Editorial on area schools aims for humane education in 1970s
The Southern Illinois editorial urges area boards to expand lifelong learning, widen funding, form larger unit districts, balance teacher pay with tax realities, avoid turning classrooms into robots with excessive testing, and boost support for the handicapped and economically deprived while stressing parental involvement. It also includes a reader letter criticizing Alaska pipeline commentary and calling for practical energy development and safety standards.
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Illinois
Carbondale
The
Southern Illinoisan
Northland
Alaska
Berlin treaty urged to ease East West tensions
The Berlin agreement reached by the Big Four ambassadors aims to ease European tensions over West Berlin access. It assigns responsibility for unimpeded access to West Berlin to the Russians, while confirming West Berlin is not a state of West Germany and limiting German political activity there. The pact could pave the way for force reductions and a security conference, aiding Ostpolitik and detente with Russia.
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Berlin
Europe
West Berlin
United States
France
Great Britain
East Germany
West Germany
West
Russia
Willy Brandt
Brandt
U. S
Britain
Soviet Union
China
Asia
U.S
New York
Arts Council
New York State Commission On Cultural Resources
Southern Illinoisan masthead note
The text lists John C. Gardner as Editor and General Manager and Robert D. Reid as Managing Editor with James K. Adams as Business Manager for the Southern Illinoisan.
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John C. Gardner
The Shawnee Story of River, Hunters, and Loss of Home
A letter from Lawrence Radcliffe of Marion recalls a Shawnee tale of a river once clean and bountiful. It contrasts Native harmony with nature and later white settlement, a ruined riverbank, and a dead ship the Carol Sue in Evansville, prompting critique of greed and dispossession.
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Hunter
Carol Sue
Evansville
Lawrence Radcliffe
Marion
Second look shows quarter sales hit peak but earnings dip
The quarterly report reveals sales at a record high while earnings declined. Investors anticipate the impact on the industrial stockholder’s outlook, noting the familiar pattern of rising revenue paired with shrinking profits.
Arts councils rise nationwide transforming state culture
A decade of state arts agencies expands from seven in 1960 to 18 by 1964 and federal backing through the NEA fuels a broad program mix from arts education to crafts exhibitions. The piece traces funding debates, policy shifts, and the push for permanent status as arts councils gain legitimacy.
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John H. MacFadyen
Minnesota
Commonwealth of
Ces
Arts Council
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
Congress
District of Columbia
Republic
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Ilinois
Erade
Big Three
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Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
Kentucky
Ohio
Ft. Leonard Wood
Associated Councils of the Arts
Community Arts Council
New York State
Council of State Governments
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Maine
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Webster
William Conklin
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