Chou En-lai Optimist as Communist Leader Talks on World Affairs
James Reston reports Chou En-lai in the Great Hall of the People. The Chinese premier discusses U S relations with Vietnam and Taiwan, succession and governance, Stalin’s role, and birth control during a late dinner after August talks. He contrasts American resilience with China’s long revolution and notes three-in-one government. He praises Stalin before noting China’s population challenge and reforms. He suggests Nixon will see younger and middle aged Chinese leaders join talks.
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Tien-Anmen Square
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United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
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Communist Party
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Nixon
Chou En-lai
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Lenin
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Nguyen van Thieu
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CIA
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Koren
Herrin Faces Water Bill Clash Over Intercity System
Editorial argues Herrin cannot expect 30 percent extra water for free from Rend Lake. district rejects the plea, citing bonds, rates, and meter losses. The piece notes Herrin's growth relies on the regional system and must pay its share to avoid jeopardizing the broader project.
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Herrin
John McVey
Rend Lake
McVey
Rend Lake District
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Floating dollar proposal gains traction among leading economists
A group of top economists urges the United States to adopt a permanent floating exchange rate and argues other nations should follow. The Bretton Woods system ended when Nixon severed the dollar’s link to gold, sparking debates on a new international monetary framework and possible devaluation of the dollar. Floating rates could align trade balances, with Canada Germany and the Netherlands already allowing currencies to float. Historically the US experimented with float periods in 1862 1879 1917 1925 and 1933 1934.
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United States
Bretton Woods
N.H
Nixon
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International Monetary Fund
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Japan
Canada
West Germany
Netherlands
Southern Illinoisan Editorial Leadership Change
John C. Gardner is newly appointed Editor and General Manager with Robert D. Reid as senior advisor, signaling a strategic shift for the newspaper. The leadership team outlines plans to strengthen local reporting and community coverage.
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John C. Gardner
Graffiti Letter Attacks Reporter and Student Vandalism Opinion
A Southern Illinoisan letter denounces a Sunday article on graffiti art calling the writer a coward and urging removal of the book from schools. The writer blasts the artist for vandalism and questions the reporter’s handling, accusing the author of glamorizing theft and demanding prosecutions.
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Doctors and patients debate medical reform in free enterprise vs group plans
Sister Veronica Ankenbrand of Murphysboro argues against the view that a free enterprise medical system cannot work. She notes both sides of the issue, praising doctors’ rights and questioning blanket conclusions. She warns against oversimplifying medical economics and stresses the need for balanced reforms.
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Southern Illinoisan
Louis Tapella
Ralph Waldo Emerson
United States
America
Veronica Ankenbrand
Wondering about the Whiffenpoofs and older pop culture clues
David Felts recalls the Whiffenpoofs chorus tracing to Kipling and a Yale tavern feud, notes the composer was an Amherst man, and imagines names like Moriarty. The column shifts to retirement reading, insurance policy oddities, and a cascade of cultural trivia about Raine, Kibbee, Emerson, and Elizabeth Taylor, ending with Nixon and beer in baseball lore.
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Mary’s
Louis
Rudyard Kipling
Gentlemen-Bankers
Legion of the Lost Ones
Cohort of the Damned
Mary
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Moriarty
Pardon
Norman Reilly Raine
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Emile Zola
Paul Muni
Annie
Herone
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Marie Dressler
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Guy Kibbee
New York
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Robert Joseph Kibbee
New York City
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Esquire
New Journal of the
Illinois State Historical Society
Donald Tingley
Illinois
Sage of Concord
Emerson
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding, Jr
London
Ball Park
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