Carbondale Wins 1 Million HUD Grant Amid Tight Funds
Carbondale secures a $1 million Community Development Block Grant for 1975 year programs including street work and housing rehabilitation. Future funding depends on congressional appropriations state transfer decisions and city performance, yet officials note Carbondale has consistently met HUD expectations. The city ranked seventh among 36 Illinois nonmetropolitan applicants with 18 funded, reflecting solid needs assessment and program design.
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Letters A real threat to our freedom
A reader backs Larry Steinhauser and condemns the Moral Majority as a threat to freedom. The writer warns that lobbying power in government pressures mass produced thinking and undermines independent, free thinking essential to a pluralist nation.
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Larry Steinhauser
United States
What makes a good judge Editor
An important fact risks being overlooked in the debate over Supreme Court nominee O Connor. Judge O Connor should be judged by legal knowledge experience temperament and integrity not personal beliefs. If she has these attributes and the capacity to apply the law fairly her opinions will not affect her duties.
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Watt defends Interior moves amid accusers and critics
Six months after his confirmation as secretary of the interior James Watt emphasizes a centrist shift to balance development and preservation. He rejects “well funded” environmental opposition while pushing for reforms, more park funding, and dependency reduction on foreign minerals amid ongoing scrutiny from Sierra Club Audubon Society and House Interior Committee.
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Andrus criticizes Watt over land policy and resource control
Former Interior Secretary Cecil D. Andrus accuses James Watt of failing to protect resources and pursuing development at all costs. He says Watt circumvents laws, favors industry, and should be replaced. Watt defends his approach as presidential policy amid ongoing criticism from environmental groups.
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Watt’s clash with critics tests Reagan era politics
The piece analyzes Interior Secretary James Watt as aggressively defiant toward criticism while Reagan pursues a conciliatory line. Watt’s stance, including his oil drilling stall near Northern California, risks alienating Congress and the White House, suggesting he may become a political liability if public support erodes.
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