Paving Road of Ruin Prompts 1968 Illinois Gubernatorial Debate
The editorial analyzes Gov. Ogilvie's $2 billion non referendum highway bond plan. It critiques the Highway Trust Authority powers, interest and discount rate gaps, and mounting future tax burdens, warning of fiscal irresponsibility and limited legislative oversight.
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Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Highway Trust Authority
Illinois Building Authority
IBA
Illinois Toll Highway Commission
Highway Trust Authority
Illinois
Paul Simon
Senate
Is Space Worth the Price of Moon Quest
Knox Notes weighs the 23.9 billion spent on moon exploration against the benefits. It argues space offers tangible gains in technology and education, national prestige, and future potential, while acknowledging wasteful spending and unanswered questions about after the moon.
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Gus Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Neil Armstrong
Sputnik I
Vietnam
Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Telstar
Teflon
Soviet Union
Everest
Wisconsin tax debates echo past sales tax fights
Dan Baumann writes that Republican critics spar with Governor Ogilvie over a first income tax and a selective sales tax. He recalls Wisconsin's sales tax saga, the Progressive era struggles, a governor who won re election and later became a senator, and questions whether wrath fades with time. He also urges the Herald to cover Chicago’s Black Panthers to counter suburban apathy and urge balanced reporting. See Shaler Mount Prospect.
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Ogilvie
Springfield
Wisconsin
Letter to the Fence Post attacks Mr Huelga over race debate
A reader in Schaumburg objects to Mr Huelga's stance on city issues and race, urging involvement and suggesting reading Black Rage. The letter praises the free press and calls for open dialogue on civil rights in Mount Prospect.
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Ed Huelga
The
Fence Post
Herald
Chicago
Huelga
Mr. Huelga
U.S.A
Free Press
Joan Spring Smith
Schaumburg
Readers letters welcomed at The Fence Post
Readers are invited to submit signed letters to The Fence Post at Paddock Publications Arlington Heights IL 60006. Letters must be 500 words or less and not anonymous to be considered for publication.
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Fence Post
Paddock Publications
Arlington Heights
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Hosea C. Paddock
Stuart R. Paddock
Stuart R. Paddock JR
Robert Y. Paddock
Francis E. Stites
M.s.flanders
Charles E. Hayes
Daniel E. Baumann
Richard B. Friedman
Kenneth A. Knox
Treasury
Wire
Gov. Ogilvie
Circuit
IHTA
Eugenia S. Chapman
William A. Redmond
Bensenville
Eugenea Schlickman
David Regner
Mount Prospect
John Graham
Barrington
Jack Kneupfer
Elmhurst
Knox
Earth
Ken Knox
By Dan Baumann
Shaler
Dan Baumann
Drs. Grier
Dobbs
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