Editorial: Map Drawn and More Good Candidates Needed
The editorial notes the special reapportionment commission completed a 59 district House map after earlier Senate and congressional redraws. It argues both parties have a chance to win in 1966, warns against reinstating cumulative voting, and urges capable candidates and responsibly behaved legislators to pursue office in the post reapportionment era.
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Illinois
Milnois Senate
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois General Assembly
Senate
House
Goldwater
Democrats
1948 Progressives and Dixiecrats shaped the New South
Ralph McGill recalls the 1948 race when the Dixiecrats led by Strom Thurmond and the Progressive Party under Henry Wallace split the Democratic base. He credits the era with catalyzing the New South and civil rights advances, noting Truman's victory and the long-term discrediting of the splinter movements.
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Ralph McGill
Henry Wallace
Bull Connor
Birmingham
Texas
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Hesty
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Missouri
Wallace
Progressive Party
Harry S. Truman
Arts
Ku Klux Klan
Platform Committee
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Mississippi
Alabama
New South
South
French elections test U S popularity in Gaullist race
The French presidential contest pits General de Gaulle against Jean Lecannet with US policy a campaign issue. De Gaulle has criticized American policy and NATO while Lecannet supporters back US positions. Polls show Lecannet gaining center support as voting concludes Sunday.
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Washington
France
de Gaulle
U. S
Viet Nam
Atlantic Alliance
United States
Jean Lecannet
Rance
ATO
U.S
Lecannet
Nowcampaigning
Step Backward in Congo Coup Undermines Stability
A recent coup in the Congo saw Gen. Joseph Mobutu proclaim himself president for five years, an act described as a backward step from constitutional progress. Ousted president Kasavubu had earlier dismissed Tshombe and the transitional government, leaving a power vacuum filled by Mobutu and signaling continued political instability.
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Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Moisee Tshombe
Mr. Tshombe
AMA Elects Dr. John Z. Appel as President
In a post retirement move the Johnson administration delayed announcing a record budget deficit. Doctors elect Dr. John Z. Appel as the new president of the American Medical Association.
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Johnson
Treasury
U. S
Harry Byrd
Dva
John Z. Appel
The
AMA
Davis and Cullom lineage highlightIllinois names in column
Dave Felts reviews Shelby Cullom Davis a New York broker who has donated over 7 million dollars to Bradley University Princeton and Lincoln Center while tracing possible kinship to Illinois governor and senator Shelby Cullom. The piece recounts Davenport ties to Mayflower ancestors and notes University of Chicago gift from Standard Oil Foundation plus reminiscences of Yehudi Menuhin and Carl Sandburg.
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Shelby Cullom Davis
New York City
Bradley University
Peoria
Princeton
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
New York
Illinois
Shelby Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom
U.S. Senate
America
Mr. Davis
George Henry
Julia Mabel (Cullom) Davis
James W. Neilson
Shelby M. Cullom
Prairie State Republican
University of Illinois Press
Sen. Cullom
Ella
Carrie
Cullom
Julia
Ella Cullom
William Barrett Ridgely
Springfield
Carrie Cullom
Rebe Gordon Hardie
Washington, D.C
John Alden
Francis Cooke
Thomas Warren
Jamestown
Virginia
Neilson
University of Chicago
Standard Oil of Indiana Foundation
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Midway
University of Illinois
Rockefeller
John
Chicago
Yehudi Menuhin
Order of the British Empire
Menuhin
Kreisler
Elman
Heifetz
Carl Sandburg
Harry Golden
Flat Rock
N.C
Area Woman Remembers Armistice Day Loss and Trade Critique
Mrs Effie Odum Energy recalls World War I ending with bells at eleven and her brother killed at Argonne. She laments merchants commercializing Armistice Day in Southern Illinois and honors fallen loved ones who died for freedom.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
France
Effie Odum
Dilapidated House Removal Sparks Carbondale Debate
Citizens in northeast Carbondale pressed for removing dilapidated houses to protect children as Mayor Miller argued council duties are overburdened. The dispute arose during a Carbondale Council meeting eight months after promised action, highlighting public duty and safety concerns in the town.
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Illnoisan
Carbondale
Miller
Phyllis France Carbondale
Computation Gains Ground as Modern Trade Companion
The era of pure competition gives way to data driven strategy as firms embrace computation to optimize operations and decisions. Analysts argue numeric models improve efficiency, pricing, and market insight across industries.
Lecanuet's Dark Horse Bid Challenges De Gaulle
Jean Lecanuet, 45, Rouen lawyer and senator, markets himself as De Gaulle’s challenger in a multi-candidate race. He promotes a United Europe, opposed Gaullism's nationalism, and argues for housing, roads, and jobs while courting center voters with a Kennedy persona. His plan includes a potential new democratic alliance and limited TV exposure ahead of the December 5 vote.
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Peter Braestrup
New York Times
Strasbourg
France
Jean Lecanuet
Rouen
de Gaulle
Common Market
Atlantic Alliance
Lecannet
United States
Europe
Paris
Kennedy
U. S
America
Compari
Lecanhuet
Lecanuet
United States of Europe
Britain
Algeria
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