Editorials Our opinions Favoritism would arouse more wrath than rationing
The federal energy chief will decide soon on gasoline rationing for 123 million drivers. The piece argues against hasty rationing, urges careful review by Nixon and Simon, and warns that rapid price hikes could hurt the economy while keeping access unequal.
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Federal Energy Office
William E. Simon
Nixon
Simon
Colorado
John Love
Love
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Mr. Simon
Utilities should stop ads urged by Illinois ICC chair
Illinois Commerce Commission Chairman Marvin S. Lieberman and state fuel official James W. Cook urged an immediate halt to all electric and gas utility promotional ads that encourage higher energy use. The move targets oil and coal shortages looming for the Northeast and calls for a conservation ethic nationwide.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Marvin S. Lieberman
Lieberman
James W. Cook
Travers
Illinois
Commonwealth Edison
Downstate
Illinois Power Company
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Union Electric Co
United States
Northeast
Midwest
Mlinois Power
CIPS
Lieberman Telegram
Daniel Walker
ICC
Commission
Racialetrack problems not resolved in Kerner case
A central defense claim in the Kerner trial contends Arlington Park dates boosted state revenue. The D A argues windfall profits of over 125000 each for Kerner and Isaacs constituted bribes for Chicago Thoroughbred Enterprises owning Arlington and Washington Park.
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Illinois
Otto Kerner
Arlington Park
U. S
Theodore Isaacs
Chicago
Washington Park Tracks
Kerner-Isaacs
Nixon cannot discipline staff in oval office scene
President Nixon may scold White House aides but cannot make them stand in the corner in the oval room. A second reproach may fall on entertainer Frank Sinatra, a well known friend of Spiro.
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Nixon
White House
Oval Office
Frank Sinatra
Spiro Who
New Bible translations boost sales as ancient manuscripts emerge
Expanded information from Dead Sea finds and papyri across Egypt enhances Bible translations. The Living Bible has sold 10 million since 1971, contributing to an estimated 20 million Bibles sold annually in the United States. Archaeological work confirms Solomon's riches, the Hittites, Ur, Jericho, and Noah's flood evidence, reshaping modern understanding of Biblical history.
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America
Kenneth Taylor
Dead Sea
Egypt
Oxyrhynchus
Dead Sea Caves
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
J. Carter Swaim
Rheims- Douay
Vatican Library
British Museum
Martin Luther
G. W. van Beek
Solomon
Tigris
Euphrates
Tower of Babel
Jericho
Beisan
Jerusalem
Ramses II
Moses
van Beek
Albert C. Cutler
Murky street unsafe prompts lighting appeal
A letter from Plover Lane residents cites three years of no street lighting and a theft of auto batteries as proof the unlit street invites crime. They note a July article promised lights and say calls to CIPS yield vague, unhelpful updates as they wait for Public Works to act.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Plover Lane
Public Works Department
CIPS
Residents demand street lighting on Plover Lane
In a letter to the editor residents of Plover Lane urge city and CIPS to install street lights to reduce the unsafe, dark conditions on their street. They complain about high taxes and demand action rather than promises, asking when lighting will be provided.
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Plover Lane
City
CIPS
DCFS Reorganization Roils Champaign Staff
DCFS workers in Champaign criticize a statewide restructuring as chaotic and poorly planned, with morale sinking and key personnel leaving. DCFS director Jerome Miller defends the move as shifting resources to direct services, while staff say regional offices were dismantled and district offices eliminated after Jan 1 1974.
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Gary Benson
Lindsay-Schaub
Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS
Champaign
Jerome Miller
Miller
Daniel Walker
Illinois
Walker
Chicago
Human Service
The
Social Workers
Pelzel
Harold Smith
Smith
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