Senate delays loyalty oath repeal and open occupancy
The Senate blocks open occupancy and a positive pledge, voting along party lines on two key issues. Committees kill open occupancy bills and retain the Broyles loyalty oath, while the House supports repeal and open policy, highlighting a partisan stalemate and questions about reapportionment and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Illinois
U.S
House
Ralph T. Smith
Supreme Court
W. Russell Arrington
Frank Ozinga
Inland Steel Co
Caterpillar Tractor
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Commonwealth Edison
Montgomery Ward
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Everett Peters
St. Joseph
William Harris
Pontiac
Everett Laughlin
Freeport
Richard Larson
Galesburg
Joseph Peterson
Princeton
Can't defend all reader opinion on US foreign commitments
A reader letter from Carbondale argues the United States has taken on too many protections for small nations. It says America should influence the free world but cannot guarantee every country's well being and that some interventions are misunderstood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern II
Linoisan
United States
United States of America
Mary Ann Lusse
Tower Road
Carbondale
Expo 67 Makes Canada Proud In Centenary Celebration
Expo 67 on two man made islands in the St Lawrence impresses with bright exhibits and cultural fare though faces queues high food prices and limited snack counters. Visitors will note the recovered nose cone from a space age mission as a notable exhibit amid a country finding itself during a six month birthday binge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
St. Lawrence
Capitol Hill architecture sparks fresh Library of Congress clash
An advisory committee of the American Institute of Architects blasts preliminary Library of Congress plans as inadequate and visually unsatisfying while architects defend the designs amid ongoing Capitol Hill controversy. Critics cite the Rayburn Building cost and demand clearer parliamentary oversight of federal building projects.
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American Institute of Architects
Library of Congress
Capitol Hill
Capitol
J .George Stewart
Rayburn
Congress
Stewart
Expo 67 visitors weigh soft sell value of pavilions
Editor Ralph H. Johnson reviews Expo 67 in Montreal focusing on the American geodesic dome by Buckminster Fuller versus the Soviet and Cuban pavilions. He notes the soft sell appeal for international visitors, multi screen media trends, pricing, crowds, and the fair’s layout on two St Lawrence River islands.
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Ralph H. Johnson
Lindsay-Schaub
Buckminster
Fuller
Montreal
U.S
U.S.S.R
Southern Illinois University
Buckminster Fuller
Hollywood
Tower of Babel
Lenin
United States
Canadien
Wendy Michener
New York Fair
New York
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Canada
Tanny das and Chicago newspaper mergers through history
Dave Felis reflects on Chicago paper mergers tracing the decline of the eight dailies to four ownerships and notes Chicago once had nine dailies. He recalls 1927 Chicago dailies and the later Sun's takeover of The Times, then shifts to language usage debates and Harvard Memorial Hall history.
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Tanny Das
Chicago
Illinois
Peoria
Rockford
Decatur
Springfield
Danville
Quincy
Moline
Rock Island
Bloomington
Elgin
Aurora
Joliet
Freeport
Waukegan
Galesburg
Champaign-Urbana
Charleston
Unitedress
International News Service
Tribune
News, Post
Journal
Times
Herald - Examiner
American
Journal of Commerce
Sun
Harvard
Memorial Hall
PUBLICITY CALL FOR PROTEST PROMPTS CONTROVERSY
A letter from Randy Phillips urges media to give undue publicity to civil rights leaders including Stokely Carmichael and Martin Luther King Jr, citing FBI Director J Edgar Hoover’s remarks about riots. The writer argues media should amplify every statement to counter perceived malcontents.
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Southern Illinoisan
Stokley Carmichael
Martin Luther King
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Randy Phillips
Carbondale
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Senate Executive Committee
Communist Party
League of Women Voters
Illinois Education Association
State Parent-Teacher Association
Vietnam
Clyde Choate
Broyles
Capital Hill
Tural
Washington
Cuba
St. Lawrence River
Lester B. Pearson
Mr. Pearson
Ottawa
Johnson
U. S. Pavilion
Dave Felis
New York World Journal Telegram
New York City
Greeley’s Tribune
Dana’s Sun
Hearst’s Journal
Pultzer’s World
Bennett’s Herald
Scripps - Howard World- Telegram
The
Post
the Times
Daily News
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