SIU Board moves toward open meetings praised
The Southern Illinois University trustees opened their closed session topics to the public before adjourning. Chairman Harris Rowe announced exemptions and plans to document who spoke and what was discussed, with records kept internally and possible later release.
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Southern Illinois University
Board of Trustees
Harris Rowe
Madison County
Nicholas Byron
Illinois
Rowe
SIU
Autonomy Talks in the West Bank and Gaza Pressed
In Jerusalem Anthony Lewis argues that despite Iran's crisis, the Camp David autonomy phase for the West Bank and Gaza remains urgent. He credits Menachem Begin for flexibility, notes Sadat's steady push for progress, and urges U S pressure to keep negotiations moving toward a new Palestinian council.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Camp David
Washington
West Bank
Gaza
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
Begin
Sadat
Iran
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
United States
Heaviy
Menachem
The Brave Old World in Moscow
James Reston portrays Moscow as an imperial city with grand boulevards yet mismatched civilian life. He notes Brezhnev and Kosygin upheavals, rising younger figures, and calls for cross border cooperation to manage global resources for the 80s and beyond.
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James Reston
New York Times
Moscow
Peking
New York
Washington
Yellow rain in Laos raises chemical warfare alarm
William Safire reports on suspected use of mustard gas and phosgene in Feb 1978 against Hmong in Laos near Seat with rockets from reconnaissance planes. He cites Soviet involvement, potential gas tests, and calls vigorous U.S. and UN action to halt what he calls a brutal, expanding use of chemical weapons in Southeast Asia.
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William Safire
New York Times
Washington
Seat
Laos
Vietnam
State Department
Jim Leach
Iowa
Soviet Union
Nam Theng
Nam Ka
Pakse
Seno
Cambodia
Pathet Lao
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S. Army Medical Corps
UN Commission On Disarmament
Arms Control Agency
Carter
Preserve Brush School Heritage Against Commercial Use
In a letter to the editor, a Carbondale resident urges public support to preserve the Brush School site on Main Street. He argues the property, gifted by Daniel Harmon Brush, should serve a public purpose, possibly as a mini park, and notes potential state matching grants for preservation requiring an expert feasibility study costing about 2900 dollars. The writer criticizes the school board for delaying action, details concerns over insurance funds and recent expenditures, and warns that selling the site or using it for a hospital parking area would harm historic white oak trees.
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Southern Illinoisan
Brush
Carbondale
Daniel Harmon Brush
Illinois Department of Conservation
School Board of District 95
Carbondale Park
George Edwards
Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
Illinois
Walnut Street
School Board
Brush School May Be Beyond Repair Says School Board
The Brush School faces questions of repair viability after a 1976 fire. The board cites prior reports, cost concerns, and the need for an architect feasibility study, noting insurance funds were used to improve other facilities and that public input has appeared without firm proposals. The board will weigh alternatives, including sale or lease, to keep the property serving the community.
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Tal
Board of Education
Brush
Renawal
Wright
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Nablus
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Tikhonov
Mikhail Gorpachev
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Dzherman Guishiani
State Committee On Science and Technology
U.S
Telegrachr
Sia Huimm
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