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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1971
Page
4
Editorial contrasts domestic product safety laws with global tensions. It cites AP figures showing the Soviet Union’s land based intercontinental missiles at 1 510 versus the United States 1 054, and notes Soviet naval strength challenging Western fleets. The piece warns of a perilous future for the United States.
Business leaders reorganize 140 Bureaus into a Council of Better Business Bureaus to curb critic claims. Through personal contact and electronic tools they will quickly address legitimate consumer complaints and demonstrate private enterprise serves the public interest better than government agencies.
The Anderson Herald lists reasons No 51 through 60 accusing Red China of exploiting Africa since 1961, aiding Zanzibar and Tanzania, plotting revolts in Niger, severing ties with Burundi and Dahomey, intervening in Kenya, arming guerrillas in Rhodesia Mozambique Angola and South Africa, and spending heavily on subversion in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Alice Widener argues energy dependence shapes daily life and politics. She notes back-to-nature communes demand power, ecologists oppose nuclear plants, and advocates compare Europe and Japan where nuclear capacity expands. She warns without ample energy the nation risks hardship and backward living.
A garbled line suggests a Saturday service advertisement issue for The Herald. It mentions a complaint and a contact number 43-5972, with reference to a place selling The Herald and a teatro or Carter device.
Senator Muskie warns a party nominating a Negro for Vice President would ruin its ticket. Spiro Agnew says a black VP could work if he runs as an able citizen and is above suspicion, but such candidates are rare in the Republican party and scrutinies would be severe. The piece cites Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland and his controversial record as emblematic of the challenges for any black presidential hopeful.
The Nixon administration plans to shift federal jobs and decision making from Washington to ten regional hubs, moving top grades and many positions into field offices. Highlights include a 5 percent headcount cut and grade reductions, with HUD cited as a model for large Washington cuts. The Office of Management and Budget oversees the plan with Frank C. Carlucci guiding regionalization and local implementation. National Park Service will consolidate in Denver, eliminating 367 jobs and placing workers in other offices.
A columnist critiques the Women’s Rights Amendment and Miss Gloria Steinem in a provocative 1970s commentary. It questions the possible legal reach of the amendment, gender bias, and the politics of constitutional change while ridiculing advocates and the rhetoric of Smith College speakers.
The piece critiques the Mansfield Amendment and Foreign Relations Committee over war making. It credits Sen. John Stennis and Arthur Goldberg with urging a constitutional check requiring public sanction before protracted hostilities. It notes past presidents used non congressional licenses and calls for formal legislation to cut back executive war powers.
The Chicago Tribune notes three Democratic presidential hopefuls Muskie Humphrey and McGovern in California and Ohio echo AFL-CIO head George Meany borrowing his speech to attack the wage price freeze. It argues their lack of independent ideas and alignment with Meany undermines labor support and undermines Democratic leadership. The piece claims Nixon acts to hold down rates and profits and accuses theDemocrats of delaying the President’s plan.
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