Southern Illinois needs coordinated modern police reform
An editorial urges better law enforcement in Southern Illinois through human relations training, cross county cooperation, and professional development. It cautions against overreliance on harsh policing, stresses due process, and calls for funding, regional districts, and updated training to reduce crime.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Greater Egypt Regional
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Illinois
Lems
Rev Koen Faces Fast Death Over Police Beating Case
Rev Charles Koen of Cairo, 26, leader of Black Liberation groups, is fasting in the St Louis Homer G Phillips Hospital after a July prison sentence for alleged assaulton an officer. He began the fast to protest mass imprisonment and may die unless convinced to end it. He was beaten Sept 13 1968 after arrest for traffic charges and general peace disturbance. Koen has a wife two children and another on the way.
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Sandra Holter
Charles Koen
Cairo
Cairo United Front
National Black United Fronts
Koen
St. Louis
United States
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Lucas Avenue
Leon Dent
Rudolph Oehlert
Oehlert
Othrs
Liberators
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Keen
Whittier St
St. Louis City Workhouse
Hall St
Editorials and Letters From The Southern Illinoisan
The editorial page presents opinions labeled Editorials Our Opinions while readers submit Letters to the Editor and signed columns reflect staff voices. The paper notes its aim to separate opinion from objective news and to report facts accurately across its material from staff and wires.
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Illnoisan
Southern Illinoisan Leadership Notes
John C. Gardner serves as Editor and General Manager while Robert D. Reid holds the position of Managing Editor for the Southern Illinoisan.
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John C. Gardner
Great Thinkers Great Thinkers
Editor's note outlines Aristotle's views on anger and temper. It contrasts good tempered self control with hot tempered quickness and sulky or vengeful anger. The piece explains how restraint or excessive retaliation shapes personal peace and relationships.
Chicago school closing plan sparks mixed reactions
The proposal to close Chicago public schools for 12 days to save 26 million dollars draws support from senior property taxpayers but faces opposition from mothers of school age children. A distiller markets a so called soft whiskey with an apparent proof near Hadacol or Geritol in the same era.
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Chicago
Letters to the editor on Bilderbergers Woodstock meeting
The letter questions Spiro Agnew’s criticism of the press and alleges a Bilderberg meeting at Woodstock in 1971 with about 90 attendees including a U.S. senator and four representatives. It accuses Johnson of involvement with the N and calls out funding from Ford and Rockefeller foundations and police protection expenses. The writer invites Johnson to share guest lists and hints at further revelations about Nixon Kissinger secrecy.
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Spiro Agnew
United States
International Bilderbergers
Woodstock
U. S
Rutland Herald
Joseph E. Johnson
Bilderberger
Johnson
Alger Hiss
U. N
Carnegie Endowment For Inter
National Peace
Republic of South Africa
Ford
Rockefeller
CFIP
FBI
Secret Service
Belgium
Nixon
Kissinger
China
Agnew
Lyndle C. Couch
Cambria
Criticism on Paper Ethics in Southern Illinoisan
Reader challenges the paper over an ethically Dubious feature “Black and Blind” by Hank Shaw that closely mirrors Joanne Kocks Chicago Tribune piece. Editor notes admit reliance on SIU interviews and SIU News Service material with required attribution and fact checking.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Hank Shaw
Southern
Illinoisan
Chicago Tribune
Joanne Kock
Phipps
Daily Egyptian
SIU
Southern Illnoisan
One of These Days Kentucky May Be Abbreviation Again
A historical note suggests Kentucky may return to being commonly abbreviated as Ky once more, reflecting regional usage shifts and postal conventions. The remark implies a future reversion in shorthand during period language practice.
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Kentucky
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James K. Adams
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