Illinois GOP platform shifts on housing and revenue reform
Editorial notes Illinois Republicans at Peoria split on fair housing and revenue reform. A Revenue Amendment favors a limited flat tax but opposes a full income tax, while open housing language offers no concrete measures yet upholds property rights. The platform appears weak as a campaign document and may backfire with voters.
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Peoria
Elmer J. Hoffman
DuPage County
William Scott
Harris Rowe
Jacksonville
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Republican Organization
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Illinois Republican Party
Airlines strike looms over politics and economy
Negotiators warned to settle the month old strike or face possible legislation as Congress avoids a vote on a 30 day airline bailout plan. The five carriers lose millions daily while thousands of mechanics strike, yet nationwide effects remain limited and no emergency declared.
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Second Look at Airlines Strike Settlement Proposal
The Machinists Union dismisses a proposed settlement from Oregon’s senior senator as insufficient. A separate note mentions county reapportionment by the U S Department of Agriculture based on a single corn stalk and one gallon of water. Excavators at Camelot site speculate on a goblet as a Galahad find. A station attendant warns: Fasten belts and count the children. Investment club women vote to hold morning meetings before the market opens.
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U S. Department of Agriculture
Petunias Shine in TV Wedding Week Style
Dave Felts notes petunias taking center stage on TV coverage of a Washington wedding week. The column mentions Luci and Hemingway and Fitzgerald, Beatles versus Christianity debates, Lenny Bruce survivors, and sartorial remarks about men's pants and a glimpse of Mrs. William O. Douglas at a White House event.
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Ernest Hemingway
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Lester Mack
Hemingway
Martin Donegan
Fitzgerald
Paris
New York
Hollywood
William O. Douglas
U.S. Supreme Court
Relaxed China Uses Comedy to Halve Americans The Mood in Public Shows Cheerful Irony
Feliks Topolski notes a relaxed, cheerful China where actors mock Americans with paper noses and a hostile Viet Nam theme, using humor as catharsis. He observes a culture of labor dignity, volunteer work on state projects, and a pervasive anti Americanism amid a vast yet evolving Beijing landscape.
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Gobi Desert
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South China Sea
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The
Friction With Eastern Europe Contradictions In West German Policy
A Times of London dispatch from Prague notes a central contradiction in West German policy. Bonn seeks neighborly trust while also maintaining tension to justify unity, a stance critics say undermines any real progress toward German reconciliation.
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Times of London Dispatch
London
England
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London Times
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Sudetenland
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Times of London
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Ulbricht
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NATO
Eastern Europe
Roland
Washington
Mayor Has Pistol On Hip In Agreement Letter
A reader from Carbondale endorses the mayor citing concerns about crime with a pistol on each hip and a shotgun on the shoulder describing armed incidents in town. The writer urges newspaper verification of reported holdups and robberies.
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Southern Illinoisan
Roy Weshinskey
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