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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
4
Editorial views the Illinois revenue crisis and broad support for a state income tax. Conference findings urge reform of property tax, simplification of federal aid, and long term budgeting with professional staffing for program review to modernize state budgeting and inform priorities.
Illinois educators push a consolidation program from 102 to 41 counties, starting 1971 and finishing 1981 with minimum districts of 83 000. absorbed counties’ superintendents would serve as assistants in the largest new district while elections for a new superintendent and district board would be held.
The American Farm Bureau calls for expulsion of student activists and dismissal of faculty who support them, condemning protests while urging discipline for dissent. The piece argues this hard line worsens campus trouble, urges a middle ground, and says the bureau failed to offer workable education solutions.
British diplomats visiting Anthony Grey in his 12 by 12 foot cell in Peking described a scene of pathos as he remains detained without charges. The Hong Kong and Beijing standoff over NCNA reporters, detainees, and emergency rules continues amid political pressure.
A Times report reviews a pamphlet by 15 members of the Society of Conservative Lawyers warning that computer data banks endanger individual liberty. It cites easier access to personal records, risks of incorrect data, and calls for rights to copies and changes, with IBM UK’s John Hargreaves warning government poses the greatest threat.
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