Small Town Renewal Debate Seen By Two Senators
Editorial argues small town decline persists outside urban areas. Mundt and Case urge federal study or bureau within urban affairs to address long term rural needs, including services, water, schools, and development, while noting limits of defense-focused aid.
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America
Congress
Karl Mundt
Francis Case
South Dakota
Sen. Mundt
Federal Study Commission
Mundt
Department of Urban Affairs
Commission
Thomas F. Johnson
D-Md
Rickover Fires A Salvo TESTIMONY Released After Security Wraps
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover’s testimony criticizing Navy staffing levels and naval education was disclosed after long security restrictions. He argues for cutting officers by about 20,000 and calls for reform or closing of military academies. He criticizes Annapolis training and warns of naval decisions that risk safety and reveals cost concerns over Polaris submarine models aiding Soviet knowledge.
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Vice Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
Annapolis
U. S
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Soviet Union
Admiral Rickover
Senator Seeks Five Minute Mindset for Graduates
A senator urges college graduates to take five minutes daily to think, adding that if they are from his home state it could spell political peril for him.
Foreign Service Needs Support for Language Training
The article argues the Foreign Service should grant language training incentives to attract officers into studying Southeast Asian languages. It notes Congress blocked incentive pay, limiting funding to $156,675, and points out the hardship of the language barrier in diplomacy. It stresses value of language skills for understanding and international business, urging stronger incentives to recruit capable interpreters.
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Congress
State Department
Southeast Asia
Foreign Service
Soviet Union
Wlingis Legislature weighs moratorium on capital punishment
The Wlingis Legislature debates a moratorium on capital punishment while preparing to dismiss hundreds of vulnerable bills in the final week of session, signaling a swift legislative endgame and intensified lawmaking pressure.
Death Penalty Debate Persists In Illinois Legislature
Illinois legislators debate a six year moratorium on the death penalty. Proponents argue deterrence fails with capital punishment. opponents cite states with the death penalty. The paper sides with keeping capital punishment until a proven better deterrent emerges, citing Hoover and public safety concerns.
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Illinois State Journal
Illinois
J. Edgar Hoaver
F.B.1
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Gorl
Zipper on His Wife's Dress Suggested for Harmony
A humorous remark contends that a larger, perhaps neon-lit loop at the top of the zipper on a wife's dress would improve a marriage, echoing a practical yet playful domestic proposal.
Dave Felts Column on Fathers Day Gardening and Sports
The column mixes light home tips about the Little Daisy sprayer, notes on Harvard overseers, and NCAA track results from Franklin Field where Southern California led with 65 points. It recalls Peary Cook polemics, a light review of a Garden Club award, and a Father’s Day summary featuring Stan Musial’s home run.
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Timnn
N.C.A
Garden Club
Board of Realstors
Stan
Man Musial
Marion Armory Work To Start July 5
W El Snyder of Snyder Construction Co Hevrin says work on the federal armory in Marion will begin July 3 after a delay for steel delivery. Ground cleanup will take a few days and excavation and footing work will follow. Contract awarded May 25 for 14585 dollars.
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Marion
W. EL Snyder
Snyder Construction Co
Hevrin
Federal
Snyder
Bloodied History of France’s War in Algeria Reviewed
A London Observer Service piece surveys the long Algerian conflict from 1954 to 1960, tracing colonial power, settler dominance, and repeated failed peace efforts. It covers RC UA creating FLN, Mollet’s premiership, Suez, De Gaulle’s shifts toward self determination, and the war’s toll on France’s unity.
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France
Algeria
William Millinship
London Observer Service
Pacif TI
Eyjon-les-Bains
Lake Geneva
Algiers
Guy Mollet
Republican Front
Premier Mollet
Pradece
Powe Fln
de Gaulle
Itawas
de Gaulle Bavin
Gikonal
Melun
Sumime
FLN
Pres Uge St
Debating District 165 merger at Carbondale schools
An anonymous Carbondale resident voices concern over consolidating Attucks and CCHS, urging frank talks on education quality not just cost savings. She argues Attucks faculty quality, facilities, and student needs, noting 1960-61 losses and urging targeted facility improvements and thoughtful staff transfers.
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Southern Trindsan
District 165 Board of Education
Carbondale
CCHS
Clark
Attucks
Jackson County
Ragsdate
Aly Tacks
Attucks High School
Carbondaie
Annette L
Huage Carbondaie
Communist Threat Cited by Glen A Cooper Letter
The letter discusses the Communist Party USA as largely invisible to non communists, with open and concealed members working together. It notes the 1951 Smith Act case, the party going underground, Geneva Conference 1955, membership drop from 43,200 in 1950 to 22,600 in 1955, and recommends J Edgar Hoover's Masters of Deceit as a factual account of the party's activities.
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Communist Party
U.S.A
Supreme Court
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Maintenance bid dates set in area
Bids for road maintenance materials including asphalt, seal, gravel and crushed stone will be opened at 7 p.m. in Energy today. A second bid opening for gravel to Road Districts 1 and 2 in Johnson County is at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Vienna. In Hernin bids open at 7 p.m. June 1 for asphalt, seal aggregate and luminous patching mix. Judge Omer Poos and Marshal James Moos of Springfield are noted.
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Johnson County
Vienna
Hernin
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Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Dr. Cook
Andrew Freeman
Coward McCann
Peary-Cook
Doctor Cook
Pole
Arctic
Cook
Freeman
Encyclopedia Britannica
Setil
Ayres
Alfair
Revolutionary Committee For Unity and Action
RCUA
National Liberation Front
5'LN
GRPA
Evian- les-Bains
RABAT
Bizerte
Sfax
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President DE Gaulle
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Glen A. Cooper
Gilbert & Sullivan
U.S. District Court
Springfield
Omer Poos
James J. Moos
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