Cooling-off period urged as Middle East stalls on peace
The editorial argues a lasting peace plan is absent amid Middle East tensions. It critiques Arab leaders for backing hatred, notes Kosygin's hard line at the UN, cites Egypt’s aim to restore the status quo, and highlights Israeli leaders fearing loss of gains. It also mentions displacement in Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion’s Vichy view.
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Middle East
United Nations General Assembly
Alexei Kosygin
United Arab Republic
Egypt
United Nations
Mohamed Awad el Kony
Israel
West Bank
Jordan
Israeli Patriarch and ‘Hawk,’ David Ben-Gurion
Holy Land
Old City
Jerusalem
Jor
Press freedom not the issue in sales tax debate
The piece argues freedom of the press is not a vested interest of media firms, while noting newspapers face higher costs from a broader Illinois sales tax. It urges distinguishing public interest from corporate profit and cites President Johnson on Middle East peace, refugees, and arms restraint.
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Illinois
The Chinese and their white rhinoceros bomb
Russell Baker criticizes China’s H-bomb program as wasteful misguidance for a nation still struggling to feed its people. He argues China seeks status in a thermonuclear club, notes global arms realities, and jokes about an RSQ-bomb to restore the world after any catastrophe.
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Mao Tse-tung
China
Hsinhua
Chairman Mao
de Gaulle
Britain
India
Mao
Russia
West
Calhoun County seeks bridge to end isolation
Calhoun County residents push for a bridge over the Illinois River at the Brussels Ferry site near Grafton to replace ferries that fail in winter or high water. Legislation seeks 25,000 for a feasibility study and 1 million to start construction of a roughly 4 million dollar span.
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O. T. Banton
Lindsay-Schaub
Hardin
Ill
Calhoun County
Illinois
Pike County
Illinois River
Mississippi
Peninsula
Grafton
Springfield
Brussels Crossing
Hardin Bridge
Henry Mack
St. Barbara
Batchtown
Mack
Chicago
Decatur
St. Patrick’s
Brussels
Alton
St. Louis
Otto Klaas
McDonnell- Douglas Aircraft
Klaas
Jerry Corbett
Ralph J. Moses
St. Charles
Mississippi River
Moses
Golden Eagle
Brussels Ferry
Corbett
Little River Peninsula
Second look at Kosygin UN delegation and political notes
Kosygin presents a 50 member Soviet delegation at the UN with 25 observers. A proposed nominee for a future U.S. diplomatic post abroad is mentioned along with a service manager at an automobile dealership. A conservative resident fits a hand cranked air conditioner after power failures. Kennedy loses Harvard Overseers bid and must build another minority bloc.
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Kosygin
United Nations
U.S
Bobby Kennedy
Harvard Board of Overseers
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Illinois Highway Study Commission
Pere Marquette State Park Lodge
Fr. Mack
William Lyons
D - Gillesipe
Lyons
Hamburg
Kampsville
State Conservation Department
Calhoun
East St. Louis
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