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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1960
Page
4
Editorial argues holiday cheer clashes with grim world events. Unemployment exceeds four million with potential further job losses. Air disasters in New York and Munich intensify the season’s gravity as poverty, hunger, and conflict persist globally beyond the American holiday.
The piece argues for abolishing presidential electors after a tight 1960 popular vote for Kennedy over Nixon. It notes Kennedy won with a minority of the popular vote, calls for an automatic allocation of electoral votes to the plurality winner, and cites Illinois and Mississippi details and the looming Electoral College vote on December 19.
ADLAT STEVENSON maintains US policy of backing the West and supporting independence and development of new nations. He aligns US interests with emerging nations while stressing understanding of diverse cultures and building ties with undeveloped and nonaligned countries to strengthen free world unity.
Dr James Kilian MIT official and Eisenhower science adviser says funds aimed at space exploration are excessive. He cites rising education costs and enrollments while defense and space budgets exceed school funding, urging more investment in scholarships and schools.
The appointment to federal jobs of Democrats who failed of reelection to state offices should reduce substantially the figures on unemployment.
The Defense Department, under President Eisenhower’s directive, revises a plan to cut overseas dependents, allowing about 66 000 more wives and children to stay abroad. Individual services will set reduction rates, easing morale concerns and aiding the balance of payments.
A Colonial Williamsburg letter notes automobile traffic harms 16th Century ambiance on Duke of Gloucester Street since 1926. Parking relief includes a 500-car Information Center lot and free bus service. once ownership of all area properties is complete, autos may vanish from Raleigh Tavern and Chownings avenues. Airplane intrusions over New Salem are also mentioned. The column then shifts to theater and anthropology, critiquing Camelot while praising past Lerner and Loewe shows, and highlighting The Golden Age of American Anthropology edited by Mead and Bunzel with Marquette material on Illinois Indians.
Ghana under President Kwame Nkrumah projects forward momentum in pan African aims while facing Congo setbacks. He touts potential common parliament with Mali, a shared currency idea, and a 17 nation African Trades Union Federation endorsement, amid questions over Guinea Mali Nigeria ties and wider bloc alignments.
United Nations observer notes Moscow’s 81-nation Communist summit blueprint for revolutions and limited war. Analysts say 1961 may avoid major East West war but real peace unlikely during Kennedy’s tenure. Mao and Khrushchev push two voices in international communism, delaying unified strategy and hindering East West agreement.
Ten men were elected to the West Frankfort Chamber of Commerce board. New directors include E. C. Akin Geoffrey Cremeens James Gray 5 D Jacobs Roy E Patton Walter Schafer Cline Wade and Harold Wade. Re elected were C A Marchildon and W Henson Purcell. Directors will elect officers Jan 10. Incumbent president is Theodore Paschedag.
The article traces animals in Christmas lore from the ox and ass in the Nativity to reindeer legends sparked by Clement Clarke Moore and St Francis of Assisi. It notes medieval creches, the spread of animal imagery across Europe, the belief animals could speak at midnight, and the enduring custom of animal figures in creches and holiday feasts.
Ottawa reports Cuba will establish a permanent trade mission in Ottawa as Cuba’s embassy confirms plans. The move signals expanded Cuban-Canadian economic ties and potential new negotiations in Ottawa.
Budget committees approve a $75,000 worldwide narcotics program. The action supports coordinated efforts under United Nations oversight and aims to curb illicit drug trafficking.
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