Editorial on McGovern slim chances in 1968 Democratic race
The piece argues Sen McGovern faces a three sided Democratic contest dominated by the Vietnam war issue. It notes Kennedy supporters, Humphrey and McCarthy alignment, and predicts McGovern’s slim odds two weeks before the convention. It mentions Otto Hahn's death and reflections on atomic energy and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McGovern
Sen
McGovern
Robert Kennedy
South Dakota
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Washington
Vietnam
Platform Committee
Sen. McGovern
Humphrey
McCarthy
Sen. McCarthy
Sen. MacGovern
Who split the atom and how did it change history
The piece traces key inventors from Eli Whitney to Morse Bell and Edison and asks who first split the atom. It notes Einstein’s equation and Roosevelt’s push for atomic energy, highlighting the Manhattan Project and the first nuclear reaction at Stagg Field with figures Bohr Fermi and Pauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
University of Chicago
Stagg Field
Nils Bohr
Sweden
Enrico Fermi
Italy
Linus Pauling
Letters to the editor debate gun control and ID cards
A reader questions whether local officials Fred Henderson and Roy Cole possess ID cards while criticizing gun control laws. The letter cites prior coverage and notes support for a stop and frisk approach, asking if officials should be prosecuted for lacking identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illnoisan
Southern Illinoisan
Fred Henderson
Roy Cole
Herrin
Southern Illinois
America
Henderson
Shoemake
Let's fix this road now from Carterville to Colp
A reader rebuts a July 29 letter arguing Illinois has a sixty million surplus in road funds yet claims funds are unavailable to repair the Carterville Colp road. The writer recalls rapid action on Interstate 13 from Carbondale to Carterville to ease traffic and urges prompt repair of the Carterville Colp road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Newton
State of Illinois
Carterville Colp
State Highway Department
Carbondale
Carterville
Colp
Main Street
East
Europe
Alexandre Dubcek
Communist Party
Hiss
Pee Marcher praises mayor police in Hiroshima Day watch
A letter from a reader thanks Mayor Keene, the city council, and the police for their cooperation during Sa turday's Hiroshima Day peace watch. The writer commends patrol officers for traffic directing and general professionalism. A second letter recalls seeing a two inch fish after a storm and a past pasture memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnoisan
Keene
World Bank to Double Loans as Aid Cuts Rise
World Bank chief Robert S. McNamara announced a major expansion of lending to less developed nations to offset U S aid cuts. He warned the growing gap between rich and poor requires capital aid to prevent development grinding to a halt. The plan would roughly double loans from about 850 million dollars, though funds may go to different countries than those funded by U S aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Defense
World Bank
Congress
United States
Prague lives between medieval past and liberal present
NEA report by Robert Cochnar surveys Prague’s two eras as the city blends baroque government sites with modern life. It notes Kafka rooms, Stalin statue gone, cheap books, rich opera, Barandov studios, and a rising freedom after Dubcek reforms, with cautious optimism about future cultural openness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cochnar
Enterprise Assn
NEA
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Mrs. Robinson
Charles Bridge
Hradcany
Vitava
Smetana
Franz Kafka
Kafka
Stalin
Europe
Hemingway
Fitzgerald
Baldwin
Styron
Norman Mailer
Laterna Magica
Hatcher’s Gary Faces Criticism Over Debates and Garbage
Critics say Mayor Richard Hatcher, Gary’s first black chief executive, mixed progress with missteps as he drew federal funds but left many city posts unfilled and garbage uncollected. Riots and school turmoil underscored racial tensions while Hatcher touts appointing a multiracial team and plans to improve housing and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stowell
Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Dick Hatcher
Richard Gordon Hatcher
Hatcher
Charles H. King Jr
City Hall
West Side
Gordon McAndrew
North Carolina
Hatcher Linked to Boycott via Hiring of coordinator Steve Morris
Disturbed Gary residents say Hatcher endorsed the boycott by hiring Steve Morris as a senior coordinator for a federal job training program. Morris, 45, earns 10500 dollars annually. previously he was a 5700 dollar per year school lunch program clerk in a township trustee's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Hatcher
Lake County
Steve Morris
Morris
Best Seller Book List 1968 New York Times
Best seller compilation from 125 bookstores in 64 U S communities lists top fiction and non fiction titles. Notable fiction includes Airport Updike True Grit Vidal Nat Turner and The Naked Ape while non fiction features The Money Game Between Parent and Child Iberia The Rich and the super rich and The French Chef Cookbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
U. S
Airport—Hailey
Couples—Updike
Testimony OF
Men—Caldwell
True Grit—Portis
Topaz—Uris
Myra Breckinridge
Vidal
Vanished—Knebel
Heaven Help
Tarr
Confessions OF
Nat Turner
Styron
Bradford
Adam Smith
Ginott
Iberia
Michener
Lundberg
Birmingham
Naked Ape
Morris
Collins & LaPierre
Stillman & Baker
Servan Schreiber
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Otto Hahn
Gottinberg
Hiroshima
Hahn
Eli Whitney
Samuel F. B. Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas A. Edison
Morse
Bell
Edison
Don Ameche
Marcher
Robert Griffin Carbondale
Peranent
Wenceslaus Square
Barandov Studios
Bradford Dillman
Remagen
David Wolper
United Artists
Barandov
West Germany
Austria
Pavel Kohout
Richard Hatcher
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