Editorials Our Opinions Junior college boom good for the state
The piece argues junior colleges nationwide are expanding, with Illinois hosting 27 and the AAJC estimating about 900 such schools serving 1.665 million students. It notes benefits including lower costs, closer student contact, and a bridge to four year colleges, predicting continued growth and broad acceptance by students, parents, and legislators.
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Illinois
American Association of Junior Colleges
Mine workers victory affirms union legal aid program
The U S Supreme Court upheld a legal service program run by the United Mine Workers in Illinois since 1913 providing low cost counsel to members in workmen's compensation cases. The decision, opposed by the Illinois Bar Association and the Illinois Supreme Court, may energize Poor relief efforts and neighborhood legal offices nationwide. Alice Roosevelt Longworth attended a White House wedding last week with seating limited to early arrivals.
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U.S. Supreme Court
United Mine Workers Union
Illinois
Illinois Bar Association
Illinois Supreme Court
Bar of Justice
Clarence Darrow
Supreme Court
White House
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Danger and Wonder in a City of Uphill Rides
David Felts recalls San Francisco cable cars and near misses with humor and grace. He shares travel feats from jet crossings to elevator rides and bridge hands, noting how unusual events drive headlines and the oddities of newspaper style.
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San Francisco
Fairmount Hotel
Nob Hill
Hotel Frontenac
Quebec
Interlaken
London
Gateway Arch
St. Louis
North
East
South
West
Problems of insurance investigation prompts scrutiny of auto industry
A full scale inquiry into the automobile insurance field is authorized by the House Judiciary Committee with a federal probe led by the Federal Trade Commission. The effort targets rising costs and alleged discrimination, insolvencies of many firms, and a backlog of auto insurance claims clogging courts.
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House Judiciary Committee
Federal Trades Commission
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Illinois
Chicago
Inflation and Dollar Worries Hit Prosperous Era
The piece notes 82 months of U S prosperity with rising consumer and business spending and lower unemployment, while warning of two risks inflation and dollar devaluation. Economists urge near term steps to avoid both dangers in a period of strong growth.
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United States
Inflation Threat Discussed In Three Part Series
The final article in a Lindsay Schaub series surveys inflation as a key danger amid large federal deficits and a widening balance of payments gap. It cites Vietnam war costs, rising interest rates, and policy options including fiscal and monetary tools plus wage and price controls with critics wary of deficits and credit strain.
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Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers
Illinois
United States
Britain
U.S
England
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Chicago
Arnold C. Harberger
Harberger
Department of Economics
University of Chicago
Savings and
Marion readers urge careful choice for school superintendent
A Marion reader argues to select a new Marion Unit Two superintendent from within the district. He notes progress in education and urges caution in choosing among three local candidates Wilburn Boatright, Robert Gay, and A. C. Storme. The letter recalls Orland Stanley’s retirement plan.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Unit II
Marion Schools
Lic
Tom Reilly
Central St. Marion
Ill
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Marion
Orland Stanley
Wilburn Boatright
Robert Gay
A. C. Storme
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