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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1972
Page
2
Editorial tribute notes Hobart Enoch's seven years as tax assessor collector and 26 years in service. He is praised for openness, fairness, and professional competence while acknowledging the bittersweet retirement after WWII injuries. The piece wishes him well as he resumes writing and leisure pursuits.
A Senate contest spotlights Alabama's John Sparkman as special interests pour funds into his campaign while an FBI linked probe investigates antipoverty program abuses. Winton Blount threatens to challenge. Nixon era power shifts loom over Proxmire.
A photograph shows Dr. Wolfgang G. Friedman, 65, a Columbia international law professor, lying fatally stabbed on a New York sidewalk. The foreground depicts the crime scene while the background shows graffiti on a wall, prompting discussion on crime, societal responsibility, and youth violence.
The text outlines opposing government guaranteed income while proposing income security and cash assistance above poverty, public service jobs as an employer of last resort, and a progressive Social Security tax with higher earned income ceilings and revenue sources to fund expanded benefits, reflecting 1972 party platform drafts.
Readers critique garbage rate hikes and tax burden, urging equity for seniors and the poor. They defend Chief Bland’s fire service reforms and challenge plans labeling mobile homes as ghettos, arguing residents pay equal taxes and deserve respect. Dennis Dunham and Mrs Everett Green sign.
Wanda Orten and Preston Pendergras oversee editorial duties in Baytown Texas with Geer al Ath reporting Penticatiers. The piece critiques daily work life and local river paddlers while lampooning early computer concepts and canoeing enthusiasm.
A reader asks about hiatal hernia causes and relief options. Dr Lamb explains the condition common in older adults, avoidance of trigger foods and behaviors, small meals, and when surgery or girdles may be considered, noting hernias do not cause cancer.
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