Ford should fully inform Congress on Angola policy
Editorial urges President Ford to disclose U S actions in Angola to Congress and the public. Secret paramilitary operations undermine checks and balances, erode credibility, and risk future support. Public debate now is preferable to costly secrecy and potential loss of lives later.
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United States
Angola
Ford
Congress
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Indochina
South Atlantic
South China Sea
Mideast
Europe
U.S
America
Gov Walker urged to detail plans on trimming government
The piece questions Gov Daniel Walker's anti government stance urging specifics on what to cut. It compares with Ford Brown and Newsweek views and asks what a government that does least would do for energy, pollution, and the poor. It notes farmers oppose county office consolidations and calls for concrete program cuts.
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Daniel Walker
Mlinois Farm Bureau
Chicago
Gerald Ford
Ford
Newsweek Magazine
U. S. Agriculture Department
Illinois
Gov. Walker
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Good Deal for All in Wheat Sale to Russia
L H Simer argues that sales of U S wheat to Russia in 1972 were misrepresented by the press. He notes large carryovers and subsidies, with exports and production constraints shaping prices and arguing the sale benefited both U S and Russian consumers despite media blame.
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B. L. H. Simer
Russia
U.S
Canada
Peru
Former Attacks Board bookkeeper outlines unresolved audit issues
A former Attacks Board of Governors bookkeeper describes ongoing problems with travel advances expense eligibility and internal controls during 1973 to 1974. She says she was fired in September 1974 after raising concerns and filed charges with state and federal civil rights agencies. She notes discussions with Carroll Fry and Hans Fischer in 1975 and reports no corrective actions being taken.
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Southern Illinoisan
Board of Governors
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Carroll Fry
Hans Fischer
Open letter to CBS TV on coverage of youth contests
A reader from Jonesboro criticizes CBS TV for not televising a Ford Motor Co sponsored kick punt and pass contest featuring Mark Peters of Anna during the Cardinal Redskins game at Bush Stadium. The letter demands more focus on positive youth and comments on the evening news coverage of rising crime.
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Southern Illinoisan
Cbs-Tv
CBS
Bush Stadium
St. Louis
Ford Motor Co
Mark Peters
Anna
Mark
Ann West Jonesboro
U.S. grants Vietnam aid licenses after AFSC protest
The State Department approved licenses for 75,000 dollars in wood screw making machines 50,000 dollars in agricultural equipment 100,000 dollars in fishnets and 100 tons of acrylic yarn to Vietnam. The action follows a nationwide AFSC protest over prior denials under the Trading With the Enemy Act.
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Southern Illinois
U.S. State Department
Vietnam
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC
State Department
North
South
Gun control needed amid heated debate in Illinois letters
Editor argues gun control is essential despite claims that criminals will find weapons anyway. Cites Newsweek NBC studies showing 71 percent of murders are passion crimes. Contends guns remain most lethal, with higher fatality rates than knives and other weapons.
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Southern Illnoisan
Ron Grigsby
Grigsby
America
Newsweek
NBC News
Letter to editor on guns and school funding debate
A letter argues guns are quick and effective for intruder defense but warns half of owners are killed by intruders wielding faster guns. It also critiques a Sunday editorial on state tax policy and school aid funding, noting recession impacts and a Senate sub committee finding.
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Southern Illinovisan
General Assembly
Walker
Illinois tax policy debate and borrowing for school funding
The article argues that the General Assembly should vote to raise taxes now to restore school funds and borrow against anticipated revenues. It criticizes Gov. Walker for opposing tax increases, notes Federal Reserve policy as restrictive, and warns against anti borrowing sentiment in an election year while stressing steady public service needs beyond the business cycle.
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General Assembly
Illinois
Federal Reserve
Springfield
Walker
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Jerry” Brown
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Australia
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Lindsay-Schaub
John C. Gardner
William B.cox Jr
NEA, Inc
Gary Marx
Carbondale Friends Meeting
Quakers
Percy
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