Columbus Day Parade Returns Led by Knights of Columbus
Anderson prepares for its first major Columbus Day parade in years led by the Knights of Columbus. The event honors Christopher Columbus and celebrates a long tradition with high school bands and many organizations joining in the community tribute.
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Anderson
Knights of Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Far East
America
New World
Iceland
Greenland
North America
Spain
Congress
Anderson Knights of Columbus
Indiana
Hail Mercenaries and the New Army KP Legend
The New Army reportedly plans to hire civilian mercenaries to boost morale by taking over kitchen and mess hall duties. Veterans recall KP as a demanding, rotatable duty that leveled hierarchies, with stories of grease traps, pans, mopping, and shared hardship in Old Army kitchens.
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U.S
High Command
Fort Polk
Welfare rolls hit 15 million in early 1972
An AP dispatch reports welfare recipients rose to 15 million, a record, with DHHS noting the peak since 1966 federal relief. March adds 212,000 recipients, expenditures reach 1.6 billion dollars, and July 1971 to March 1972 totals climb 732,000.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Maryland Emancipation From School Sets 11 Waivers
The Maryland approach lets local authorities waive the four-year high school program for students under categories such as personal or health problems, financial need, vocational readiness, and intellectual advancement. Options include summer school, released time for training, concurrent college enrollment, GED tests, evening high school, and advanced placement, totaling 11 pathways to graduation.
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Maryland
State Department of Education
Prince George's County
Gust
Price George’s High School
Upper Marlboro
Gen. Fen. Corp
Bedrock Ideals Rally for Nixon Backers in 1972
The piece critiques The New York Times editorials and William Shannon’s view of Richard Nixon’s administration. It argues Nixon’s emphasis on individualism and the work ethic, rooted in Herbert Spencer, sustains American liberty against Marxist ideas, and predicts a Nixon victory with bedrock voters on November 7.
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New York City
New York Times
McGovern
William Shannon
Nixon
Herbert Spencer
Mr. Shannon
Shannon
United States
Richard Nixon
Chicago
Karl Marx
Spencer
Sen. McGovern
Where To Write Your Legislators AT WASHINGTON
A reader directory lists lawmakers with room numbers and offices in Washington DC. It includes Senate members R Vance Hartke and Birch Bayh with Old Senate Office Building and 20510 addresses and House reps David Dennis Elwood Hillis and William Bray with Longworth Rayburn office buildings and district notes.
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Washington
Senate
Washington, D. C
Sen
Birch E. Bayh Jr
Washington, D.C
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Wornington
D.C
Motion
William G. Bray
Rayburn Office Building
Hencock County
Senator Jackson Pushes MFN Change Over Soviet Trade
The Jackson amendment would require the President to report to Congress before MFN treatment to the Soviet Union that it allows emigration, imposes no nominal emigration tax, and avoids evasive schemes. Supporters argue it aims to civilize the USSR and ease Jewish suffering, while critics label it a detente obstacle.
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Jackson
Henry Jackson
Soviet Union
United States
Congress
John Donne
Rhodesia
Jacob Javits
la Rochefoucauld
Javits
Kennedy
Humphrey
Muskie
Moscow
Kremlin
Europe
Broadway
Pius XII
Hitler
Hubert Humphrey
Russia
Minnesota
Senator Jackson
England
France
Canada
Georgia Senate race mirrors party splits in Georgia
Holmes Alexander argues the Thompson and Nunn candidacies show near parity on conservatism and fear of national figures like McGovern Bond and King. He notes Talmadge's power, potential chairmanship shifts, and a low 22 percent turnout in the Democratic runoff. The piece frames a climate of apathy amid a polarized party landscape.
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Georgia
Washington
D.C
Senate
Fletcher Thompson
Sam Nunn
Alabama
George Wallace
Richard Russell
Russell
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
McGovern and Shriver
Julian Bond
Coretta King
Democratic Party
Carl Vinson
Nunn
McGovern
Bond
Mrs. King
Herman Talmadge
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
William Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Marietta
Bill Fulbright
General Sherman
Talmadge
Ted Kennedy
Proxmire
Fulbright
Kennedy
Southern Committee
McClellan
Arkansas
Stennis
Armed Services
Long
Finance
Sparkman
Thompson
Free Wheeling No Longer Free In U S Bicycle Push
The piece notes rising bicycle sales from five million in 1970 to an estimated eleven million in 1972, with officials considering bike registration, licensing, and safety checks. Chicago already requires a $1 registration and Loop riders face restricted parking. Transportation officials warn of hazards but promote biking for health and pollution relief.
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Riverside
Los Angeles
John Crews
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Chicago
Richard Daley
Denver
Colo
Austin
Texas
United States
John A. Volpe
National Safety Council
National Transportation Safety Board
Paul Dudley White
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Charles W. Laughlin
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Alice Widener
R. Vance Hartke
Elwood H. Hillis
Capeucentine
Hamilton Counties
William F. Buckley
Buckley
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Paul Harvey
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