Laureateship goes to Illinois poet
Editorial notes Gov Otto Kerner’s honoring of Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks as Illinois laureate succeeds Carl Sandburg. Brooks, Pulitzer Prize winner, is a nationally known writer, not a mere local figure. The piece contrasts Brooks with England’s C Day Lewis and dismisses the idea of a cosmetic state office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Eate
Brooks
Carl Sandburg
Sandburg
Mr. Sandburg
Chicago
Tllinois
England
Wordsworth, Tennyson and Masefield
C. Day Lewis
Railroad cutback threatens Carbondale rail links
A letter to The Southern Illinoisan warns that Illinois Central Railroad’s plan to abandon all passenger service between Carbondale and St. Louis would erase train transportation, hurt local jobs, lower city taxes, and harm SIU. Local leaders and unions argue delays are caused by freights and mainline trains, not the passenger service, urging preservation of rail access and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Ilinois University
SIU
Ilinois Central Railroad
Carbondale
St. Louis
Nd Township
Illinois
Freght Yard
Chicago
Middle class adults turn to drugs amid social drift
A New York Times survey finds more up-and-coming and established adults using marijuana hallucinogens and pills. The study notes use spans classes, aids like sleep and performance, and that doctors sometimes fuel the trend with prescriptions.
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Martin Arnold
New York Times
New York
Houston
America
William H. McGlothin
University of California At Los Angeles
Aldous Huxley
Sidney S. Greenberg
New York County Medical Society
Vietnam
United States
San Francisco
North Carolina
ICC moves toward exposing actual railroad owners
The Interstate Commerce Commission begins actions to reveal true ownership of U S railroads amid a century of masked holdings. The AP reports that street names and nominees hide real owners, while two ICC moves push for transparency and names of owners in major mergers and railroad groups. Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. emerges as a large Pennsy stockholder under multiple names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen M. Aug
Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Congress
Supreme Court
Paul J. Tierney
Commission
Cede & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
New York Central
The
Central
Allegheny Corp
Pennsy
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
New York
Morgan
Philadelphia
Howard Butcher III
Wall Street rail holdings run deep in Pennsy and West
The article details extensive share ownership and influence among major rail interests in Pennsy and other systems. It notes Butcher & Sherrerd, International Utilities, General Waterworks and Alleghany control stakes, Kirby family ties, and complex cross holdings linked to Missouri Pacific, Texas & Pacific, Santa Fe, and Union Pacific. It also mentions Harriman family influence, Illinois Central Industries, and board links to Brown Brothers Harriman.
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Pennsy
Butcher & Sherrerd
Butcher
and International Utilities Inc
General Waterworks Corp
Pennsylvania
Central
ICC
Alleghany
Allen P. Kirby
Alleghany Kirby Holdings
International Utilities and General Waterworks
Central Alleghany
Missouri Pacific
MoPac
Union Pacific
Chicago & North Western
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Kansas City Southern
St. Louis-San Francisco
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
E. H. Harriman
Illinois Central Industries
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central and
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
St. Louis
San Francisco
Frisco
Averell Harriman
Johnson
E. Roland Harriman
Roland
Brown Brothers Harriman
Knight Woolley
Browns Brothers Harriman
The
Southern Railway
Harriman
Woolley
Southern
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Gwendolyn Brooks
New State
Laur
Gilbert Milligan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Charles A. Hall
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Earl Winfield
Brotherhood of Railroad
Carmen of America
Manhattan
Charlotte
N. C
Fort Worth
Piedmont
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