflation to the changing times and satirizes bureaucratic largess.
A Chicago mayor’s call to shoot to kill arsonists and looters sparks debate. The author recalls Dodge City and Tombstone to argue that early lawmen tamed crime by decisive gun use, citing Wyatt Earp Bat Masterson and Marshal Ken House as legacies of enforcing order with drawn weapons.
In a reader letter J B asks about aging his portfolio into retirement in 11 years, favoring electric utilities. The columnist recommends shifting from high yield to strong growth, diversifying between Georgia-Pacific and RH Macy, and notes a potential Midwest holding company among Duquesne and Ohio Edison if approvals occur.
The narrative celebrates women’s roles in seafaring history from the Mary Celeste lineage to Atlantic crossings. It notes Anne Davisson in 1958 aboard Felicity Ann, and the Cleopatra Barge of 1816 as America’s first Atlantic yacht, once serving King Kamehameha.
A columnist denounces urban elites shaping teen immorality, blaming modern mothers for encouraging premarital sex and smoking. He cites Pearl Buck and the 1920s advertising era, urges readers to request his 200-point tests for good parenting and their associated fees.
An American Saying notes that neutrality does not mean taking no side in public affairs. It invokes a Welsh anecdote and a parade of personal misreadings to illustrate how ordinary people reveal bias through behavior and language.
A Lutheran scholar argues that Protestantism is self liquidating toward secularism as Catholics wane and American Judaism falters. He warns the ecumenical movement dilutes doctrine while mass faith may shrink to a small remnant amidst societal pressures.
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