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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1971
Page
4
A Southern Illinois University campus Saturday activity, Calipre Capers, nurtures children's creativity as part of family living and community arts. The piece urges parents and schools to foster imagination, balance discipline with freedom, and allow children to create rather than follow rigid steps.
Washington observers report President Nixon centers on monetary stability as Kissinger argues U S actions strain alliances. Japan’s quota and textile limits threaten anti American gains while financiers fear a potential trade war. officials warn weaker foreign economies could resist currency reforms, prompting an interim 1972 monetary accord and possible G Ten talks in Rome.
The Canadian National Energy Board rejected permits to raise natural gas exports, reversing a 14 month policy. Analysts warn U S supply may run out this century, as demand rises and a long term fuel solution remains elusive.
The piece notes the foreign trade bill’s contentious reception in Congress and the United Nations while mentioning the Senate’s effective membership cap through 1972. It also references a Christmas mail order catalog offering a bird bath with a hot water faucet and non skid rim.
The Southern Illinoisan outlines its opinion sections including Editorials Our Opinions Letters to the Editor and signed columns From Where I Sit In The Wind Byline BG and sports personal columns. It distinguishes opinion pieces from news analysis background and wire service content while aiming for objectivity and fairness.
John C. Gardner serves as Editor and General Manager while Robert D. Reid is Managing Editor and James K. Adams handles Business Management for the Southern Illinoisan.
Editorial outlines a recurring natural gas shortage hitting industrial users in Illinois and several southern states. It notes interruptions for interruptible customers, the reliance on stand-by fuel systems, and varying storage and supply factors amid rising demand and slow drill results. It quotes CIPS and IP Co. officials and FPC assessments.
State studies seek ways to fund private higher education without losing autonomy. The Carnegie Commission report urges strict external budget limits and protection of core academic freedoms. It calls for independent governance and careful appointment screening to prevent state overreach.
A Southern Illinoisan reader argues that Frank Cobin should be allowed to burn cars in a large, remote area away from highways and homes. The letter is signed by Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hale of Waltonville.
An unnamed reader advocates burning abandoned cars to clear polluted areas. The letter supports letting Frank Cobin of Dowell Til burn cars to remove eye sore vehicles from fields driveways and homes. Mentioned signatories include Mr and Mrs Virgil Bushong.
A reader from Southern Illinois criticizes fines on Cobin's Salvage Yard for burning junk cars. He says smoke from the yard never bothered him, but warns about abandoned cars on side roads breeding rats and notes 25 families rely on the site for work.
A local salvage yard owner laments the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s fine on Frank Cobin of Cobin Salvage Co for open burning. After 30 years in business the yard closed and about 1,200 junk cars remain, forming eyesores and rat habitats rather than being recycled. The writer urges the board to allow Cobin to resume operations.
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