It takes a heap for some homes in Illinois
The editorial debates a $3,000 property tax exemption for seniors as real estate values soar in the Washington area. It notes the nation’s top DC assessments, cites Marjorie Post’s 36 room mansion taxed at $31,000, and warns rising land values may squeeze District residents while suggesting exemptions could ease affluence gaps.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Marjorie Post
Post Toasties
Linnean Ave
House District Committee
William H. Natcher
D-Ky
SIU
Higher Education Committee
STU
Inland waterways power Illinois commerce and industry
The piece portrays Illinois as a leading inland shipping hub with Hamburg captains visiting Chicago and Chester river locks handling coal barges. It highlights major rivers, ports, and the flow of coal grain petroleum and manufactured goods along the Mississippi Illinois Ohio Wabash and Lake Michigan systems. About seven million tons of coal move annually by barge.
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Hamburg
Germany
Chicago
Chester
Illinois
Prairie State
Mississippi River
Ohio
Wabash
Lake Michigan
Rock
Kaskaskia
Big Muddy
Mississippi Valley
St. Lawrence Basin
Mississippi
New Orleans
St. Lawrence Seaway
Labrador
Europe
South America
Joliet
Marquette
Illinois River
Treasury
Gallatin
Congress
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Henry
Cairo
St. Louis
Gene Graves
Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Rep Gale Williams Replies to Campus Transport Bill
State Representative Gale Williams defends House Bill 2608 aimed at providing student transportation to SIU campus. She argues the measure would aid off campus residents, cites housing and tax issues, and calls for publication of her side alongside editorials.
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SIU
Gale Williams
Television debate potential sets stage for 1960 style showdown
A three part Democratic presidential debate may unfold on television as Sen. Eugene McCarthy bets on a discussion with Vice President Hubert Humphrey. The plan could pressure Congress to suspend the equal time provision, enabling broader exchanges among leading candidates and boosting public understanding of key foreign and domestic issues.
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Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Aia
Richard Nixon
John Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
House
American colonies deserve better stewardship in the Pacific
The essay urges the United States to improve its governance of Micronesia and other Pacific colonies. It argues that current stewardship has fallen short of expectations discussed at the United Nations Trusteeship Council and calls for better treatment and policy.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Pacific Ocean
Micronesia
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Innovating Education Faces National Commission Debate
A 75 page report by the Committee for Economic Development argues schools are hindered by old structures overcrowding and understaffing. It calls for intensified national research and a commission on education while noting doubts about such centralized efforts.
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Committee For Economic Development
CED
National Commission On Education
Public Broadcasting Corporation
Con
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