Remedial reading: Not in our universities
The Illinois Board of Higher Education calls for transferring remedial reading writing and arithmetic from four year universities to junior colleges. It notes university English departments bear the burden of freshmen who lack basics and urges monitoring of remedial courses by the Illinois Community College Board to ensure students catch up before pursuing degree work.
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Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Illinois Community College Board
World is secretly grateful to Israel, Safire argues
William Safire writes that Israel’s nuclear strike deterred Iraq’s aggression and prevented a nuclear threat to the region. He argues the world’s hypocrisy and political pressure toward punishment overlook Israel’s self defense and the saving of lives in events like Entebbe.
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World
Israel
William Safire
New York Times
Washington
Iraq
U.S
Iran
Baghdad
Cuba
Arab World
United States
Syria
Abadan
Department of Defense
National Security Council
U.N
Haig
Richard Allen
Reagan
Congress
Habib
Weinberger
Entebbe
Scientists urge real arms cuts not speeches
MIT physicist Victor Weisskopf told a Soviet survey he favors government led reductions in nuclear weapons over theoretical proposals. He urged a 10 percent unilateral cut and argued both sides hold too many warheads. The Moscow News published his answers alongside Markov commentary, signaling possible mood shifts in Soviet openness to cuts.
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Victor F. Weisskopf
MIT
Reagan
Weisskopf
Washington
Brezhnev
U.S
Soviet Union
Western Alliance
Moscow News
Moisei Markov
Cam
Paign
Letters: Higher taxes risk burdening Southern Illinois readers
Wayne Owens of Herrin laments rising taxes across Illinois, contending RTA failures, higher car and cigarette fees, and pending state tax hikes will overburden residents. He urges electing practical farmers over lawyers and intellectuals to govern.
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Wayne Owens Herrin
Public relations debated in Southern Illinoisan editorial
The letter defends public relations as information gathering and organizational problem solving. It contrasts an old message sending view with modern practice, cites SIUC and local officials, notes mixed competence, and critiques lack of professional PR on campus and in press coverage, ending with a jab at Nixon during Watergate.
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Pearance
Southern Illinoisan
SIUC
UMW
CIPS
Heart Association
Southern Illinois
Richard Nixon
McCormick pension raise claim sparks voter response
A letter accuses Rep. C. L. McCormick of misleading Southern Illinois voters about a pension bill. It asserts his own pension would rise dramatically if the bill becomes law or if he loses re-election, increasing from 14,000 to 23,800 annually.
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Rep. McCormick
Carter
Herbert Hoover
Ronnie
Reagan Administration Faces Senior Citizens Football Score
A Southern Illinois editor describes a comic voting-era football game where seniors, backed by Social Security, beat the Reagan team 96 to 0. The writer, a senior supporter, recalls past fights by Republicans against aid to the poor and criticizes current oil price policies and Carters presidency, praising Reagan’s stance.
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Southern Illnoisan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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