Editorial on teacher strikes and national education tension
Russell Baker argues rising pay gaps and crowded schools fuel a wave of teacher strikes across the nation. He cites NEA predictions of 300 to 400 strikes, with openings in Michigan, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Illinois districts. The piece weighs strikes against law, and suggests possible union merger or a tempered balance between strength and patience.
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National Education Association
NEA
Michigan
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Illinois
Belleville
Madison
East St. Louis
Edwardsville
American Federation of Teachers
Democratic primer guide to convention by Russell Baker
A satirical 1968 Washington column portrays the Democratic Party as a sprawling, chaotic entity bounded by unions and the Klan. It jokes about four deals, a controversial credo, and a history of power, while lampooning figures and slogans of the era.
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Democratic Party
Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington
Bay of Disorder
United Auto Workers
Ku Klux Klan
Great
Deficit
Eugene McCarthy
United States
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Jefferson
Jackson
Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
James Polk
Ben Tillman
Theodore Bilbo
Frank Hague
James Michael Curley
Adam Clayton Powell
Bull Connor
President Johnson
Humphrey
Sen
Hart
Eastland
Gov
Connally
Arthur Schlesinger
John Bell Williams
William Jennings Bryan
Franklin Roosevelt
Sen. Smathers
George Meany
President’s Club
Texas
Congressional Appropriations Committee
Czechoslovaks Hope for Reform Amid Tense Standoff
Richard Eder traces six months of Prague reform where Czechoslovaks pursued a careful, nonviolent revolution. Leaders like Josef Smrkovsky guided cautious defiance against Soviet pressure, while waiters, students, and housewives united in a quiet push for freedom and dignity. A journalist warned of tanks, yet reformers viewed themselves as offering humane communism compatible with Western democracy. Gov. Sam Shapiro faces questions over state highway signs.
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Prague
Josef Smrkovsky
National Assembly
Cierna
Old Town Square
Smrkovsky
Old Town Hall
Soviet Union
Europe
West
Parking fee protest at SIU administration
Letter writer R. W. Davis of Carbondale denounces SIU's higher parking fees up to 45 dollars a year plus 125 dollar future indoor garage fees. He urges staff and students to protest now, consider off campus parking, petitions, late arrival penalties, legislative action, and union bargaining for free parking.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
SIU
MacVicar
Civil Service Union
R. W. Davis
Carbondale
Do Fish Rain Across Southern Illinois
A reader from Carbondale Community High School questions whether it rains fish across Southern Illinois and credits the Southern Illinoisan for coverage that clarifies the issue. The letter applauds local reporting and emphasizes public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
Illinois
T Illinoisan
Bryce Rucker
Carbondale Community High School
Editorial calls for loyal support and civic participation
A reader urges support for the president and stresses following a strong leader, citing past leaders and urging citizens to vote for the candidate of their choice. The Southern Illinoisan notes it welcomes letters and outlines submission rules including length, signature, and libel restrictions.
Sexual Wilderness and the new people in American life
A literary survey reviews Vance Packard's The Sexual Wilderness and Charles Winick's The New People. It notes Packard's premarital sex trends among educated American women, contrasting with 1940s figures and international data. Winick argues sex-role ambiguity harms identity, criticizing the Barbie Doll as a provocative cultural symbol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Packard
McKay
Charles E. Winick
Pegasus
de Land
Noah
Marc Connelly
England
Germany
Norway
Canada
Italy
Packard
Winick
City University of New York
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Bureau of Labor and Statistics
Florida
AFT
Afl-Cio
Richard Eder
New York
Sam Shapiro
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
America
Lincoln
Hoover
F. D. Roosevelt
Charles S. Harland Mulkeytown
Eliot Fremont-Smith
Mr. Sobersides
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