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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
4
Editorial argues a 31 percent boost in operating funds for Illinois public universities is needed to cover salaries and expanded facilities. It questions taxpayer value, housing costs, and duplication of facilities, urging efficiency and avoidance of cheapening public higher education while balancing expansion with fiscal limits.
Henry Jackson resigns as Democratic national chairman reaching the conclusion some view as relief to Washington constituents. The piece discusses the role of a party chair and how personal faith and finances affect prospects for national leadership, noting Jackson’s Protestant background and bandwagon politics with Kennedy.
The article argues that brutality marks Congo’s fight for power after independence. Mobutu Kasavubu unite against Lumumba in a widening, fractured conflict as the UN remains passive. It urges reconciliation and cautions that civil war would be devastating, though Lumumba could gain parliamentary support if freed.
The Office of Education reports that men now make up 92 percent of high school teaching faculties, reversing a long predominance of women. While women face declining numbers, male teachers bring different viewpoints, potentially higher salaries, and stronger societal acceptance of education as a demanding, rewarding career.
The United Arab Republic faces criticism for using nationalization as a weapon in foreign policy. President Nasser recently seized four Belgian firms valued at 10 million dollars as retaliation for Congo’s ouster from the UAR. The move follows past nationalization of the Suez Canal, which sparked the Suez crisis.
A glacier expert predicts the next 50 years will bring colder winters, a topic future generations of oldtimers may discuss as memories form around upcoming chilly seasons and aging communities.
Des Moines Register argues honesty in Chicago politics is vital after alleged massive fraud on Nov 8. It notes slow Cook County recounts as circumstantial evidence and urges federal action to protect votes across Iowa Missouri Kansas and the nation. President Nixon Kennedy and Illinos officials are referenced in broader warning about electoral integrity.
A reader column strings genealogy, book lore, and trivia from North Carolina to Illinois. It cites American origins, Burke references, Saxon royal lines, and a chuckle about Chicago Tribune book reviewers Paul Angle and Paul Engle, plus a farm newsletter on stover fertilization.
Reporter TOM A. CULLEN and TOBY THUGS describe Britain’s rapid Americanization through a wave of jeans, hamburgers, Wimpy houses, drive ins, and new TV shows. The piece notes rising motels, bowling, and shops, with London pubs, castles, and Westminster Abbey juxtaposed against U S style eateries and entertainment.
Marion calls for renewed civil defense effort urging citizens to study five core points including warning signals community emergency plans and personal preparedness. The speech compares defense training to a boxer's disciplined routine emphasizing individual responsibility and readiness to absorb blows without catastrophic damage. Obvious local observance notes and a Carbondale obstetrics seminar are also mentioned.
Princeton Nul December 7 Protestants voted solidly Republican in 1960, unlike Catholics who shifted to Kennedy. Gallup analysis shows Protestants backed Nixon around six in ten, with little change since 1956. The pattern favored Nixon in Protestant regions, while Kennedy drew Catholic majorities. Jewish voters leaned Democratic. Olney news notes the Olney Advocate has ceased publication and sold its subscription list to the Olney Daily Mail.
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