Marion urged to review its permit process over developer actions
Marion City Council faced criticism for allowing Richard J Heath to start building four townhouses before completing the city permit review. The piece argues the policy risks favoritism, weakens safeguards, and questions engineer Glenn Clarida’s dual role, urging a full reexamination of procedures and conflicts of interest to protect residents and ensure proper oversight.
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Marion
Richard J. Heath
Heath
Glenn Clarida
Clarida
City of
Mountbatten Killing Spurs Call for Irish Peace Push
The piece argues Britain must pursue a peace offensive in Northern Ireland. It cites Mountbatten's murder as a world headline moment that underscores the cause of social and economic injustice in the region. It urges Thatcher to engage moderate Catholic and Protestant leaders to address Catholic minority rights and end the cycle of violence fueling IRA support.
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Northern Ireland
Louis Mountbatten
Belfast
Ireland
Mountbatten
Royal Family of
Great Britain
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Irish National Liberation Army
IRA
Margaret Thatcher
US at crossroads in Mideast policy over Palestine
The United States faces a choice between backing Israel or broadening the peace process to include Palestinians. Ambiguity, resignations, and attempts to push a Palestinian rights resolution show tensions. As PLO moderation surfaces, critics warn that sticking to the status quo risks undermining Camp David and alienating moderate Arab states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mideast
United States
Israel
U.S
United Nations
Andrew Young
Robert Strauss
Egypt
U.N
Strauss
Palestine Liberation Organization
Young
PLO
U.N. P
Aneaeii
United Te
Saudi Arabia
West
Camp David
Carter
Jordan
Tuscaloosa Ice Cream Curmudgeon Keeps Pure Process Alive
Foster Norton in Tuscaloosa runs Pure Process ice cream, refusing expansion or publicity. He guards old methods and a 10 gallon batch freezer, while facing rising cocoa costs and strict regulations. Locals prize his nostalgic flavor and stubborn independence, calling him temperamental yet loyal.
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Howell Raines
New York Times
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Foster Norton
Norton
New York
San Francisco
River Hill
Norton's
Allen Johnson
Southeastern United Dairy Industry Association
Atlanta
Baskin-Robbins
University of Alabama
Harvard’s
Paul R. Davis
Selma Times-Journal
Foster
Davis
Pure Process
First aid for the environment promised but slow to come
President Carter's two environmental messages to Congress show progress in areas like air and water cleanup and park growth, but also lasting deficiencies and delays. The plan highlights IPM adoption, wildlife import restrictions, lagging wild rivers, coastal zone program reach, noise, and oil spill controls amid congressional and international hurdles.
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Gladwin Hill
New York Times
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Carter
Council On Environmental Quality
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency
Letters A climax to Einstein Centennial Year
Editor recalls Einstein's pursuit of a unified field theory and how recent claims of a breakthrough echo his lifelong dream. He notes personal exchanges with Einstein, the 1979 centennial year, and the enduring faith in a theory that remained unfulfilled in Einstein's lifetime.
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Southern Illinoisan
Albert Einstein
Cochairman
SIU
Einstein
Batavia Shoud
Kennedy stance on social issues and gun control sparks county debate
Ernest Morgan Herrin argues Ted Kennedy lacks leadership for the county amid the Chappaquiddick controversy. He contends Kennedy supports socialized medicine and pension investments via private insurers, questions gun bans, and warns about government overreach in medical bills and crime control.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Gordon Wayman
Ted Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Kennedy
Why apple prices rise in Southern Illinois orchards
A reader vents at Dr Michael Weintraub about apple pricing, citing higher fuel, sprays, electricity, and wages. The letter notes an orchardist’s lost vacation, rising costs, and calls out the doctor for seeming detached from farmers’ struggles.
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Southern Illinois
Michael Weintraub
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Ernest Morgan Herrin
Apple
Illinois
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