Editorial urges professional reassessment in Jackson County
Jackson County should order a complete professional reassessment starting soon to finish by 1971. Editorial notes underassessment harms revenue for schools and government, citing Good Luck Glove Co. warehouse case and wide township inequities, urging the Board of Supervisors to act.
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Carbondale
C. William Norman
Jackson County
Norman
Good Luck Glove Co
East Main Street
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Jackson
Board of Review
Board of Supervisors
Soldier's sacrifice sparks antiwar debate in Vietnam letters
Ronald H. Harper, a Medic Four stationed in Duc Pho, Vietnam, defends the fighting man in a letter to Little Egypt papers. He contrasts youthful soldiers under nineteen with the public protests at home and urges readers to support American troops.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Association of the U.S. Army
Little Egypt
ARMY
Viet Nam
Republic of Vietnam
States
Vietnam
Specialist Harper
Jerry Lee Harper
Rt. 1
Johnston City
Duc Pho
Protesters clash with law over war stance in indictment analysis
James Reston outlines how the U S government in 1968 indicts Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr Dr Benjamin Spock and others for urging draft evasion. The case frames the clash between personal conviction and public law in a democracy impacting universities and churches during a presidential year.
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Yale University
William Sloane Coffin, Jr
Benjamin Spock
Johnson
Yale
United States Court
District of
Massachusetts
Coffin
Spock
Michael Ferber
Mitchell Goodman
Marcus Raskin
United States
Philosophers of War Rights Clash Over Draft Law
The piece contrasts Coffin Spock and others who defend moral law against the U S draft while acknowledging they violate the law. It notes the government does not challenge free speech but argues a line exists between expression and incitement to defy law. The core question is constitutionality versus a higher moral law.
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United States
Coffin
Spock
Washington
Vietnam
Pentagon
Department of Justice
Private funds used to cover Senate office costs
New senators face tight Senate office budgets forcing debate over private funding. Reports show figures for Percy Hatfield and Baker reveal reliance on personal funds or honorariums. Officials note staff size driven by mail volume and constituency needs.
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Noel Grove
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Washington
U. S. Senate
Capitol Hill
Senate
Sugar
John Q
Richard Nixon
Sen
Thomas Dodd
Charles Percy
Chicago
Percy
Mark Hatfield
Hatfield
Oregon
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Sam Ervin
Bobby Kennedy
Draft registration memories and film preservation effort
David Felts reflects on World War I and II draft registration, noting 1918 Class I Division A status without call up and 1942 registration as a token act. He recounts ROTC service, a veteran horse, and the 1.21 million effort by the American Film Institute with Library of Congress and MoMA to preserve early American films.
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Europe
Flanders
Students Army Trainig Corps
American Film Institute
Orich
Monte Cristo
John Gilbert
Paul Robeson
Notre Dame
Lon Chaney
Mary Pickford
Tillie
W. C. Fields
Library of Congress
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
Eastman House
Rochester
N.Y
Life in Chicago Negro ghetto seen through welfare worker eyes
Larry Miller visits Chicago ghettos as an Illinois Youth Commission case worker to depict fear poverty and dependence shaping the lives of Black residents. He contrasts rural safety with urban danger while outlining systemic barriers and evolving tensions.
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Chicago
Larry Miller
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
Philo
Norfolk and Western
Champaign-Urbana
63Rd Street
Black Belt
Illinois Youth Commission
Champaign- Urbana
Deep South
Illinois Central
U.S. 45
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Jackson Board
Ronald H. Harper
James Reston
New York Times
Seyi Alelas
U.S
David Felts
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