Population shift offers Southern Illinois growth hope
Census figures show non metropolitan areas gaining population as highways enable longer commutes and industries move outward. Southern Illinois could benefit from labor, water, transport links, and proximity to markets, but must manage planning and services to attract and keep new residents.
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Southern Illinois
Census Bureau
Illinois
Ilinois
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Considers Strong State Consumer Protection Agency
Rep William Marovitz leads a proposed three member policy board to oversee a state consumer advocate as chief. The plan would place the advocate under a governor appointed board with the attorney general influencing consumer fraud decisions. Senate action and the governor’s signature are awaited to unify consumer protections and reduce bureaucratic confusion.
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William Marovitz
Dchicago
House
Senate
Marovitz
Illinois
Tllinossans
Agency Policy Board
Illinois Senate
Daniel Walker
Consumer Protection Agency
Forest study reveals ecologists view of forests and humankind
West Thornton New Hampshire reports describe an experimental forest plot led by Yale professor Dr. F Herbert Bormann. The piece argues ecologists seek to study whole ecosystems, linking forests to rivers, weather, and human impact while warning pride could threaten planetary balance.
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Yale University
F. Herbert Bormann
Bormann
Dr. Bormann
Illinois
New Hampshire
Religion worries court and church state divide grows
A bloc of Supreme Court justices worries that religious controversy is shaping public policy. They caution that political division along religious lines could endanger federal and state aid to religious institutions, abortion law, fetal research, and hospital practices. Justices Brennan Douglas Marshall push, while Burger Rehnquist White dissent.
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Lyle Denniston
Washington Star
Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
William J. Brennan Jr
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Brennan
Douglas
Marshall
William D. Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
Pennsylvania
Powell
Harry A. Blackburn
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Rehnquist
Byron R. White
Massachusetts
Missouri
Wisconsin
All pocketbooks hit by deficit spending
Deficit spending framed as an American economic cornerstone since World War II. The article traces how wartime government spending pulled the nation from the Depression, then sustained full employment and profits in the postwar era as Truman era liberals and Cold War politics fused government and industry.
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Jim Sackett
Truman
Inside View From a Missouri Summer Intern
The column presents Jim Sackett a summer intern from the University of Missouri sharing his perspective on current events. It contrasts gloomy mood with concerns about the rise of the Soviet Union and discusses deficit spending as a method to ease economic hardship by increasing money in circulation.
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Jim Sackett
Sackett
University of Missouri
Soviet Union
The Cost of Deficit Spending on American Industry
The text argues that postwar deficit spending boosted corporate concentration, with top firms expanding profits and market control. It cites 1947 and 1968 shares, seven largest firms, and 5 percent of GNP tied to overconcentration, warning of higher prices and reduced competition domestically and abroad.
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United States
House
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