Carter backs MX rail mobile missiles amid $30 billion gamble
The article argues President Carter pushes a 30 billion MX rail missile system to sway Senate support. It compares it to Polaris on land, notes trenches planned in the Southwest and Great Plains, and warns about public unease over safety and property values while criticizing defense spending. It ends urging a cheaper bargaining chip.
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Senate
Southwest
Great Plains
General Atilla
Three Mile Island
Lifting Rhodesia sanctions sparks debate and unrest
Carter resists immediate sanctions lifting against Rhodesia, provoking congressional backlash while supporters praise a potential Andrew Young led shift. Critics call Muzorewa's regime unfair and incomplete and warn of continued guerrilla warfare, broader African involvement, and possible U.S. military entanglement.
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Rhodesia
Congress
U.N
Andrew Young
Julian Bond
Abel Muzorewa
Ian Smith
Muzorewa
Africa
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
United States
Great Britain
SALT II debate prompts fence-sitting charge
The Southern Illinoisan editorial claims U S should weigh pros and cons before signing SALT II. It argues for full Senate advice and consent and a thorough public debate amid fears of Soviet advantage and potential national weakness, urging objective scrutiny over rhetoric.
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Southern Illinoisan
Washington Star
Sen
Percy
Carter
Congress
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
Senate
Black students' NHS exclusion sparks Carbondale debate
An editor's letter recounts a May 24 1979 protest at Carbondale Community High School District 165 as black parents and residents challenged the near total absence of black inductees into the National Honor Society. The piece questions GPA requirements and fairness, urging immediate policy review.
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Southern Illnoisan
Carbondale
NHS
Carbondale Community
Carbondale Community High School
Richard Hayes
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Hayes
Crab Orchard Lake Trotlines Fear Destruction Reflected
A Southern Illinoisan reader voices concern that fishing lines and jugs are being destroyed at Crab Orchard Lake. The letter urges stronger protection as license fees rise and the lake remains a sports site, noting growing anger among anglers.
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Southern Illinoisan
Crab Orchard Lake
State panel weighs reform of Illinois public aid rules
Illinois public aid reform moves unfold as the Illinois Commission to Revise and Rewrite the Public Aid Code tackles income payments and work training across programs. Subcommittees seek harmony in benefits while weighing political costs and local versus state administration, with experts urging job availability as the key driver.
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Mary Galligan
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
Illinois Commission
Commission
David Rakov
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Chicago
Theodore Tetzlaff
Janet Levy
Subcommittee
General Assembly
Department
Preston Kavanagh
Rakov
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