Anderson Tax Fight and Mayors Spending Alarms
Editorial discusses a 1971 Anderson campaign ad criticizing local government as mismanaged and extravagant. It cites a letter to the State Board of Tax Commissioners urged to cut the proposed property tax rate from 10.96 to below 10.10, noting tax increases and rising assessments. The piece accuses Mayor Rock of cronyism and creating jobs, then urges citizens to petition for tax relief by writing to the State Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Robert L. Rock
State Board of Tax Commissioners
City of
Anderson Herald
Rock
Madison County Tax Adjustment Board
State Office
Indianapolis
Ind
Chilean Reform Forecast of Collapse
A Santiago dispatch describes an international economist’s warning that Chile’s leftist government would drive the country toward bankruptcy. It cites rising deficits in state enterprises and civil disruptions as essential services erode, portraying widespread hardship under reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Santiago
Chile
At Wits End with a Dog on the Road
A humorous 1972 Field Enterprises piece chronicles travel with a dog that demands a front seat and constant companionship. The narrator reveals the dog’s antics from door to back seat to roadside parks, ending with a dog area twist where the pet enjoys fried chicken beside strangers.
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Ogs
Field Enterprises, Inc
Young people and age limits clash in society
Paul Harvey notes that young voters are sought by politicians while laws still treat teens inconsistently. A Detroit reader asks if she is adult under X rating, revealing contradictions in driving, drinking, voting and marriage ages. He cites Dr. E James Anthony on adolescents growing younger under pressure.
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Sargent Shriver
Pap
Detroit
R. S
K.S
George Washington
Lincoln
St. Louis
E. James Anthony
Dad
Junior
The Growth of Welfare and the Rise of Pauperism
An op ed arguing that welfare expansion threatens American society. It cites Toynbee and 18th century England to claim non workers seek unconditional public support, warns of welfare demoralization, and urges work requirements and limits to aid to preserve the middle class and national vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
George Santayana
Liberal Coalition
Congress
Arnold Toynbee
Commons
England
Berkshire Justices
Berkshire
Mr. Toynbee
M. Troynbee
National Welfare Rights Organization
America
M. Stanton Evans
American Conservative Union
Father’s Life in Japan and North America Across Years
The writer recalls his father born in 1884 in Yamanashi and his life from Osaka to Winnipeg, Calgary, and Osaka again. He describes early work as a ship’s mess attendant, translations to Shin Sekai, and a trading career after WWII, ending with Unitas Trading Company and a wish to share his story.
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Yamanashi City
Japan
America
San Francisco
U.S. Pensacola
Goat Island
Yerba Buena Island
Shin Sekai
New World
Emerson
Sir Walter Scott
Heine
Vancouver
B. C
Powell St
Father
Cranbrook
Raymond
Alberta
Calgary
Winnipeg
Osaka
Fred
Montreal
Kobe
Nagoya
Central
South America
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Unitas Trading Company
Fater
Taiwan
U.S
Canada
Southeast Asia
Which Candidate Can Beat Himself in 1972 Race
McGovern is portrayed as the strongest potential self-defeater for the Democratic ticket due to past gaffes on abortion amnesty and Eagleton, while Nixon’s foreign policy gains and cautious domestic steps offer him a stay option despite past missteps. The piece notes McGovern’s sincerity offset by perceived stupidity and Nixon’s shifting political landscape through 1971 and into 1972.
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Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
Roosevelt
Johnson
Middle East
Germanys
Koreas
Toto
Tom Eagleton
California
John Birch Society
George Meany
Meany
Ashbrook
Where To Write Your Legislators
Directory style list shows senators and representatives with room numbers in Washington D C for Hartke Bayh Dennis Hillis Bray. Counties mentioned include Medison Bel aware and Henry Hamilton.
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David W. Dennis
Longworth
Washington, D.C
Medison, Belaware
Henry
Elwood H. Hillis
Capemention
Ge Ae
Hamilton Counties
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By Erma Bombeck
New Zealand
Texas
HE Anderson Herald
George D. Crittenberger
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Indiana
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Meneger
4Ane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
The
Herald
Associated Press
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
Gen. Fea. Corp
Hayakawa
Germany
University of Wisconsin
T. S. Eliot
Holmes Alexander
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Alexander
Washington
Senate
Sen
R. Vance Hartke
Washington, D. C
Birch E. Bayh Jr
William G. Bray
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