Long-range education goals set by Bakalis for Illinois
Superintendent Bakalis unveils nine child centered goals and 91 action objectives for 1970s education. The plan covers equal opportunities, school governance, financing, curriculum, professional prep, pupil services, and student rights with regional hearings and periodic reviews.
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Michael A. Smith
Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers
Michael Bakalis
Dinois
Fearner
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
OSPI
Bakalis
USPI
Chicago
SIU moves to streamline Carbondale campus administration
SIU trustees approve four new vice presidents and restructured reporting lines based on a Management Task Force report. The panel found 15 problematic admin areas, including too many top units and vague authority. The overhaul aims to trim about 676000 from the budget and delegate decision making to lower levels.
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Southern [Illinois University
Board of Trustees
SIUC
David Derge
SIU
Derge
Task Force
Gola Waters
School of Business
Dan Laughharn
A. Stanley Tyler
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan editorial staff note
The Southern Illinoisan lists John C. Gardner as Editor and General Manager and James K. Adams as Business Manager in the masthead.
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John C. Gardner
James K. Adams
Illinois welfare lab faces shutdown after aid institute cut
The Illinois Senate cut 2.3 million dollars from the Department of Public Aid budget, endangering the Institute of Social Policy created in 1970 to study welfare delivery and costs. Edward T. Weaver warns a closure would be a bad time for the institute to end, as projects including a general assistance analysis and two demonstrators face disruption.
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Illinois
Illinois Senate
Department of Public Aid
Institute of Social Policy
Edward T. Weaver
Ent
Cook County
Institute
Tri-County
Peoria
Weaver
Woodlawn Service
Chicago
Jack T. Kneupfer
Relmhurst
Meetings spur bit of optimism in Indochina talks
The piece notes optimism flickering in diplomacy amid Kissinger’s rapid travel and Hanoi talks. It cautions that real progress depends on Hanoi and North Vietnamese conditions, with U.S. aims set by Nixon, election dynamics, and cautious hope despite past failed talks.
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Henry Kissinger
Nixon
U. S
Russia
Kissinger
Hanoi
Paris
Indochina
Lyndon Johnson
China
U.S
Tempus Continues to Fug It and Dandelions
The note references a brief period where time drifts between flora and weeds, marking a light playful observation about growing seasons and garden concerns. No specific persons or organizations are identified.
Residents oppose school plan uprooting longtime homes
Seven families including Ed Eberhardt of Johnston City protest a proposed school purchase that would seize their sentimental residences on East 7th and 9th streets. They urge locating the school elsewhere, noting mineral rights and a lifelong community near a city park, and stressing age and wartime service in their plea.
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City Park
East 7Th and 9Th Street
Ed Eberhardt
Johnston City
Editor Letter Urges Action on SIU Affirmative Action
A reader from Carbondale blasts SIU channels as ineffective for women seeking fairness. She cites Marisa Canut-Amoros and Carolyn Weiss, asking administration to resolve cases quickly or risk losing female staff to unemployment. The note ends with editor’s lack of comment from Jerry Lacey’s office.
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the Southern Illnoisan
Layer
Lacey
SIU
Marisa Canut-Amoros
Carolyn Weiss
Donna Viitanen
Carbondale
Jerry Lacey
School site protest reaches Johnston City board
A local resident protests the Johnston City School Board plan to select his parents land for a new school. He argues the park site owned by the city could host the facility at lower cost and without displacing neighbors. He notes his parents’ ill health and attachment to their home.
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Southern Illinoisan
Johnston City School Board
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Dr. Kissinger
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