Burger urges reform to curb crime and prison crowding
Chief Justice Warren Burger told the American Bar Association in Houston last February that the nation must address the terrorism of crime at least as much as international terrorism. Critics urged preventive detention and wondered about appeals clogging courts, while Burger pressed for prison reform in a George Washington University Law School address.
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Warren Burger
American Bar Association
Houston
America
Bar
George Washington University School of Law
Washington
Prison reform memo urges literacy tied parole and academy
A speaker calls for extending remission for good behavior to inmates who learn to read write and do arithmetic and for mandatory literacy and job training before release. He proposes a federal Correctional Officers Academy and notes costs but argues education reduces overall crime and strengthens security as a national priority.
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Federal Correctional Officers Academy
FBI Academy
US baby formula vote called absurd by editor
A letter praises the Southern Illinoisan editorial condemning the U S vote against World Health Organization limits on promoting infant formula in the developing world. The writer, a former West Africa teacher, argues curbing formula promotion is crucial for the Third World and criticizes Reagan era free market absolutism.
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Southern Illinoisan
U.S
World Health Organization
West Africa
Williams Johns Senate Race Sparks Old Wounds
In the Political Scene column a 1978 near defeat of State Senator Gene Johns is revisited. The piece hints Johns broke the law and remains unpunished, while noting possible 1982 challengers. It singles out George Albert Williams of Marion as the investor of Johns’ vulnerability and hints Williams may run again.
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Southern Illinoisan
Gene Johns
Johns
George Albert Williams
Marion
George
Genevn
Johnston City High Band Earns Memorial Day Praise
Evelyn Dobbins thanks Johnston City High School band for organizing and participating in a memorable Memorial Day service after plans for no service this year. Special thanks to Brent Potts and Tom Burton for their efforts. If you missed it, you missed a blessing.
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Southern Illinoisan
Johnston City
Brent Potts
Tom Burton
Evelyn Dobbins
How long can U S feed the world
A analysis by Editorial Research Reports examines U S agriculture as the top world producer while warning that population growth land loss and rising costs challenge future food security. It cites diminishing productivity in crops and the potential of genetic engineering and nitrogen fixation as research avenues with uncertain near term payoff.
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Marc Leepson
Washington
United States
America
U.S
World
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Norman Berg
USDA
Soil Conservation Service
Forbes Magazine
Lester R. Brown
Applied Scientific and
G. W. Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Quentin Jones
Catfish ponds reshape farming margins in Mississippi
Dolores and Charles Rowland quit soybeans after eight years to focus on catfish on 70 acres, earning more from fish ponds in three years than from 1,000 acres of soybeans. The industry, started in the 1960s in Mississippi and Arkansas, now covers about 70,000 acres across 16 states with Mississippi leading. Catfish bring strong profits per acre, draw buyers nationwide, and attract interest from agribusiness firms seeking to enter a growing market despite risks like oxygen depletion and disease.
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Kathy J. Holub
New York Times
U.S
Rowland
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
California
Texas
Georgia
Missouri
Charles Estess
Humphreys County
Mark Freeman
Catfish Farmers of America
Freeman
Disaster loan program overhaul urged as default rate soars
Government auditors flag a $1.2 billion hit from 77 000 overdue or written off SBA disaster loans. Duplicate federal payments, improper use of funds, and weak oversight raise prosecutions few. Tightened disaster criteria and reduced loan caps aim to curb losses amid 2 billion in annual lending.
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Howie Kurtz
Washington Star
Small Business Administration
SBA
Agriculture Department
Holly Medert
Reagan Administration
Congress
Atlanta
Senate Small Business Committee
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Inspector General
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