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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1963
Page
2
The Anderson Herald denounces a metropolitan daily for printing an erroneous racial tension story. No demonstration occurred and circulation concerns allegedly drove sensationalism. The piece urges accuracy to prevent unrest, injuries, or deaths.
Indiana’s Sixth District voters express concern over Soviet Cuba, unemployment, taxes, and federal spending. Congress member Richard Roudebush has urged papers to publish polls as a public service, finding many opposed to handouts and socialism and supportive of free enterprise and U S traditions.
Indiana reports a 79 percent drop in fatalities on 255 miles of new interstate divided lanes and a 30 percent rise in traffic. Studies on 86 miles show far fewer injuries and over 400 avoided accidents yearly, but editors urge more multi-lane expansion on Ind 37 and parallel lanes for safety.
On the eve of the Ottawa NATO Ministerial Council meeting, the United States pushes plans for a cross alliance nuclear force while Britain Britain agrees to buy up to 100 Polaris missiles. De Gaulle maintains France seeks an independent force. The tone suggests improvised policy as allies bear costs but avoid collective solo plays.
New data from the Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service adds ammunition to Republican calls for swift action to correct the egregious staffing imbalance between parties. The issue affects Congress's ability to function competently and its independence from executive branch information.
A fragment recounts Rachel in a Northwestern evening class story with a bearcat boss and a compliment scheme, illustrating office tension easing briefly. It then shifts to a discussion of minority staffing needs in Congress, citing a Library of Congress study and remarks by Mansfield and Dirksen on inadequate committee staff and the push for balanced, professional support across parties.
A quiz on historic vessels Einer these ships to Baltimore and Boston prompts reflections on the USS Constitution. The Constellation was sunk as a derelict in 1952, while the original ship’s plans show how timbers were reused. A tale of pride and age echoes in a light humor piece.
Reader asks which tax exempt bonds to buy as replacements for Bethlehem Steel and Ohio Edison stocks. Spear recommends high quality municipal and housing bonds for tax efficiency, citing California Housing Authority and State issues, with yields around 3.1 to 5 percent, and suggests regional munis like Oakland, California housing bonds and Tennessee Gas Transmission.
Franklin Indiana Johnson Circuit Judge Robert B. Lybrook delayed action on a petition for default judgment in the Nelson J. Grills versus Dorothy Gardner suit. The court, on vacation for two weeks, will not rule until after the session resumes. The case challenges the legality of legislators’ salaries amid a dispute over reapportionment. In a separate note, the Supreme Court cleared the way for reduced rail freight rates for New York Boston Albany and Portland Me routes after an Interstate Commerce Commission dispute.
Zalman Shazar, 73, elected president by the Israeli Parliament, defeating Liberal Perez Bernstein 67 to 33 with seven blanks and twelve absences. Born in czarist Russia, Shazar has long been a Histadrut activist and writer. He will be inaugurated Wednesday after Ben-Zvi’s death created the vacancy.
New York AP reports Alay B Shepard Jr and six other astronauts plan to seek a 10th Mercury mission. Jules Bergman notes animosity within NASA over Mercury’s future, with Shepard chosen to pilot a Mercury Atlas 10 orbit and seeking a 72 hour flight and medical data on denabeitication. Advertising adds more than six cents to a cigarette carton.
A reader letter discusses whether tonsillectomy is a major operation and reviews autopsy findings from pediatric cases. It questions preoperative tests, thymus enlargement, and risks such as hemorrhage and cardiac arrest, urging cautious use of surgery and referencing past fatalities.
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