Dog Walk and Other Illinois Place Names in Local Lore
David Felts notes doggy designations across Illinois counties from Dog Walk near Marion to Dog Tooth in Alexander County and others like Dog Hollow and Dogtowns, drawn from James N. Adams’s colonial place-name volumes. He also mentions Dr. Jack Weinstock, coauthor of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and memorials to Memorial Day, Flag Day, and notable university ties among journalists and alumni.
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Ilinois
Dog Walk
Marion
Dog Hollow
Pope County
Union
Alexander
Randolph
Coles
Calhoun
Madison
Mercer
White
James N. Adams
The
Minois Historical Library
Adams
Post Office Department
Tlingis
Jack Weinstock
New York City
United States Insurance Co
Weinstock
Willie Gilbert
Talon
Warren Burger
University of Minnesota
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
Hedley Donovan
University of Minnesta
Julius Duscha
Washington Post
Nieman
Ralph Johnson
Bowling Green University
Ohio
University of Hainois
London
Sir Lewis Casson
Britain
Theatrical Knights
Old Vic
Lewis
Sybil Thorndike
Minneapolis
Minn
Editorials Our Opinions Experts of the moment
Southern Illinois University faced its sharpest student protest of the year as a sit-in against women’s hours regulations took place on President Morris’s lawn. The event ended with liberalized hours anticipated in the fall, amid reflections on the protest’s lack of dialogue and the campus media coverage.
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Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
Mahin Oversight Questioned Over Tax Lapses
A Chicago newspaper accuses Cook County Director of Revenue George Mahin of unpaid personal property taxes since 1966. The piece highlights alleged double standards, noting he fired an employee delinquent on taxes despite a repayment plan, and calls for self-imposed high standards from Mahin as a public official.
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Chicago
George Mahin
Cook County
Mahin
Wilmette
Better Government Association
Richard B. Ogilvie
Referendum on Carbon Dale High tax levy fails by narrow margin
Advocates blame low turnout and voter frustration in the failed levy for Carbon Dale Community High School. They argue tax burden drives opposition, while critics cite military spending and inflation as broader causes of fiscal strain and misallocation.
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The
Southern Trindsan
Carbondale Community High School
Chhildren
Vietnam
Citizens urge tax protest over war costs and local fees
Lillian Adams of Carbondale urges residents to oppose high taxes funding military ventures. She notes Vietnam War costs and ABM plans, then calls readers to contact Senators Dirksen and Percy and Congressman Gray to influence Congress, assigning responsibility to elected representatives.
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United States
Nixon
Dirksen
Percy
Gray
Congress
Lillian Adams
Carbondale
Senior Citizens Hear Carbondale City Plans in Meetings
The Senior Citizens Committee of Carbondale invites elderly residents to two neighborhood meetings to share needs and ideas. Meetings are May 24 at 1 pm at Assembly of God Church North Almond and June at 1 pm at Good Shepherd Church Orchard Drive.
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Southern Fumoisan
Carbondale
Gabbondale
Assembly of God Church
North Almond
Good Shepherd
Orchard Drive
Allan Bennett
Carbondele
ACLU Attacked by Editor Over Communist Ties
The Southern Tiioisan editorial attacks the American Civil Liberties Union and links its founders to the Communist Party. The piece cites historical quotes and reports from the Lusk and Dies Committees, arguing the ACLU seeks license rather than freedom. It features editorials by Lyndley and Jaye Miller defending free speech amid Birch Society criticism.
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Southern Tiioisan
Communist Party
American Civil Liberties Union
Big Muddy Gazette
ACLU
SDS
SNCC
William Z. Foster
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Louis F. Budenz
U. S
House of Representatives
United States
Calif Senate
Govering Council
U. S. House of Representtatives
Dies Committee
U.S
Nate Jaye Miller
Chicago
Minors
The
Joh Birch Society
Birch Society
Clarence Darrow
Jane Adams
Felix Frankfurter
Tmes
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Kingdom and the Power: Talese's Times Portrait Reviewed
Gay Talese’s extended portrait of the New York Times, covering its 1851 founding to recent events, is lush and revealing yet marred by artificial structure. The critic finds long, unresolved dramatic episodes that resemble an advertisement for the Times rather than a true, balanced history.
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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
New York Times
Gay Valse
N. A. L. World
Esquire
Gay Talese
Talese
West 43d
Lille
Harper’s Magazine
Times
Power
Taiese
43D Street
Washington
Our Times
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Los Angeles
David Felts
Ollo RK
Kyle
Alley
Whoeher
Illinois State Bar, Assn
Lyndley
Cambria
N. Y
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