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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1968
Page
27
The Herrin mayor and alderman brawled in city hall and fired pistol shots on public streets. The scene recalls a rough era and demands swift investigation, accountability, and resignations from Mayor Henderson and Alderman Shoemake to restore community trust.
A wide open Republican convention in Miami looms as Rockefeller and Reagan press campaigns challenge Nixon. Delegates gain a real choice on issues like Vietnam while past tensions and potential dark horses keep the race unpredictable through August and into the fall campaign.
The nation’s two leading polls clash on who would win a GOP presidential contest with Nixon ahead in Gallup findings and Rockefeller leading in Harris results. The discrepancy stems from timing and poll methods, amid calls for truth in polling and potential standards to curb misuse.
The piece profiles Lester Maddox as Georgia's governor, a paradox of compassion and harsh rhetoric. It traces his stance on federal funds for education, race relations, and law and order, noting mixed reforms, prison improvements, and growth of Black government participation, amid volatility in his public image.
A Carbondale reader recounts a July 29 high school summer class vote on Vietnam policy showing 63 for go all out, 2 for withdraw, and none for continue. The writer asserts youth support and patriotism amid national debate. Other letters mock media, fascism, and politics, touching on Gallup Harris polls and birth control rulings.
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