Pay plan for public officials prompts mixed debate
A presidential commission proposes raises for top federal officials including high level civil servants, Congress members, federal judges, the Vice President, Chief Justice and Speaker. If Ford approves, the changes would go to Congress with potential implementation next year and spark arguments on ethics, private sector competition, and career incentives.
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Springfield
Washington, D.C
Iulinois
Ford
Supreme Court
House
Congress
House of Congress
Commission
King Federal
Nuclear waste disposal still an unsolved problem
Editorial assesses the mounting challenge of disposing radioactive wastes from weapons programs and reactors. It outlines potential sites such as a salt beds near Carlsbad New Mexico, options like solidification and geologic burial, research into transmutation, and regulatory hurdles over plutonium recycling.
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Sandra Stencel
Jimmy Carter
United Nations
United States
Dixy Lee Ray
Old Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Washington
Carlsbad
N.M
Daniel Ford
The
Union of Concerned Scientists
Harvey Brooks
Engineering and Applied Physics
Harvard University
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
ERDA
Tests may teach military a lesson on germ warfare ban
The 1969 U S ban on germ warfare is questioned by new evidence of Army simulations in eight U S locations between 1950 and 1966. Serratia marcescens was used to gauge vulnerability and defense, with linked medical cases in San Francisco and Fort McClellan. The piece argues testing drugs on civilians is unacceptable and urges immediate military restraint.
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United States
U.S. Army
New York City
San Francisco
Fort McClellan
Ark
Army
U.S
Daley machine leaves Chicago with mere gears and bolts
An editorial reflecting on the death of Mayor Richard J. Daley laments the passing of the Daley machine and warns that the city is left with only wheels and parts, including nuts, signaling uncertainty about future leadership.
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Richard J. Daley
Daley
Civil rights and the Bakke affirmative action debate
The piece discusses the rise of reverse discrimination concerns amid affirmative action where white males argue they are unfairly passed over for jobs or college admission. It highlights Allan Bakke's court case against the University of California medical school and situates it with related Supreme Court cases on race based admissions and a 1966 and 1964 Civil Rights Act ruling extending protections to whites.
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Richard L. Worshop
Allan Bakke
University of California Medical School
California Supreme Court
Bakke
University of California Board of Regents
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Washington Law School
Marco DeFunis, Jr
DeFusi
Supreme Court
Houston
Califoria Court
Court debates affirmative action limits in Bakke era rulings
The article discusses Justice Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court's stance on affirmative action programs. It notes a Louisiana high school case involving race-based job promotion and suggests the court may decline to hear Bakke, potentially preserving a California ruling while not ending bias complaints against admissions policies.
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Thurgood Marshall
Louisiana
Editorial and opinion pages explain Southern Illinoisan stance
The Southern Illinoisan outlines its opinion sections including editorials and readers letters. It explains staff bylines and personal columns and distinguishes opinion from news and analysis.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
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