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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1981
Page
4
Southern Illinoisan notes rural Jackson County landlords profit by lax rules more than cities, citing lack of minimum standards and inspections. It argues county governments should adopt city-style housing codes to ensure safe, habitable rental housing and protect tenants.
In a Southern Ilinois letter, Janet Gordon recounts a disrupted Air Illinois morning at the Carbondale terminal. After hours of vague updates the 7:30 flight to St Louis was canceled forcing five travelers to charter a Woodruff Aviation flight to Lambert Field. She notes returning lobsters and a late evening departure on the return trip. Air Illinois schedules counter with details on Aug 19 and Aug 28 flights from St Louis to Carbondale, clarifying a 9:30 p.m. departure later arriving at 10:03 p.m. and a 9 minute late arrival to St Louis. The editor confirms the airline’s statements and flight times.
Editor notes the speaker reflects on morality and freedom, contrasting modern anti-moralist views with past schooling. She recalls a rural grade school with pump organ singing, hymnals, and the Lord's Prayer. She mentions not knowing dope or sex publicly and values her 43-year marriage.
John B. Oakes argues Reagan's choice of James Watt, Colorado lawyer and head of Mountain States Legal Foundation, as interior secretary signals a swing to anti environmental policy. The piece portrays Watt as a confrontationist aligned with extractive interests, criticizing the task force call for stewardship and warning of weakened protections for public lands and wilderness.
The article reviews 1980 as a year of V shaped decline and rebound caused by erratic Fed policy. It notes volatile interest rates, inflation, and the debate among monetarists, Thatcherism, and Reagan era forecasts. It warns that lessons favor steadier policy and cast doubt on bold tax cut strategies for 1981.
The article reviews whether ethical behavior can be taught and how to instill moral action in students and professionals. It cites rising demand for ethics education across medical law business and journalism, noting Hastings Center findings that thousands of courses exist while warning that explicit meaning and limits remain underexplored.
The Hastings Center panel weighs moral responsibility and avoiding labeling others as immoral. Leaders warn against pure courses, urging schools to cultivate “reasonable people of good will” and use literature to probe ethics. Experts stress personal example and case studies like whistle blowing to foster moral behavior beyond classrooms.
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