Illinois Convention Names Vice Presidents For New Constitution
The sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention elected three vice presidents including Elbert Smith of Decatur and Thomas G. Lyons of Chicago, with John Alexander of Virden as a youthful leader. Otlas Nicholson of Chicago was named secretary and James Kemp, a Chicago Negro, was vice chairman of the temporary rules committee. The article notes strong Black representation and overall high quality delegates as groundwork for drafting Illinois's charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tllinois
Ates
Samus] Witner
Elbert Smith
Decatur
Ilinois Senate
Smith
Thomas G. Lyons
Chicago
Windy City
Lyons
John Alexander
Virden
Alexander
Tinois
Ilinois
Otlas Nicholson
James Kemp
Dlnois
Buying friendship in Vietnam costs and misleads allies
A Senate subcommittee reveals a secret 1966 to 1970 plan to sustain a Thai division and Philippine battalion in South Vietnam at about 1 billion dollars plus 38 million for the Philippines. Key figures McNamara and Rusk clash over the strategy, lawmakers demand scrutiny, and the piece argues such entanglements threaten treated alliances and fiscal prudence with no clear gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Symington
South Vietnam
Congress
Defense
Philippines
Robert McNamara
Dean Rusk
Split society what future decade's triumphs taunt Americans
In a sweeping reflection on the 1960s, Sid Moody surveys the era's upheavals and hopes, noting a shift from triumph to doubt as the nation faced Vietnam, civil rights gains, urban decay, and generational upheaval. Key voices from Ford to Morgan weigh social change, violence, and the fate of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Moody
Associated Press
United States
Harvard
Franklin Ford
da Nang
Oswald
Eldridge Cleaver
Resurrection City
Francis Gary Powers
Mobs
Gulf of Tonkin
Watts
Credibility Gap
ABM
White House
Moon
Ford
Germany
Brandeis University
Kennedy
South
Justice Department
Charles Morgan
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Atlanta
Morgan
Georgia
House
Alabama
New York
Mississippi
Martin Luther King
America
John Spiegel
Lemberg Center For the Study of
King
Pat Boone
Junior
Che Guevara
Hanoi
Champ Ward
Vietnam
Republic
Korea
Bay of Pigs
Amitai Etzioni
Harvard University
Famous names, magazines, and royal links in a column
David Felts surveys Curtis Publishing re acquiring Jack & Jill and Saturday Evening Post rights, notes Life’s revival attempts, and recalls Life and Vanity Fair reassertions. He covers poets, royal lineage of Princess Andrew, and name changes in sports with Windmiller, plus air travel nostalgia and plate color quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Curtis Publishing Company
Perfect Film and Chemical Co
Curtis
Jack & Fill
Saturday Evening Post Company
Post Company
Saturday Evening Post
Luce
Life
Popular
American Mercury
Vanity Fair
Christmas Message Emphasizes Christ in Holiday Spirit
Minnie Rushing from Murphysboro urges readers to keep Christ at Christmas. She cites Luke 2 8 20 and asks parents to teach children the biblical story from birth to resurrection, stressing Jesus as the prince of peace and the true reason for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiindisan
Jesus
Santa Claus
Bethlehem
God
Christ
Minnie Rushing Murphysboro
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George McGovern
California
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
David Felts
Robert Lowell
Lowell
Shakespeare
Milton
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Charles
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
London
Princess Andrew
Prince Philip of
Edinburg
Philip
Greece
Denmark
Elizabeth
England
Prince Andrew
Alice
Louise
Sweden
Field Marshal
Earl Mountbatten
Burma
Andrew
Western
Europe
University of Ilinois
Windmr
Windmiller
Bill Wambsganns
Wamby
Tomjansvich
University of Michigan
Tom Katsimpalis
Eastern Minors University
Tom Kat
Tom Jones
Engelbert Humperdinck
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Pah Am
Toronto
Amsterdam
Canadian Pacific Spacemaster
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