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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1976
Page
4
Warren Bennis examines the Pentagon Papers era to expose ethical numbness among leaders and the dehumanizing distance of large institutions. He argues bureaucracies foster responsibility evasion and urges leaders to seek direct experiences and long views beyond fragmented data.
Regional leaders from Southern Illinois meet to form a continuing organization to improve the economic climate, aiming to retain and attract jobs. The gathering, sponsored by state and regional groups, echoes postwar efforts that built SIII and spurred training, financing, and legislation to lure plants and support SIU.
Illinois faces a funding squeeze as the ISSC raises its award interval from 60 to 300 for next fall, barring aid to students with financial need under 300. Critics blame Gov elect Thompson and lawmakers for not raising taxes, warning poorer students will bear the impact.
Critics say the House select committee faces history from the Warren Commission and aims to avoid past cover ups by funding a large investigation into the JFK and MLK cases. Chairman Gonzalez plans to hire 170 investigators while limiting ex FBI staff. The panel hopes for swift approval.
Austrian Kurt Waldheim earned broad backing for a second five year term as United Nations Secretary General. The re election was uneventful with wide global support and a record of quiet, efficient leadership. Waldheim avoids flamboyance, delivering steady diplomacy over charisma.
A Menard inmate writes that the facility has become a correctional center with unchanged cell blocks and raises concerns about pricing at the commissary. He critiques staff turnover, praises Father Hansman and Wardens like Paul Simpson, and laments the treatment of convicts while asking for profit use transparency. Dr. William Craine declines comment.
The Newman Center expresses gratitude to all who aided in providing a free Thanksgiving Day dinner. About 400 people were served this year, reflecting broad community support led by Fr. Jack Frerker and Fr. James A. Genisio in Carbondale.
A Southern Illinois newspaper recalls writers from the Daily Egyptian and St. Louis Post Dispatch urging a death penalty on prime time to inform public opinion. The piece notes moral contrasts between executions and abortion, asking whether showing an abortion on TV would reveal what a fetus looks like.
John Armstrong of Goreville criticizes the Southern Illinoisan for not recording a police response to a rabid possum call. He questions the police chief's unavailability and urges better public service to protect residents, including children.
Robert M. Eaton Sr. of Pinckneyville denounces the phrase we the people as a misnomer. He argues elected officials grant themselves high salaries while taxpayers bear taxes and fees from several sources and laments the disconnect between leaders and ordinary citizens.
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