Walker promises tested in Illinois editorial
The piece assesses Governor Walker’s early tenure, noting his political toughness and use of television, while weighing the challenges ahead. It highlights his budget and personnel changes, the push for modern management, and the test of whether welfare, mental health, and family services improve without sacrificing essential services.
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Walker
Ogilvie
Atlasta Park Naming Contest Likely in Carbondale
Rumors about signs in the new park west of Mardale Center and mail litter baskets are denied. The city will name the park after securing land from the federal government following site plan changes for the post office. An early entry for the contest is Atlasta Park.
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Carbondale
New Park
Mardale Shopping Center
Atlasta
Atlasta Park
Illinois faces overdue land use reforms and strip mine reclamation
Illinois lawmakers have stalled on key land use and strip mine reclamation proposals. Gov. Walker has not lent support as hearings are planned in Marion, Galesburg, Waukegan, and Springfield, with a planned study trip to Ohio. Public concern could spur a practical counter movement to environmental regulation.
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Illinois
Daniel Walker
Marion
Galesburg
Waukegan
Springfield
Ohio
Eugene Schlickman
Arlington Heights
Hartigan loyalty questioned over Walker administration
Three incidents cited by Walker aides as proof Hartigan favors Daley over Walker include lobbying to override a veto on CTA subsidy, pushing a near doubling of Illinois Arts Council funding, and moving to create a Department of Aging for senior services. Aides say Hartigan could have recused himself or sought consensus but chose to press his own agenda. They note protocol limits with Missouri and doubt a cabinet reorganization would cause chaos, while affirming Hartigan remains a key state leader alongside Walker for now.
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Walker
Mr. Walker
Illinois
Richard H. Ieen
Lindsay-Schaub
Daniel Walker
Neil Hartigan
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Hartigan
Chicago Transit Authority
Illinois Arts Council
Department of Aging
Arts Council
Dan
Missouri
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Bond
Veteran soap fan says watch not required on TV or radio
A veteran devotee of soap opera explains watching on the small screen may not be necessary and listening to dialogue is less crucial after years. Producers of daytime soaps stayed unfazed by the writers' strike, as reruns of last week's episodes would pass unnoticed by viewers.
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Wilmington
How to write a letter to the editor
Guidance for submitting letters to the editor at The Southern Trindiian. Readers are urged to keep submissions under 300 words, avoid libel or extreme taste, and not include poetry. Sign name and provide address. publication may withhold name if danger exists. focus on issues, not personal attacks.
Kissinger, Nixon, and the Seventh Crisis in View
The piece notes Kissinger’s and Nixon’s reactions to lecturing at Harvard and recalls Nixon’s Six Crises as a precursor to a new political crisis. It then cites the 1970 census claim of 5,300,000 missed by census takers and questions the certainty of that figure.
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Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Henry Kissinger
Harvard
Richard Nixon
Editorial and opinion sections explained
The Southern Illinoisan outlines its opinion pages including Editorials and Letters to the Editor. It notes staff signed columns and personal views in sports pages and other pieces. It emphasizes that opinions may differ from news reporting and that analysis aims to be objective and factual.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Cincinnati mood drifts with rain and Watergate
In Cincinnati known as the Queen City of the West the mood is cautious amid Watergate inflation and the energy crisis. Citizens debate Nixon era turmoil while civic pride holds fast to history conservatism and projects like Union Terminal preservation and a Riverfront hockey arena.
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Queen City
Cincinnati
Watergate
David B. Bowes
Ohio
Longfellow
West
Northwest Territory
William Henry Harrison
Ohio River
Xavier University
Vytautas Bieliauskas
Raymond Hensley
Cincinnati Bar Association
Hensley
Nixon
America
Cincinnati Post
Times-Star
George B. Cox
Robert A. Taft Sr
Union Terminal
Riverfront Stadium
Joseph Bernardin
Nights of
Columbus
Washington
Cost of living shadows Wilmington’s worries in 1970s Delaware
Terry Zindl examines how rising grocery costs, higher electric rates, tight housing, and inadequate sewers shape daily life in Wilmington. People rely on calculators at the supermarket and feel life is slipping from control while the city grows and diversifies.
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Terry Zindl
Concord Mall
Delaware
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