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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1963
Page
2
The piece argues the city’s civil rate reduction masks a higher tax burden due to reassessment. It notes a 61.85 percent budget rise since 1957 and a 37.7 percent rise in bonded debt, with sharp hikes in building inspector and landfill costs and Park Department spending.
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faces criticism for absenteeism and lavish travel funded partly by the State Department during a 1960s era. Accusations of racial prejudice and questions about foreign financing surface as he travels to Geneva and Kuwait to advise on health and education facilities. Powell defends himself while others push for reduced committee funds and stricter travel controls.
The Industrial News Review notes in Portland that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has 12,000 employees, about one for every 34 Indians on reservations, pointing out taxpayers fund these salaries.
Giorgos Seferiades known as Seferis, a 63 year old Greek diplomat, wins the 1963 Nobel Prize for literature for his lyrical poetry about Greece. He is the first Greek to receive the prize, which carries a $51,133 award.
Mrs. Helen Blackledge, a Fort Wayne elementary school principal, was elected president of the Indiana State Teachers Association. She will succeed Glen Barkes, Floyd County New Albany schools superintendent. William B. Decker, Vincennes Lincoln High School principal, was named vice president, and Blanche Penrod, Southport High School dean of girls, treasurer.
A reader asks whether to switch from General Telephone to Cincinnati Suburban Bell. The advisor suggests switching may help the couple with small pensions and dividends but cautions that $1,000 of total capital should be kept in a savings institution for contingencies.
Labor leader Harold Wilson accused Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home of arrogance for postponing Parliament. Wilson said the delay serves to de-Stalinize the Conservative record as Douglas-Home misses Commons and Lords sessions, leaving him unable to sit in Parliament until elected.
Houston AP report quotes Commerce Secretary Hodges saying the United States loses share of trade with Soviet bloc nations while non Communist markets expand. He urges reexamining barriers to trade and notes Japan and other nations dominate much of the bloc commerce. He cites 4.3 billion in non Communist country goods and outlines U S wheat and grain negotiations not yet counted.
A psychologist counsels 20 year old Terry F. weighing MD versus DDS careers. He notes hospital dominance shifts prestige and independence toward dentistry, highlighting private practice, patient types, and fluoridation advocacy as factors shaping choice.
A health column discusses fever in children and cautions against overreacting to elevated temperatures. The doctor notes mothers sometimes misinterpret fever, urges calm, and warns against improper treatment while stressing aspirin use only under guidance.
Coroner reports Lilah Churchill, eldest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, died by self inflicted overdose of barbiturates in her Westminster apartment. Testimony noted acute poisoning and self harm. investigators cited personal crisis tendencies and medical guidance for letters about health.
Washington AP report shows scientists testing Weather Bureau and Navy Project Storm Fury methods by seeding Beulah to alter storm structure. Beulah’s eye dynamics and wind speeds are analyzed with early results suggesting a possible wind reduction effect though full conclusions require further study.
A devotional meditation urges readers to wake with purpose to fit the mind for daily problems. It calls to erase fear discouragement and doubt and to fill the mind with prayer and preparation for the day ahead.
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