Editorial urges state-financed junior colleges under Illinois Master Plan
The piece argues Illinois must fund and centrally control public junior colleges to meet higher education needs. It warns local tax dependence and uneven site decisions threaten construction, risking branch campuses and overburdened four-year universities, urging full state support and centralized location planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Lake
McHenry
United States
Chicago
Board of Higher Education
Reflections on radio era and Bannister memoirs
Dave Felts surveys Harry Bannister’s The Education of a Broadcaster a history of Golden Age radio and early TV from WWJ Detroit leadership to NBC. He notes anecdotes, critiques of TV taste paywalling public service the Pay TV argument and the mix of family life with the era’s tech growth.
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Harry Bannister
Simon & Schuster
WWJ
Detroit
New York
NBC
Bannister
Chick Showerman
University of Illinois
Alice Payne Hackett
Dr. Spock
Dillar
Mickey Spillane
Mickey
NIU Branch Campus Idea Returns to Illinois Politics
The North Shore push for a separate Northern Illinois University board reemerges as Sen. Robert Coulson renews the branch campus plan. The move centers on local costs, state aid, and the Illinois Master Plan for Higher Education amid university expansion tensions and the future of junior colleges.
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Robert D. Reid
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
Illinois Higher
Senate
Robert Coulson
Waukegan
Coulson
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Chicago
North Shore
United States
Northern
Lake
McHenry
Sen. Coulson
Abbott Laboratories
Northern Coul
Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
David Dodds Henry
U of I Board
Howard Clement
U of I
Ilinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Cross Burning Sparks Reader Calls for Guilty Party Apprehension
John E. Krajicek of Carbondale denounces Unit Two School Supt Orland Stanley for downplaying a cross burning at Douglas School. He argues the act is vicious and the guilty should be punished or hospitalized regardless of motive, and condemns desecrating the symbol to incite racial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Micholsan
Orland Stanley
Douglas
Son of God
John E. Krajicek
Carbondale
Carbondale Park District Earns Praise for Summer Fun
The Carbondale Park District receives public praise for its summer program strides led by park superintendent Jerry Lottmann and park board. The letter credits the district and Chamber of Commerce endorsement for promised facility upgrades and enhanced programs benefiting both youth and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carbondale Park District
Board of Park Commissioners
Jerry Lottmann
Chamber of Commerce
Second Look at Holds in Space Broadcasts
The piece notes how television broadcasts during a Space countdown affect household chores and mentions a Supreme Court decision on TV court trials. It references Perry Mason, rising food prices in June, $225 astronaut meals, the 1965 national spelling championship, and Johnson rafting then yachting after election.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Perry Mason
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Ilinois House
Illinois Senate
Dave Felts
Edgar A. Guest
Queen of Love & Beauty
Felts
Rockefeller
NIU
Stas
Carbondale Park
Johnson
Pedernales River
Texas
Potomac
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