No Time for a Walkout by Policemen Says Editorial
National police leaders propose a two day walkout over perceived lack of support in facing racial violence. The piece argues against walkouts, urging continued professional law enforcement within the U S system, valuing court upholds of rights and the need for lawful order. It compares U S policing to Soviet systems and stresses training pay and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Herrington
Fraternal Order of Police
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Detroit
Washington
GOP platform hearings signal new Republican realism in Miami
The Miami Beach platform hearings show a shift toward unity between liberal and conservative wings. Sen Everett Dirksen helped foster a conciliatory tone, with agreement to an urban problems focus, contrasting with 1964 infighting. It remains to be seen if this spirit lasts through candidate selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Wilkie
Miami Beach
Nelson Rockefellers
GOP
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Letter to the Editor on gun rights and constitutional interpretation
The writer rebuts Mr Orthwein’s car versus gun safety argument and scrutinizes sources from U S Supreme Court cases to Aristotle and Plato. He argues the Second Amendment protects a well regulated militia and criticizes NRA rhetoric while highlighting constitutional interpretation limits. The letter cites U S vs Miller and references Humphrey and McCarthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Orthwein
John Marley Mathews
Hubert Humphrey
Frem Congress
Orthwin
United States Supreme Court
Congress
McCarthy
Plato
Aristotle
B.C
National Rifle Association
NRA
Mr. Orthwein
Leonard E. Brewster
Fish Fall From Rain Says Reader Relates Personal Observation
An Illinois conservation note is challenged by a reader aged 81 who recalls fish appearing after rain. He cites a Gorham instance with four inches of standing water and two live pike about three inches long, offering to prove his claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Department of Conservation
Gorham
J. W
Wallace candidacy sparks bipartisan push against deals
The piece notes both major parties resist any Wallace pact to win the presidency and forecasts electoral college risks if neither party gains a majority. It argues Wallace’s bid may be for publicity, while musing on 1972 dynamics and possible reform debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wallace
United States
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Kerner six months later on lessons from riots
Otto Kerner, former Illinois governor and chair of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, recalls how the six month post riot inquiry learned from residents in Detroit Newark East St. Louis and Milwaukee. He details conversations with mothers and residents about policing jobs housing lighting schools and dignity as keys to an equal society. He cites interviewing thousands and notes a job quest by a 23 year old who had tried many applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Kerner Chatmian
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
National Civil Disorders Commission
America
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Commission
Detroit
Newark
East St. Louis
Milwaukee
Kerner
Ghettos
Tom
Symposium a success as heart transplant experts lecture
The Cape Town symposium on heart transplantation drew prominence for Dr. Denton Cooley as chief spokesman. The event affirmed heart transplantation viability, aided by cross country experts from England Argentina Canada and the United States. Panelists stressed learning from experience and involving communities to address racism and urban deprivation.
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Graham Fysh Lindsay-Schaub
Cape Town
South Africa
D. F. Malan
Denton Cooley
Dr. Cooley
James Mowbray
England
Miguel Bellizzi
Argentina
Chris Barnard
Pierre Grondin
Canada
Cornell University
Clarence Walton Lillehei
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