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1.toastThe Hoosier DayHopes GreatestEver for 1970Mr. WhiteiusBy FRANK A. and DONALD D. WHITEi(UPr:u-le-n”!asted*ise:k-ofer,ierLooking to the newborn year 1970, we disagree 100 per cent with the editor of a church publication we have before us. He wrote: “As we see it, this is not time of great hope. Hope(governors, the courts and Washington are showing a return to sanity, in punishing the handful of malcontents who resort to vio-anCranWcreiabounds, but not great hope.ndatried*As columnists, we say here every fiber of our body, mind and soul gives us hope greater than any of our lifetime, for the new year. We mean both personal hope and hope for betterment of all humanity.itslalonP-onedtaAnd with our hope is faith . . . faith that 1970 will be a good year overall. We believe no one who may live through 1970 will long for the “good old days of 1969.”brief confines of thislence.We were heartened to read a national poll that showed the campus radicals, the draft card burners and the rioters on and off campus are more unpopular in public opinion than prostitutes and homosexuals.Jo!mitoihusoasfeeInDespite an unfinished job, our hopes are buoyed by the Negro making progress. For instance, in 1880 only 10 per cent of black children of the fifth grade age were in school. Today 82 per cent of those in this category are in school. Schools help develop Negro leaders.1vatophhethjy:lendItorelieheorssetcolumn, we detail our hopes regarding sharp problems that have “bugged” us in 1969. In order of importance, first is peaceand war.We do not underestimate perils. But, we believe the Arctic night of cold war that has frozen relations between the U.S.A. andSoviet Union is beginning to thaw some. We see emphasis more on what unites nations than what divides.Our hopes are fed by the nonnuclear proliferation pact, ban of nuclear weapons in space andsoon under the seas, The Helsinki U. S. A.-Soviet conference importance is stupendous. It is the beginning, we hope, of curtailing that costly race in nuclear strategic weapons.Our hopes rocket over the fabulous walking on the moon by American astronauts. The space effort has changed all our living. It opens the door to the most exciting year in 1970 since the birth of Christ.meprithlt;antofoebeReSatellites watch for destructive storms from above. We are placing 2.500 weather watch stations afloat in inaccessible parts of the ocean where storms breed. They will report automatically weather conditions in face of 160 mile an hour winds or waves 60 feet high.sai iP thlt;re]vaSatellites enable peoples of the world to speak to each other. In the field of medicine and in industry, they have opened thousands of doors.C1esif,anleI)lewaIn regard to the Vietnam war, we are of the “silent majority” who supports the President. The American casualty list of K.I.A. (Killed in Action) for week prior to Christmas was third lowest in three years. We believe Nixon's pullback policy and logistical support for the South Vietnamese army is the best possible in a “no win” war, longest and most costly in our history. We believe 1970 will see the VietnamIndiana’s 42 colleges and universities have enrolled 153,692 students. I.U. is 10th in the nation and Purdue 19th in enrollment. The new Indiana-Purdue joint regional campus in Indianapolis has 14,000 students, 1,200 faculty members, 2,800 supporting staff and 1,250 different courses. We have seven million students enrolled in higher education in the U.S.A.war fade.We do not believe the U.S.A.and Soviet Union are foolishenough to go to war over theMiddle East dispute betweenArab and Israelite nations.Our new 350-500 seat Boeing plane flew from Seattle to New York in four hours. On the drawing boards are plans for 2.000-seat airplanes.We see progress in civil rights,more in the past decade than in 100 years before. We do not expect to see Washington aflame by rioters in 1970. College heads,• ••COLEMANOur life span has increased to 70 years and death rate reduced to nine in 1,000. Our Gross Na-i tional Product of services and output rose from $484 billion in1965 to $766 billion in 1969. We have 200.000 millionaires in the U. S. A. All this is a sign of progress that buoys our hopes. You take it from here.(sp«IrnWe end with a prayer. It is: “God, tnanks for giving us an opportunity of helping build Your great, unfinished world. We thank You for being alive in the exciting year 1970.”ItheingancuimVweS.,ca{bidC
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 01, 1970
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