He Got Things Done by W A Dougherty
Editorial tribute to Bill Dougherty, longtime Southern Illinois newspaper figure, praised for blunt directness, leadership, and turning growth from small operations to a respected regional paper. Highlights his demand for quality, independence, talent development, and practical guidance rather than praise. Southern Illinois has lost a decisive guiding hand and The Southern I nocian laments his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Dougherty
Inocian
Bill Dougherty
Southern Illinois
No Arena For Politics The Appalachian Development Bill
The Johnson Administration backs the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1964, a 1.0 billion dollar plan for eleven states. Funds would build highways over six years and finance health facilities timber, coal land, water resources, vocational schools, and sewage plants. Opposition argues the plan is poorly planned and costly. The bill aims to aid a genuinely needy region despite partisan and election-year tensions.
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Appalachia
Appalachian
Appalachian Development Corporation
House Public Works Committee
Second Look Federal Pace Agency Musings On Space Bugs
Technicians at Second Look Federal pace agency attempt to stimulate "the bugs" from spacecraft capsules, named Gemind crickets. The piece playfully ponders how a summer would be spent with vast wealth akin to Rockefeller, Scranton, Johnson, Romney, or Goldwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Pace Agency
Nelson Rockefeller
William Scranton
Lyndon Johnson
George Romney
Barry Goldwater
Investors eye Southern Illinois for recreation boom
Investors spot area potential as three cases show. A 1,700 acre former mining site between Herrin and Johnston City will host farming and hunting. An 882 acre hunting area opens between Elizville and Royalton, then a 560 acre site near Devil's Kitchen Lake opens Oct 13. Up to one million quail may be raised to supply hunting areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Johnston City
Elxville
Royalton
Devil's Kitchen Lake
Clingis
Perle Mesta to entertain at Democratic convention in Atlantic City
Dave Felts notes Mrs. Perle Mesta famed hostess will entertain delegates and notables at her rented mansion near Atlantic City New Jersey. Her long career includes U S Minister to Luxembourg and support for Lyndon Johnson. she also backed Nixon in 1960 and earlier Alf Landon and Wendell Willkie.
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Perle Mesta
Ventnor Place
Atlantic City
N. J
Mesta
Truman
U. S
Luxemburg
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Lichtenstein
Washington
Behind Them Factions Vie In New York Senate Race
Earl Mazo reports a crowded field in the New York Senate contest to replace Kenneth B. Keating with candidates from both major parties using the race to pursue broader goals. Conservative leader J Daniel Mahoney says Clare Booth Luce could boost Barry Goldwater, while Democrats weigh Wagner’s grip and Kennedy Harriman’s push for leadership change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Senate
Kenneth B. Keating
United States
New York
J. Daniel Mahoney
Mahoney
Johnson
Democratic Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Samuel 5. Stratton
Strattan
Wagner
Robert F. Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Kennedy
Democratic Party
Stratton
Senate
Weather Bureau reuses storm name list with Donna exception
The Weather Bureau recycles names for tropical storms and hurricanes with Donna replaced by Dora due to historical impact. It notes Abby to Winny and explains season timing from June to November, hurricane criteria of 74 mph winds, and a dramatic claim about a giant hurricane’s power and water displacement.
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Richard Spong
Washington
Dora
Donna
TS. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Debra
Caribbean
Diane
United States
Abby
Tropics
Self Enforcing Treaty for Viet Nam Urged
An opinion argues for a self enforcing peace treaty in Viet Nam backed by a neutral international military force under UN auspices. It warns the 14 nation accord failed to ensure good faith, notes China’s harassment, and believes US strength and UN cooperation could deter further conflict without nuclear war.
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Gulf of Tonkin
Viet Nam
China
Southeast Asia
United Nations
Gaza Strip
Peking
Tonkin Gulf
Red China
United States
Kremlin
Fleot
Russia
U.S
Khrushchev and Co
West
Public Morality Improving Over the Past By Ralph McGill
Ralph McGill argues public morality, especially political ethics, has improved compared with earlier eras. He cites Teddy Roosevelt against trusts, meat packing abuses, patent medicines, and labor abuses, noting federal laws and press scrutiny helped curb corruption, though local government often resisted reform.
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Ralph McGill
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy
Chicago
Penn
Grant
Baer
Harding
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W. A. Dougherty
Ilinois
Bill Mongherty
Southern
Dave Felts
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Scarlett O'Bara
Richard Burton
Ranchipur
Merel Ly
Lana ‘Turner
Louis Mumford Nave
Harlem
Earl Mazo
New York Times
America
MARS
Clare Booth Luce
Bureau
the PT
Lawi
Feder
Commission
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Company
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