Editorial Government by the courts
Warren E. Burger warns at Columbia Law School that quick substitutes for court procedures are needed or society may be overrun by lawyers and judges. The piece discusses rising judicial activism, its impact on prisons schools and welfare, and the debate over government by non elected officials versus representative democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Burger
United States
American Bar Association
Columbia Law School
John Marshall
Boston
Philip Kurland
University of Chicago
Harvard
Nathan Glazer
Egal
Donald Horowitz
Franklin B. Walter
Mite
Roger Cramton
Cornell Law School
Walkout at Illinois women's conference
The Illinois International Women's Year Conference adopted a ERA passage resolution amid 130 votes in 90 minutes. About 500 attendees walked out after a single vote on remaining resolutions. Key speakers included Bella Abzug and Senator Charles Percy urging equal rights and broader reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jean Collins
Illinois State University
U.S
Bella Ab Zug
New York City
Charles Percy
R-Il
Graymont Notes on Fairly Family and Local Sports
Mrs Kay Fairly Charleston a former Graymont resident had an emergency appendectomy June 8. Clark Fairly son of Ron and Kay Fairly Charleston made county horse judging team. Graymont Willing Workers 4 Hurts softball lost to Fairbury 12 1 in five innings. Graymont next plays Pontiac H at H Park. E5 Debbie DeBartoli left for Charleston SC after 30 day leave. sister Donna DeBartoli will spend three weeks vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Ryerson
Graymont
Kay Fairly
Charleston
Clark Fairly
Ron Fairly
Fairlys
Graymont Willing Workers
Fairbury
Jeanne Metz
Barb Metz
Jan Zehr
Terrie Hoerner
Beth Carroll
Esmen
Claire S. Potter
Connie Kay Jones
Huffman Junior High
Joliet
Connie
Nazarine Church
Jackie Jones
Debbie DeBartoli
S.C
Thomas DeBartoli
Donna DeBartoli
Black youths kill whites in S. Africa
Three black youths armed with automatics opened fire on four white men at a department store garage in Johannesburg. Two mechanics died and a third was wounded. police seized three pistols and two grenades. The motive is unclear but linked to Soweto unrest anniversary. Security police sealed the area as witnesses described the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen Johnson
Associated Press
Johannesburg
South Africa
John Vorster
Gertrude Preston
Cullom Nature Club Reports Bake Sale and Bird Notes
The Cullom Nature Club met at Mrs. Joseph F. Koerner's home Friday afternoon. Mrs. James Anderson reported a bake sale set for June 4. Mrs. Rosina Brydon led bird roll call, two articles were read by Mrs. Gertrude Kingdon, and lunch followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullom
Joseph F. Koerner
James Anderson
Rosina Brydon
Gertrude Kingdon
Supreme Court faces clash of values in 1970s rulings
The piece surveys Supreme Court decisions in 1977 on cruel punishment, federalism, and obscenity. It notes a shift toward local standards in obscenity cases and a rollback on federal wage rules for municipal workers, highlighting evolving judicial values and turning points in constitutional interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lewis
N.Y
Supreme Court
Congress
Jerry Lee Smith
Des Moines
Towa
Mount Ayr
Guthrie Center
Smith
Iowa
Local residents attend gatherings and graduations across area
A series of visits and celebrations recounted include Forrest Johnson's family birthday gathering in Champaign, relatives at Normal's TSSCS pilgrimage, and graduations in Decatur and Marengo. Other items note travels to Austin, Conn., Hillcrest, and Cerro Gordo, plus a large chicken dinner for 200 hosted in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest
David Johnson
Paul
DuQuoin
Raymond Johnson Sr
Ramada Inn
Champaign
David
Bert Kilgore
Joliet
Earl Dozier
Austin
Tex
Bertha Maurer
Fairbury
Leona Wallace
Jeanne Righter
Wilbur Schneider
Ellington
Beatrice Wenger
Harold Jones
Decatur
Cerro Gordo High School
Ervin Schrofs
Alvin Dyers
Vernon Edelmans
Ervin Schrof
S. Center St
Illinois lawmakers charged $12853 trip to study California welfare
A group of 11 Illinois legislators and five staff members on the Legislative Advisory Committee on Public Aid spent $12,853.04 for a five day trip in February to San Francisco and Long Beach to study California welfare systems. The trip covered hotel, meals, and transport, with some members bringing spouses at their own expense. One participant criticized the voyage though others defended it as productive and justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
California
Associated Press
Illinois Legislative Advisory Committee On
General Assembly
State Department of Public Aid
Cook County
Sheraton
Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco
Mittee
Queen Mary Hotel
Long Beach
Illinois
Comeal Davis
Chicago
Susan Catania
Book links British government with T E Lawrence murder
British biographer Desmond Stewart claims in a forthcoming biography that the government ordered or suppressed evidence to murder T E Lawrence after his 1935 Dorset motorcycle crash. He asserts a corporal saw a black car at the scene and that inquest testimony was restricted. Stewart links the theory to Lawrence's alleged far right views and possible future conflict with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Bradley
Associated Press
London
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence
Dorset
Desmond Stewart
T.E. Lawrence
Britain
United States
Stewart
George V
Henry Williamson
Oswald Mosley
British Union of Fascists
Berlin
Hitler
Middle East
Der’a
Azra
Cullom Visits and Arkansas Family Return Home
Cullom Mrs Irene Koerner and Mrs Josephine Deynier of Naples Fla are visiting relatives in Cullom. Mr and Mrs Paul Jehle and two daughters of Salem Ark have returned home after a week with Minnie Jehle and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Koerner
Cullom
Josephine Deynier
Naples
Fla
Paul Jehle
Salem, Ark
Minnie Jehle
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Percy
S. Africa
Carlton Center
Soweto
Nature Club
Clair and
Martha Vitzthum
Smith Ee Hadine
Paul Stevens
Stevens
T. Lee Hughes
America
Loon Shaffer Cotnick Ady
Pontiac Leader Publishing CO
Main St
Pontiac
Minols
Livingston County
Jerome Pearce
John Plesko
Elizabeth Harris
Jim Caviezel
Weldon Greeneberg
Ken Bond
William Alvey
Mary Copeland
Merlyn Shanebrook
Chatsworth
Chenoa
Cornell
Flanagan
Carl Saunemin
Dwight
Gridley
Dinvis
Anmed
Tinois
Ores, Peterson, Regan
St. James Hospital
Ruth Zook
CAPP
Robert Zoubek
Are Inir Ok
Lonasion
Gaetan Homes
Elmhurst
APP Homes
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