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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1968
Page
3
The Anderson Herald extols the voters who went to the polls and urges higher turnout. It warns that those who abstained risk democracy and the right to choose representatives, praising participation as protection for free living and government.
The World Health Assembly marks its twentieth anniversary in Geneva with discussions through May 23 on next year’s budget and programs. With 120 member states, the WHO pursues its goal of health for all and notes progress against polio, leprosy, cholera, malaria, and tuberculosis while aiming to eradicate smallpox by 1976 requiring about 180 million dollars. Advances include freeze dried vaccine and the jet injector, while outbreaks of cholera and plague raise concerns as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe face renewed risks and a Cam Ranh Bay outbreak in South Vietnam prompted mass inoculation of 30 000 people.
Airmail pioneers are recalled as a new ten cent stamp honors 30 years of continuous service. The 1918 start at Washington’s Potomac Park showcased a Curtiss Jenny flight that went awry, ending in a Maryland field before a new route to Belmont Park began. The network expanded to Chicago in 1919 and the Pacific coast in 1920, with veteran Bill Hackbarth retracing the original path via Reno Elko and multiple cities, aided by a backup Liberty engine in a following truck.
In this Roger B. Spear Successful Investing column a reader seeks (unmarried, no heir) whether an annuity suits her. The expert endorses annuities for steady income, advises delaying purchase until eight years after retirement, and suggests reallocating holdings including American Cyanamid, Monsanto, Kroger, Stewart Warner, and Philadelphia Electric to balance risk and yield while urging long term growth. The letter also covers market worries from a recent decline and emphasizes avoiding panic selling.
The Southern States Industrial Council told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that the NLRB has become a pro union, anti employer tribunal and danger to free enterprise. J Clifford Alerd Miller of Richmond urged restrained NLRB power amid concerns over strikes and economic impact nationwide.
Dr William Brady argues that calcium deficiency underpins many aches and pains and advocates a high calcium diet with vitamin D. He credits personal health gains from extra calcium and D, criticizes medical authorities and arthritis groups, and invites readers to request a lessons series while noting constitutional preamble text.
In a campus era column a speaker argues wives urge husbands away from sedatives and tobacco, linking smoking to reduced sex drive and earlier death. He cites Dr. Ajax and Dr. Rosen, warns about carbon monoxide effects, and promotes a pamphlet on stopping tobacco and liquor habits with a return envelope and 20 cents.
The piece presents a rhymed test to learn many birds through urban, rural, and outdoor contexts with answers listed at the end. It identifies species such as the common bluegrass flame finch and English sparrow, noting how propaganda can persuade quietly elsewhere.
A 1968 column rebuts the idea of collective guilt for past wrongs by white Americans. It likens such logic to Nazi or Ku Klux Klan notions and cites Norman Thomas, Stokely Carmichael, and Ghanaian debates. The piece argues individuals cannot be blamed for ancestors deeds and stresses personal responsibility over inherited guilt.
The article recalls women who captained ships and aided voyages, noting wives aboard sailing ships, the origin of the term son of a gun, Mrs. Cressy of the Flying Cloud aiding a man overboard, and Mrs. Mary Patten of the Nephiio Car steering a ship, earning rewards. It highlights female leadership at sea and notable rescue feats.
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