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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1967
Page
4
Editorial urges Herrin zoning panel to consider key facts as it drafts recommendations for the City Council. The piece emphasizes careful regulation guidance and cautions against premature zoning rules.
Rep John Byrnes argued the new debt ceiling bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee resembles the rejected measure. The earlier plan would cap debt at 365 billion through June 1969, while the current version sets a permanent 358 billion ceiling with a potential 7 billion rise in 1969. The debate centers on congressional oversight versus executive budgeting power and the role of annual reviews in debt policy.
The Harvard 1947 commencement speech by Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced a Europe recovery program later known as the Marshall Plan. The plan funded aid to revive economies and combat hunger and disease, aiding European recovery and contributing to world stability and U.S. prosperity.
Dave Felts notes a Yale music doctorate citation praising Duke Ellington with lines about swing. He recalls Lincoln figures Langston Hughes once thought to have studied here, mentions Laura Armstrong, and cites local lore about Hughes while noting his later New York death and a critical attorney. The column ends with garden musings about flowers and roses.
The article surveys how Arab-Israeli conflict disrupts oil flows and politics. It notes Saudi Arabia and Kuwait continue exports to avoid crippling the West, while Iran, Algeria, Libya, and Iraq maintain or adjust shipments. It discusses tanker routes, Suez closure implications, and calls by U.S. industry leaders for reduced imports and boosted domestic production.
In 1967 Saigon a New York Times report describes how Vietnamese trust the national lottery as a rare stable in a corrupt society. Tickets sell weekly for 20 piasters with millions in prizes, while dealers take cuts and the government collects proceeds for general revenue. The lottery operates through coups and amid public cynicism about other institutions.
The League of Women Voters of Carbondale welcomes a new summer Head Start session providing six weeks of classroom experience for 60 children plus medical and dental exams and art music classes. It notes expansion to Murphysboro Elkville Herrin Colp Marion Creal Springs Cambria and Carterville and cites federal support under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
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