Creation bill satire shows Congress at play
Russell Baker lampoons Congress with a mythical six day creation bill. Lobbies from light to oil clash over free power to New York and New England, while committees debate names and body parts. The piece ends noting politicians are imperfect and ever present at the dentist.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
New York
God
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Texas
Louisiana
New England
Joint Committee On Man
Letter defending CETA coverage by Southern Illinois board
A Jackson County official objects to a Southern Illinoisan CETA series by Joanne Wood. He disputes quotes and timing, clarifies the board’s role since October, notes prior subcontracting to the state employment service, and defends the director Rosemary Hawkes and overall monitoring approach. The editor also references Vann Woodward profiles in Humanities.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Joanne Wood
Ms. Wood
Jackson County Board
Legislative Committee
Jackson County
State Employment Service
Governor’s Office of Manpower
Department of Labor
Office of Manpower
DOL
GOM
Tony Stevens
CETA
Office of Manpower Monitoring
Rosemary Hawkes
Ms. Hawkes
Stevens
The Age of Reinterpretation on Historians’ Burden
C Vann Woodward argues that modern history demands suspense for readers and places greater expectations on historians. He cites Burckhardt on accelerated developments and describes the era as the age of reinterpretation where the past must be meaningfully linked to present and future contexts.
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C. Vann Woodward
Jacob Burckhardt
Letters to October 1977 Board and program impact
William G. Kelley, chairman of the Jackson County Board, defends the county program and its state employment service subcontracting. He asserts the program brings in nearly 2.8 million dollars annually and will create hundreds of jobs while criticizing expedient reporting and calling for factual accuracy.
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State Employment Service
Jackson County
William G. Kelley
Vann Woodward and the Ironies of Southern History
The life work of C Vann Woodward, Arkansas born historian and white Southern liberal, shaped by Faulkner and Welty, is outlined. His books challenged segregation and Reconstruction myths, linking Southern history to broader national concerns, while his career reflected the era’s clashes over civil rights and politics.
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Vann Woodward
America
Jim Crow
Tom Watson
Agarian Rebel
Humanities
National Endowment of the Humanities
C. Vann Woodward
American South
Faulkner
Warren
Welty
Selma
Montgomery
Martin Luther King
Woodward
Paul Valery
Arkansas
Atlanta
Chapel Hill
Watson
Georgia
South
Ku Klux Klan
Davis Potter
Postmasters
New South
Virginia
William Styron
Leyte Gulf
Arnold Toynbee
Vietnam
Mary Boykin Chesnut
South Carolina
Jefferson Davis
United States
Gunnar Myrdal
U.S
Jimmy Carter
New Republic
Robert Coles
Carter
Lillian Carter
White House
Violence will not counter Nazis in Skokie plan
Rabbi Kahane threatens violence against Nazis but warns it would backfire and harm victims of history. The piece endorses AFL CIO's peaceful counterdemonstration on June 25, directing supporters away from the Nazis’ march site to showcase united opposition without violence.
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Mer Kahane
Jewish Defense League
Skokie
Frank Collin
Kahane
AFL
Illinois must appoint an independent state school board
The governor will appoint six Illinois Board of Education members in January, shaping education policy for six years. The board must act independently, handling funding, desegregation, and program quality while resisting political pressure and safeguarding Illinoisans' expectations.
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Illinois
Illinois Board of Education
Senate
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Louis Armstrong
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