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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1965
Page
4
An editorial notes a $1,500 Christmas payment from the state to about 200 Illinois General Assembly members this past week. It mentions most legislators have indicated their awareness of the payments.
Massachusetts faces a push to end school racial imbalance after 58 of 2,300 public schools are over 50 percent non-white. Cambridge plans a new school by 1966. New Bedford redraws districts and builds a larger integrated campus. Springfield and Boston weigh open enrollment, busing, redistricting, or new construction.
In the 1830s Johnson grass from Turkey spread as livestock forage and now harms cotton and corn, competes with crops, and stains the presidential image. Missouri officials plan a December 9 Jefferson City meeting with university scientists and highway and utility reps to combat a problem costing about $10 million annually. federal action may follow if state efforts fail.
The Rio de Janeiro meeting of 19 Western Hemisphere nations ended with a revived commitment on paper to the Alliance for Progress. The conference shifted away from a Dominican Republic troop role to social and economic goals, including reorganizing agencies, an emergency disaster fund, and an export promotion agency to boost world trade. The work lagged, but officials hope the renewed spirit spurs real action.
Dave Felts muses on Virginia Woolf, Kennedy and Lincoln in how fame shapes history. He reviews Fletcher Knebel’s Night of Camp David and notes Washington fiction’s reliance on authentic settings and a dash of sex. Generals Eisenhower and Smith also surface in special train luxury and local literary life.
James Reston argues the Vietnam war decisions came in quiet White House discussions. He traces the shift from advisers to combat troops, questions U S policy, and notes a growing divide at home over whether the war is Vietnamese or American and how far to escalate.
The piece notes French voters go to the polls to support Charles de Gaulle next Sunday. It mocks lingering silver certificate concerns, implying devaluation and trimmed coinage as the dollar’s value slips.
Burton Bond Jr. of Carbondale calls on the city council to form a study group and appoint a committee to address jail surveillance and a new city hall jail complex. He argues for a full-time radio operator or other constant watch to prevent harm to inmates while noting cost and staffing constraints.
The note describes a shift back to district voting after an at large system and mentions cumulative voting. It references 1964 dated silver coins and 1965 sandwich coins with mint workers joking about new year changes. A cautious neighbor suspects a hidden conspiracy while avoiding discussing missile heads during the season.
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