New Year Municipal Goals for Southern Illinois Cities
Editorial urges Carbondale Herrin Marion and Murphysboro to set concrete 1968 goals. Focus areas include downtown cleanup water and sewer funding industry recruitment modernized government and intercity cooperation. Specific targets call for traffic relief in Carbondale a sanitary landfill in Herrin annexing service areas in all cities street widenings in Marion and a new library and off street parking in Murphysboro.
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Carbondale
Herrin
Marion
Murphysboro
Chambers of Commerce
Whiteman era nostalgia and a look at classic records
David Felts recalls a long obituary of Paul Whiteman, the King of Jazz, and a bygone era of flaming youth. The piece contrasts old record favorites with modern tastes and notes the enduring appeal and limits of nostalgia while sharing personal memories and a brief burst of product trivia about Coca-Cola and Fresca.
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Paul Whiteman
The
New York Times
Whiteman
Letters to editor urge rail by pass for Carbondale readers
William Van Almsick of the Illinois Central Railroad argues in a letter to the Carbondale mayor that passenger service between Carbondale and St Louis should be preserved and a by-pass for through traffic is needed. He cites Illinois Central earnings, city payrolls, and calls for state and federal hearings to address road congestion and rail operations. He insists trains serve Southern Illinois residents and urges the mayor to press Springfield for a by-pass and to secure broader public input.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Carbondale
Illinois
St. Louis
Missouri
Union Station
du Quoin
Illinois Railroad Company
Illinois Central
Jackson County
Keene
United van Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Belleville
Main Street
Highway 13
Mardale
Illinois Central Railroad
East Main Street
Warren G. Magnuson
Washington
Senate Commerce Commission
Harley C. Staggers
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Highway Commission
Springfield
William van Almsick
Long term wisdom of investment controls questioned
The piece argues executive limits on U S private investment abroad and travel restrictions by President Johnson aim to curb a balance of payments deficit. It warns the measures may backfire by weakening U S influence, harming exports, and restricting freedom of movement, while noting existing income from past investments offsets outflow.
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U. S
Johnson
Europe
State Department
McCarthy’s Presidential Ambition Still a Puzzle
Washington FAME reports Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 51, from Minnesota, remains enigmatic about his true presidential aims. Observers question whether he seeks a quick run or a lasting, strategic campaign for 1972, while the public struggles to connect the name with the face.
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Noel Grove
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Washington
Emily Dickinson
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Travel taxes and the Johnson foreign travel debate
James Reston notes the proposed travel taxes on air and sea shipments to Europe raise complex enforcement and fairness issues. He questions targeting Europeans travel while business trips and bootleg routes blur lines and warns such restrictions may trap ordinary travelers and misallocate tax costs.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Johnson
Europe
Kennedy
Canada
New York
Paris
Rome
Air Canada
Air France
Montreal
Alps
New Year Display Showcases Clean-cut Athletes and Drum Majorettes
On New Year’s Day television screens sparkled with clean-cut young athletes and indubitably feminine drum majorettes as the public welcomed sport and pageantry in the new year.
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