Editorial on paddling at Carbondale high school
The editorial weighs parental discipline versus school swats at Carbondale Community High School. It cites student protest, favors replacing paddling with reasonable exercise or chores, and urges administrators to calm debates with logic and perspective. It argues elimination of the swat would be better for both students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Community High School
Bill Kelley
Cchs Se
Nior
CCHS
GOP Image Goals for 1968 Election
A reflection on the Republican Party as 1968 nears, noting a need to shed an old image of heartless moneylenders and to spotlight dynamic young leaders. It critiques Everett Dirksen’s TV appearance on Dec 15 and urges giving true voice to rising GOP figures in Washington and state legislatures.
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America
Lyndon Johnson
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
GOP
Johnson
Washington
Sen. Dirksen
Everett Dirksen
Dirksen
Biblical place names bloom in Williamson county lore
David Felts reflects on small Williamson County communities such as Corinth Attila Caneyville and the Hun named Poor Do explaining local lore about how places got their names A tour through history and memory follows with notes on royal succession and Christmas cards describing travel and friendships across decades ending with a cheeky LBJ remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Corinth
Galatia
Williamson County
Attila
Herrin Daily Journal Press
Barbara Burr Hubbs
Dow Chemical President Defends Napalm Production
In a forceful letter Dow Chemical Company president Herbert D. Doan defends napalm manufacture for the U.S. government amid campus protests and public criticism. He notes Dow’s napalm contract is small part of sales, rejects immoral charge, cites military necessity, and urges focus on peace and broader humanitarian goals. He asserts continued production while seeking long term solutions to global problems.
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Herbert D. Doan
Chicago
Dow Chemical Company
Dow
U.S
Air Force
Doan
Dow Chemical Co
Don
Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs
Gen. Wheeler
Germany
United States
Seize the sensible course in Olympic boycott debate
Russell Baker argues that Negro athletes should attend the Olympics to highlight racism through participation. He portrays a Mexico City stage with America’s top sprinters, nodding to Frank Kennedy as a black hopeful and a field of rivals ready at the start.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington
United States
Mexico City
America
Frank Kennedy
Soviet Union
Malaysia
Ecuador
Nepal
St. Pierre
American coach urges patience in 1 000 meter race
In a chaotic finish at a crowded track, Guinness Stout leads briefly but slows, while an American coach admonishes patience. Stout reflects that progress comes slowly and warns against rushing to avoid upsetting others, as rivals surpass him in the final stretch.
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Miquelon
Kennedy
United States
Alabama _ black streak
Guiness Stout
Stout
Guinness
Kosygin
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David Felts
Caneyville
Cannae
Caney
George V of
England
Alexandra Carnegie
Duke of Fife
Louise
Edward VII
Alexandra
Tower of London
Olaf V of
Norway
Maud
Olaf
Victoria
Elizabeth II
Margaret
Grandpa
Rockies
Versailles
Nassau
Saint Augustine
Decatur
Princeton
LBJ
Dow Chemical
University of Wisconsin
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