Illinois Not Alone in Higher Education Budget Woes
Editorial notes budget disputes across six Midwest states including Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota. It cites Gov Ogilvie and others pushing cuts and reorganizations to reduce multibillion dollar budgets for 1970 and questions whether consolidation or closure may occur while aiming to preserve quality and services.
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Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Associated Press
Board of Higher Education
Champaign
Patrick Lucey
William L. Guy
North Dakota
Ellendale
State University
William Millikin
Legislature urged to reform budget process in Illinois
The article argues lawmakers should pass a March money-bill requirement and create an independent budget analysis unit akin to the U.S. GAO. It criticizes the Budgetary Commission's wasteful spending and calls for year-round analysis to balance executive reports and aid appropriations committees. Sen. Partee supports a multi-bill approach if reforms proceed.
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Ogilvie
Senate
Cecil Partee
Democratic
Sen
Partee
General Assembly
Chicago
Appropriations
Ilinois
Executive Branch
Appropriations and Revenue Committees
Sen. Partee
EPA budget shrouds legal funds in antipollution split
Amended EPA appropriation would add 1 million for the attorney general services, arguing the EPA handles investigations while the AG prosecutes cases. Critics say funds belong in the attorney general budget or a revolving fund, not the EPA budget, to maintain proper division of labor and accountability.
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Ilinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Tre
Richard Ogilvie
William Scott
Scott
Attorney General
Reading the Wall Chart and Odd Ballad of Dogs
The narrator notes limited reading ability but precise vision of where the partyhose ends and hotpants begin. He remarks on underprivileged dogs finding scraps with a speck of cereal in a world of oddities and humor.
Nixon plan to merge volunteer programs into Action faces mixed views
The Nixon administration proposes combining the Peace Corps VISTA and related volunteer programs into a single entity named Action. Supporters cite better planning simplified administration and lower costs. Critics fear VISTA loss of identity and influence, though officials say roles remain intact and transfers could enhance collaboration. Congress is asked for 20 million dollars extra to fund the reorganization.
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Peace Corps
America
VISTA
Action
Nixon
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
Illinois Senate trims judges pay sweeteners
The Illinois Senate scaled down proposed judge pay increases from what judges asked. The plan offers $42,500 yearly for Supreme Court justices, $39,500 for appellate judges, $29,000 for circuit and associate judges. The House may still kill these proposals.
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Illinois Senate
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Referendum opposition and judge pay raises spark legislative warning
The piece urges killing bills on neighborhood referendums for public housing and opposes higher judge salaries and pensions. It argues public housing decisions belong to elected and appointed officials after public hearings rather than neighborhood votes, and condemns extravagant pension plans. It cites budget strains and warns against expanding costs to the state.
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Illinois General Assembly
Chicago
Senate
House
Opinion and letters format in The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan presents opinions in Reader letters and signed staff columns. Staff bylines appear in From Where I Sit In The Wi byline and sports pages. News analysis and interpretation are labeled as such to distinguish from standard news reporting.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Wio
Latta Ends Base Bus Service Cited Costs
Maj. Gen. W. B. Latta, commander of the Strategic Communications Command, ends base bus service for employees citing expense. He privately leases a jet for official use at about 200000 dollars annually, a fact not stated in his remarks.
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Arizona Republic
W. B. Latta
Strategic Communications Command
Scientific advances reshape man through brain and biology
Editorial notes rapid biological and technological progress may extend life by decades and alter physical and psychological traits. It cites Yale psychiatrist Jose Delgado on brain stimulation, aging research, enzyme therapy, and possible limb growth, while cautioning against overhype and fears of misuse by regimes.
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Helen B. Schaffer
Washington
Jose M. R. Delgado
Yale University School of Medicine
Delgado
All Those Words Didn't Save World Aboard A Lonely Passport
David Felts Reflects on four decades of editorials from 1920s to 1960s, recalling Nuremberg judgments and WW II era events. He notes emeritus status in 1966 and retirement in 1967, pondering whether things improved at home or abroad since leaving the editorial desk. He mentions travel passports, off limits areas, and memories of old journeys.
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Calley
China
Nuremberg
United States
Springfield
Decatur
Lindsay-Schaub
Hitler
Yalta
Hiroshima
North Vietnam
Cuba
North Korea
Monaco
Wien
Jerusalem
Norway
Denmark
Rotterdam
Gatwick
Toronto
Chicago
Immigration Service
Jordan
Egypt
Istanbul
London
Mediterranean
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University of South Dakota
University of Minnesota
Vail
David Felts
Southern
John C. Gardner
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
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