Editorial Fresh Air From Capital Attacking Polluters
The Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott leads a rigorous anti pollution drive. He sues polluters on Lake Michigan air and water issues and presses automobile and airline makers to install controls. He seeks a $1 billion federal grant to help states curb pollution and protect Lake Michigan.
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William J. Scott
Springfield
Scott
Lake Michigan
Auto Manufa TS
Ilinois Crogressmen
Illinois
Tinois
Seetl
Hingis
Prices rise keep climbing in Illinois insurance and costs
Prices rise across the board as the Insurance Rating Board signals higher auto insurance rates in Illinois with comprehensive and collision coverages up by double digits. Hospital daily service charges climbed from 21.40 in 1963 to 37.90 in 1968, and auto repair costs also advanced, illustrating a nationwide price spiral with no end in sight.
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Ilinois
Insurance Rating Board
Minois
Peoria
Isis
America
Remembering Tiny Tims and a Judge’s Spotlight
David Felts weighs the crowded memory of Tiny Tim from television and stage. He contrasts the frail Dickens character with a flamboyant ukulele performer, then critiques Judge Clement Haynsworth Jr as a Supreme Court pick amid holiday culture.
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Tiny Tim
Bob Cratchit
Johnny Cerson
Nbc-Tv
Dickens
Sissy Pants
Tim Cratchit
Tims
Clement Haynsworth, Jr
Senate
Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Bench
Bar
Golden era of poetry and power 1960s upheaval decade
The piece recalls the 1960s as a turbulent era marked by riots in cities, campus unrest, and a costly war in Vietnam. It highlights three voices Kennedy King and Pope John XXIII, the rise of youth movements, civil rights milestones, and a nation debating freedom, equality, and purpose as it reflects on what the decade meant.
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Jules Loh
Associated Press
Robert Frost
Time Magazine
Trussia
Yankees
America
Russia
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlantic
John XXII
God
Saigon
Vietnam
Pentagon
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
South
New York
Harlem
Jefferson Davis Highway
Alabama
Watts
Los Angeles
Martin Luther King
Detroit
Arlington
Hoover
Churchill
Schweitzer
John XXIII
Nehru
MacArthur
Hemingway
Faulkner
Camus
Pasternak
Everett Dirksen
Sam Rayburn
Robert Kerr
Adlai Stevenson
John L. Lewis
Eleanor Roosevelt
Helen Keller
Northwest Passage
Supreme Court
New York Mets
Leo Durocher
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hollywood
Open Letter Calls for Discipline Study in Carbondale Board
Paul Arthur Schilpp of Carbondale writes that the November elementary board meeting ignored guidelines and silenced debate. He urges a formal Study Committee on Discipline, a code of conduct, review of the merit system, and expanded counselling to improve discipline and educational standards.
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Southern
Tinessan
Carbondale
National Education Association
Jim Hatton
Umier
T. R. Thalman
Jerome Lacey
Geyer
Carbondale Community High School
Poverty series praised by reader in The Southern Illinois
Reader Rt J Hastings commends the December 5 poverty series by Bob and Suzi Hagen in The Southern Illinois Radio. He highlights life stories showing how convenience foods appear in homes and argues that solving poverty requires motivation and education. He urges public awareness and care.
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Ilinois
Bob
Suzi Hagen
The
Ans
Carbondale Train Delays Spark Editorial Outcry
Infuriated readers demand action after a slow Illinois Central freight train clogged Carbondale last Monday between 5:06 and 5:35 pm. Editor James R. Calhoun criticizes scheduling and seeks enforcement of a prior crossing-traffic assurance. Illinois Central official H D Grandberry says brake trouble caused the delay and calls it an unusual occurrence.
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Southern Inoiian
Carbondale
Thingis Central
Ilinois Central
H. D. Grandberry
Winois Central Railroad
Calhoun
Granberry
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