Evanston Integration Yields Small Gains After Three Years
A three year study by Educational Testing Service found complete racial integration in Evanston elementary schools produced a small gain for black students. Bused black pupils showed faster score gains than walkers, but the overall white black achievement gap persists.
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Seth S. King
New York Times
Evanston
Chicago
Educational Testing Service
Bramston
Parent-Teachers Association
Democrats Surprise In Slate For Governor And Senate
The slate endorsed by the Democratic Party includes Lt. Gov. Paul Simon for governor and U. S. Sen. Charles Percy’s challenger as U. S. Roman Pucinski, with Thomas A. Foran notably left off. Other major posts go to Michael Howlett for secretary of state and Thomas Lyons for attorney general, while Neil Hartigan and Dean Barringer are named for lieutenant governor and comptroller respectively. The piece notes Foran’s omission may reflect strategic choices and the party’s view of Percy as potentially unbeatable.
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Thomas A. Foran
Mr. Foran
U. S. Senate
Sen
Charles Percy
Percy
U. S
Roman Pucinski
Chicago
Foran
Senate
Paul Simon
Thomas Lyons
Daley
General Assembly
Anma
Hartigan
Barringer
Shawnee Junior College
Michael Bakalis
Paris No Parking Clash Tests French Police Practic
French police faced mass disregard of no parking signs as hundreds of thousands of Parisian drivers parked illegally. After issuing tickets and removing signs, the police effectively legalized the illegal, simplifying enforcement but raising questions about real traffic solutions.
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Paris
Leader clash may split SCLC over policy clash
The feud between Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Rev. Jesse Jackson over Operation Breadbasket and SCLC policy appears likely to end with one leader leaving. Jackson pushes for independent political movements and a new party, while Abernathy resists fragmentation and premature moves.
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Ralph Abernathy
Jesse Jackson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Abernathy
Martin Luther King
King
Jackson
Operation Breadbasket
Rev
Atlanta
Breadbasket
Rev. Jackson
Rev. Abernathy
Wever Chicago
Atlana
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
U. S
Shirley Chisholm
Editorial and Opinion Page Overview
Summary of the newspapers sections detailing editorials and reader letters. It explains opinions marked as Editorials Our Opinions and letters to the editor, plus signed columns From Where I Sit In The Wind Byline BG and sports notes. It contrasts opinion pieces with objective news and wire service content.
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Mlinoisan
Letters to the Editor: Kennedy and McGovern oppose Rehnquist
The author mocks Senators Kennedy and McGovern for opposing Rehnquist, recalling Kennedy's past support for Francis Morrissey and alleging Morrissey lacked credentials. The letter notes Rehnquist’s honors and claims Kennedy was expelled from Harvard for cheating, then quips that Rehnquist has never run off bridges.
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the Southern Illnoisan
Sen. Kennedy
Sen. McGovern
Rehnquist
Kennedy
Francis X. Morrissey
Morrissey
Mr. Rehnquist
Harvard
Robert Butts
Carterville Colp Road Earns Praises From Merchants
Rosalie Hooker of the Carterville Merchants Assn thanks The Southern Illinoisan and local officials for delivering the completed Carterville Colp road. She lauds County Commissioners Jim Newton and the Highway Department and urges readers to drive the new superhighway.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Carterville Corp
Thane
Jim Newton
Highway Department
Carterville Colp
Rosalie Hooker
Carterville Merchants Assn
Garish fast food plants give way to quieter designs
The article notes a shift as major chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, and others replace bright, garish exteriors with subdued, regionally modeled buildings. Executives say zoning resistance and evolving consumer taste drive the redesigns toward lower profiles and local materials.
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Shell
McDonald’s
Richard J. Boylan
Burger King
John Hollingsworth
The
Concern
Kitten on the Keys revival and Zez Confrey remembered
Column recalls Zez Confrey who died at 76 in Lakewood New Jersey and first performed Kitten on the Keys in 1924 beside Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The piece notes Confrey’s popular works like Stumbling and When It’s Moonlight in Kalua, and fond memories of family life and old phonograph records.
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David Felts
Zez Confrey
Confrey
Lakewood
N.J
Peru
Mll
New York
Aeolian Hall
George Gershwin
Kalua
Na Sewell
Ginger
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
India
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Everett M. Dirksen
Rep
Pucinski
Douglas E. Kneeland
San Francisco
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Howard Johnson’s
Babcock
International Franchise Association
Walter Stromquist
Palo Alto
City Planning Commission
Architectural Review Board
Here
Stanford University
Stromquist
Plastic Society
Petroleum Companies
Keep America Beautiful
Wisconsin
Peoria
Lake Decatur
Net-Tv
Life Magazine
Saturday Evening Post
Look
Life
Reader’s Digest
TV Guide
National Georgraphy
National Georgraphic Society
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Aristotle Onassis
Stavros Niarchos
Tina Livanos
Ari Onassis
Southern
John C. Gardner
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
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