Chinese Army Base Shows Political War and Welfare
James Reston reports on the 196th Infantry Division of the PLA at Yang Chun China a mixed base blending basic military training with political education farm production and weapon repair facilities It highlights Maoist goals unity production and peasant integration while noting a tense exchange about Taiwan the UN and U S policies with Secretary Laird and Nixon referenced in context
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Yang Chun
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Melvixi Laird
Keng ‘Yu-chi
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Mao
Chiang Kai-shek
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Foreign Office
People’s Republic of China
Rogers
Korea
Taiwan
Nixon
Congress approves 61 million for National Arts Endowment
Editorial lauds Senate House conference agreement granting 61 million for arts and humanities endowments to broaden access, fund grants, support state programs, and boost adult education and humanities teaching nationwide. Endowments aim to move humanities into communities, matching private gifts and expanding community professional involvement.
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Nexon
Senate House
Illinois Arts Council
Nancy Hanks
Arts
Wallace Edgerton
Humanities Endowment
Ark
Congress
Unseasonably cool Summer Of 1971 Impacts Mines Area
The article notes a cool spell through central and Southern Mines with forecasts of more cool days. Farmers report corn blight containment but slower growth. electricity demand drops as air conditioning use falls, lowering coal use and pollution. Pools see fewer patrons, affecting municipal revenue. more sniffles and fewer suntans accompany the mild season.
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Central
Editorials and opinions sections explained
The Southern Muincisan describes editorial pages letters to the editor and signed columns as distinct from news reports. It notes staff opinions in From Where I Sit In The Wind and Byline BG and emphasizes objective straight news reporting with analysis kept separate from standard news accounts.
No place for abuses in state employment program
Gov Ogilvie pushes a merit based state job program to cut welfare and aid the chronically unemployed. While the vast majority work with diligence, a few East St Louis workers in Southern Mt ngis parks loaf on the state pay, refuse proper clothes, and say they cannot be fired. The piece urges swift discipline to protect public support and warns against undermining the program. It notes campaign messaging and record noting Babe Ruth and Roger Maris asterisk compare.
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Ogilvie
East St. Louis
Mtingis
Ragweed, a pest from the Ambrosia family
National Geographic notes ragweed causes billions of pollen grains from mid August to September, triggering hay fever for up to 16 million Americans who spend at least 150 million dollars on treatment. Five ragweed species irritate the east, including giant and common ragweed, which thrive in disturbed soils, fields, and roadsides.
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United States
Rocky Mountains
Hadley Rille and the Moon Rill in Our Time
David Felts muses on Hadley Rille as a lunar gorge, tracing rill to brook to creek definitions, then shifts to Broadway history. He notes Fiddler on the Roof’s record run, global reach, and receipts, then editorializes on Nixon era poverty and population policy alongside family planning ideas from the era.
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Hadley Rille
Monan
Rill
Moon
Walter Scott
New York
Tobacco Road
Southern Tinoisan Editor and Publisher Credit
The Southern Tinoisan lists John C. Gardner as Editor and General Manager.
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John C. Gardner
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