Editorial on overdone security at national conventions
The piece criticizes excessive security at Republican and Democratic conventions, noting micromanaged access and restricted press rights. It cites incidents in Miami Beach and current coverage limits, calling for uniform, clearer security clearances for bona fide newsmen and urging prompt reform.
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Platform Committee
North Carolina
Secret Service
Mr. Stassen
Washington
White House
Father
Chicago
Miami Beach
Richard M. Nixon
Clark calls for halt to bombing of North Vietnam
Illinois Attorney General and Democratic Senate candidate William G. Clark urged an immediate and unconditional halt to bombing in North Vietnam. He argued the pause could aid Paris peace talks and reflect a more dovish stance than the Johnson administration. Dirksen remains a firm backer of current policy.
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William G. Clark
U. S
Illinois
North Vietnam
Mr. Clark
Paris
Johnson
Clark
Vietnam
Chicago
Daley
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Columnists and diaries mark shifting defintions of the column
David Felts surveys how the label columnist evolved from tight newspaper blocks to radio and television uses while listing notable figures. He also reviews Sir Harold Nicolson diaries 1945 1962 edited by Nigel Nicolson and notes Nicolson's urbane yet critical voice.
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Times
Ann Landers
Abby
Will Rogers
Harold Nicolson
Harold
Nigel
Sir Harold
Victoria Sackville- West
Sir Harold Nicolson
England
Labor Party
Chicago Blackstone Rangers Grow Power Stir Controversy
Chicago's Blackstone Rangers, a youth gang formed eight years ago, amass 1500 to 8000 members on the South Side and push to be treated as a real political and community force. Leaders urge peaceful aims, while police and officials weigh the risk of growth amid poverty programs and upcoming conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Johnson
New York Times
Chicago
Peace Stones
Stone
Blackstone Rangers
Midway Plaisance
Black Robin Hoods
Black Peace Stone
Midway
Woodlawn
State Street
Jeff Fort
Rangers
Blackstone Avenue
South Side
Blackstone
Disciples
Eugene
Bull) Hairston
Martin Luther King Jr
Hairston
James Fry
First Presbyterian Church
Fry
Ralph Metcalfe
Leo Holt
Edwin C. Berry
Chicago Urban League
Urban League
Senate
City Hall
Woodlawn Organization
Saul Alinsky
47Th Street
Editorial on Second Amendment history and court rulings
The piece argues four Supreme Court decisions shape the Second Amendment and critiques Mr. Brewster's August letter. It traces Cruikshank Presser Miller U.S. v Miller and later interpretations, noting limitations on federal power and the militia link. It criticizes Brewster and J. M. Matthews for misinterpretation.
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Southern Illnoisan
Brewster
Supreme Court
The
Republic
U.S
Miller
Texas
U. S
Court of Appeals For the First Circuit
Black
Warren
Congress
Mr. Brewster
J. M. Mathews
Editor questions gun registration and Supreme Court ruling
A reader letter questions firearms registration arguing Supreme Court decisions imply no criminal could be compelled to register. The writer references a nationally known commentator and asserts the Chicago syndicate knows the answer, asking the editor for reassurance that gun registration will not become law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Supreme Court
Chicago
J. W. Newton Makanda
Winter Quiet as Furnace Alone Runs
A reflective line about winter serenity noting frost on the pumpkin and absence of garden pests like aphids and beetles, contrasting nature with the steady hum of a furnace in a peaceful scene.
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Godfrey Cambridge
Everett M. Dirksen
James Reston
Bill D. Moyers
Harry Golden
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Bert Leston Taylor
Franklin P. Adams
Don Marquiss
Christopher Morley
Keith Preston
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