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Anding was the son of Ellis (born 1893) and Lillian Anding (born 1902). He was born in Adams County in western [[Mississippi]] but moved as a child to Washington in Ouachita County, [[Arkansas]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces and then the Air Force and fought in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=meanding/>

Anding was the son of Ellis (born 1893) and Lillian Anding (born 1902). He was born in Adams County in western [[Mississippi]] but moved as a child to Washington in Ouachita County, [[Arkansas]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces and then the Air Force and fought in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=meanding/>

Anding was the retired commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City at the time of his election as mayor on April 2, 1977, when the city adopted the mayor-council form of government to replace the city commission. In the primary election, Anding finished with 26 percent of the vote and was placed in a runoff with fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold J. Bond (born 1926), the last of the municipal finance commissioners in Bossier City. [[Republican Party|Republican]] Fred M. "Freddy" Shewmake (born November 30, 1940), a member of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, placed third with 20.4 percent of the ballots cast. In the second balloting, Anding defeated Bond. In this same election, Chester "Buzz" Wojecki (born February 18, 1948), an [[insurance]] agent became the first Republican ever elected to the Bossier City Council, having filled one of the two at-large council seats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns: Bossier Parish, April 2, 1977.</ref> In the fall of 1979, Wojecki served as interim mayor while Anding was recuperating from heart surgery.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', October 12, 1979, p. 2.</ref>

Anding was the retired commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City at the time of his election as mayor on April 2, 1977, when the city adopted the mayor-council form of government to replace the city commission. In the primary election, Anding finished with 26 percent of the vote and was placed in a runoff with fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold J. Bond (born 1926), the last of the municipal finance commissioners in Bossier City. [[Republican Party|Republican]] Fred M. "Freddy" Shewmake (born November 30, 1940), a member of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, placed third with 20.4 percent of the ballots cast. In the second balloting, Anding defeated Bond. In this same election, Chester Anthony "Buzz" Wojecki, Jr. (1948-2024), an [[insurance]] agent became the first Republican ever elected to the Bossier City Council, having filled one of the two at-large council seats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns: Bossier Parish, April 2, 1977.</ref> In the fall of 1979, Wojecki served as interim mayor while Anding was recuperating from heart surgery.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', October 12, 1979, p. 2.</ref>

   

   

Late in 1977, Mayor Anding moved to dismiss patrolman Michael W. Linton (born January 19, 1951), who had joined the Bossier City Police Department in 1973. Linton was deemed popular with his fellow officers, was known for his diligent work, but he was accused of having a problem with his temperament. Anding cited him for striking a man who drove too closely to Linton's police car, using excessive force in an arrest, threatening a man with a magnum revolver, vowing to blow out another man's windshield, and a number of lesser offenses. Linton went before the Bossier City Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board to seek reinstatement, but the board deadlocked because of the absence of the fifth member. Ultimately after a court challenge before the 26th Judicial District Court and the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit in Shreveport, Anding's dismissal was upheld, and Linton was deemed unfit to be a police officer. The appeals court decision did not come until five months prior to Anding's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/1983943428so2d5151877.xml|title=Linton v. Bossier City Municipal Fire and Police Board|date=April 7, 1983|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=September 9, 2017}}</ref>   

Late in 1977, Mayor Anding moved to dismiss patrolman Michael W. Linton (born January 19, 1951), who had joined the Bossier City Police Department in 1973. Linton was deemed popular with his fellow officers, was known for his diligent work, but he was accused of having a problem with his temperament. Anding cited him for striking a man who drove too closely to Linton's police car, using excessive force in an arrest, threatening a man with a magnum revolver, vowing to blow out another man's windshield, and a number of lesser offenses. Linton went before the Bossier City Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board to seek reinstatement, but the board deadlocked because of the absence of the fifth member. Ultimately after a court challenge before the 26th Judicial District Court and the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit in Shreveport, Anding's dismissal was upheld, and Linton was deemed unfit to be a police officer. The appeals court decision did not come until five months prior to Anding's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/1983943428so2d5151877.xml|title=Linton v. Bossier City Municipal Fire and Police Board|date=April 7, 1983|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=September 9, 2017}}</ref>