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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1961
Page
20
A psychologist warns that silent husbands harm family morale citing Henry H. of Pottsville Pennsylvania and the Carlyle tale. Readers urged to praise spouses and children while alive, enclosing self addressed envelope and 20 cents for personal advice or charts.
A 1904 kidnapping and ransom case is cited to condemn current calls to pay Fidel Castro for Cuban prisoners. The text argues paying ransom would empower tyrants, undermine embargoes, and threaten US authority, urging a total Cuba goods embargo and revised leadership from Washington.
Monday night’s Civil Defense alert showcased rapid mobilization by Madison County volunteers. Director Robert Shoemaker led a 6:15 p.m. call to action, linking county and zone staffs within two hours. The piece emphasizes public underappreciation and urges sustained support for essential disaster readiness.
Michael Goldsmith, AP foreign correspondent, told Indianapolis editors that Congo will stall without white technicians and leadership. He warned tribal law governs, army discipline is near non existent, and a private defied a colonel due to tribal ties. Education is seen as the long term remedy as witchcraft and cannibalism beliefs persist. He warned independent nations face heavy challenges ahead.
Indiana officials met with East Chicago man Ted Peters who heads a pinball operation accused in 1957 of running a pinball empire. Peters, named manager of the Dunes Park hotel and pavilion, faced Senate rackets probes and pleaded the Fifth. The meeting aimed to determine facts as Governor Welsh’s administration weighs Peters’ appointment.
New York based report shows light gage steel products totaling 71 percent of the 71 million tons shipped from mills last year. The category includes sheet strips tin mill products wire and tubing mainly used in autos and consumer goods. Heavy products such as plates structural shapes and pipe made up the remainder of the 1960 shipments.
Census Bureau estimates indicate the foreign-born population in the United States has declined by about 20 percent over the past decade. The finding highlights changing immigration patterns and demographic shifts affecting the national composition and potential policy discussions.
Walter Lippmann argues in Today and Tomorrow that Iran South Korea Laos and Vietnam reveal the breakdown of American client states on Asia’s rim. He notes revolutions and military governments undermine containment and highlight a shift away from Dulles era protections signaling broader decline of Western influence in the region.
A utilitarian poem by William Wade Folklore promotes traffic safety. It warns that casualties rise from driver error and pedestrian danger, stressing careful driving, vehicle upkeep, and avoiding speed, especially in early hours. The verses note that innocent people die, not the car, and urge diligence to prevent pain and terror.
Manila Fire Chief Capt. Eulogio Samio resigns amid charges his crews sought payments before tackling last week’s $50 million blaze. Chinese businessmen quoted say firefighters delayed response until $100,000 in bribes were paid. City government urged Samio to remain in post.
In Tokyo a note observes that the terms for rice and for food are the same in many Asiatic languages, highlighting a linguistic link in common daily usage and cultural exchange.
In INTERPRETING THE NEWS, J. L. Roberts recalls Senator Gore calling Dirksen a sockdolager as a prompt to reflect on ancestral America. He vividly portrays a Tennessee grandfather, hard pioneer traits, and family journeys from Virginia, Charleston, and Pennsylvania, stitching a narrative of education, church, mills, and farms.
American forces under Gen Lovell and Paul Revere sail July 1779 from Boston with 22 transports 12 privateers and ten brigs carrying 3000 troops to confront British invasion at the mouth of the Penobscot on the Maine coast. Jones criticizes Lovell as inexperienced while Commodore Saltonstall is disliked. Five British frigates pursue 41 American ships, many run ashore or burned. over 500 Yankees captured and others retreat to the woods.
A fragment recounts Benedict Arnold as a British brigadier general who led an assault into Connecticut, burning New London after destroying Groton defenses. It recalls a whaling ship’s perilous long voyage and ends with asking who spoke the line I will find a way or make one.
Indiana unemployment claims dropped 7,000 last week to 89,264 with 61,624 regular and 27,640 extended federal benefit filers. Compared to last year, claims rose from about 39,000. End of state payments and exhausted federal benefits numbered 2,085 and 2,236 respectively. Director Nicolini credited seasonal construction and ongoing industry call-backs.
Stafford Virginia Cyto genics Inc a maker of low temperature instruments has acquired Wakit Instrument Corp of Falls Church for an undisclosed stock consideration. Wakit also produces hardware for low temperature environments.
About 28 million Americans suffer some form of chronic disease or physical disability. The figure highlights the scope of health challenges across the nation.
A reader questions fairness in publishing only favorable letters about Methorten for chronic joint disability. Dr Brady responds that recovery is attributed to better nutrition, warns against unsupervised use of Cortisone or Methorten, and defines rheumatism as long term joint degeneration due to nutritional deficiency.
A reader asks if investing savings before a home purchase is wise. The advisor strongly advises keeping funds in a savings bank to avoid principal loss, noting six month liquidity and accrued interest. He cites a continued market uptrend but warns against stocking short-term stock sales for a house purchase. Other question suggests finance stocks may rise with lower rates. preferred growth picks are Talcott and Heller, with General Acceptance and Associates Investment for income.
A Folks of CAREVILLE U S A live by unselfish care and neighborly sharing. The piece praises keeping brothers, avoiding gossip, listening to the Word, and rendering unto God, as preached on Sundays in their pews.
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