Carbondale arts center plan faces long road
An ambitious joint project by Southern Illinois University and Carbondale aims to build a regional performing arts center modeled after Krannert but warns of high costs, complex funding, and the need for community and university unity before seeking donors.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Southern Illinois
Hans Fischer
SIUC
Albert Satell
Somit
Fischer
Krannert Center
Krannerts
U of I
Michael Hardy
Krannert
Bach
Nureyev
Delyte Morris
SIU
Hardy
United Way a Success Campaign Tops Goals
The Silver Anniversary Campaign for the Carbondale United Way raised over 112000 for 16 local agencies and sent 7000 to other Southern Illinois communities. More than 500 volunteers gave full effort to reach the goal, and the campaign chairman thanks all workers and citizens.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale United Way
Southern Illinois
Local donors thanked for successful campaign effort
Community members express appreciation for donations that funded local projects. Leaders and volunteers are praised, with special thanks to United Way director Vivian Agent for guiding the effort and recognizing division heads captains solicitors and donors.
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United Way
Vivian Agent
Hungary's stake in Poland crisis amid Eastern Bloc ripple
Flora Lewis argues Hungary fears a Polish upheaval would trigger a wider East West crisis and erode reforms. Budapest stresses its unique path with gradual liberalization, food abundance, and cautious Moscow ties, warning that a Polish setback could force a harsher Soviet crackdown and reshuffle bloc dynamics.
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Flora Lewis
New York Times
Budapest
Hungary
Europe
West
Poland
Soviet Bloc
Red Army
Goethe
Janos Kadar
Moscow
Kadar
Enver Hoxha
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Russia
Underground life and false IDs fuel fugitives and fraud
An analysis argues that vast underground living, aided by easy access to false identity documents, helps fugitives like Bernard Charles Welch Jr. evade capture. It details how birth certificates, Social Security cards, and other papers are forged, the scale of ID fraud, and political resistance to tighter controls, noting U.S. officials’ estimates of billions in fraud and ongoing legislative efforts.
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Richard D. Lyons
New York Times
Michael Halberstam
Bernard Charles Welch Jr
Upstate
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bernardine Dohrn
Abbie Hoffman
Cathryn P. Wilkerson
America
FBI
Welch
United States
Government Printing Office
Federal Advisory Committee
Justice Department
Washington, D.C
Social Security Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Henry J. Hyde
R-Il
Hyde
Illinois
Maryland
California
Mexico
Canada
Ma's Christmas Memories Lead Through a Farm Sale
In Lincoln Nebraska, Ma Tibbetts faces selling beloved keepsakes as aging matriarch Mamie leaves for town. The drought year and poverty blur Christmas, but Ma crafts a gift from scraps, a hidden footstool for Pa, and a cookie plate from G I Place that seals family love amid hardship.
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Mae Deck Hiatt Lincoln
Mrs. Tibbets
Mamie
Mr. Tibbets
Ellie
Tom
Tommy
G.I. Place
General Merchandise
Vesta
Neb
Tecumseh
Santa Claus
Tibbets’ House
Nebraska
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