Campbell cartoons to appear on Southern Minnesotan page
Campbell 33 of Little York Illinois will publish weekly editorial cartoons on the editorial page of The Southern Minnesotan focusing on state politics. He formed a cartoon service last November and his cartoons appear in 16 newspapers statewide. He has been resident cartoonist at the Quad-Cities Times Davenport Iowa and formerly at the Galesburg Register-Mail. He won UPI top prizes for spot news in 1973 and 1974. His studio lies on the family farm 50 miles south of Davenport in Henderson County Illinois.
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Bill Campbell
Little York
Ill
Campbell
Quad-Cities Times
Davenport
Iowa
Galesburg Register-Mail
United Press International
Henderson County
Editorial on Levi busing limit plan as political grist
The piece critiques Attorney General Levi's five year limit on court ordered busing amid Ford's election year strategy. It argues lasting school integration requires addressing housing and job discrimination, not relying on busing, and dismisses Levi's proposal as political theater. It warns against labeling and urges truthful framing of the issue.
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Levi Busing
Ford’s Mill
Ford
U.S. Supreme Court
Boston
Edward Levi
Levi
Utopia
RTA politics reflect Illinois regional power struggles
In Springfield a coalition seeks to dilute the Chicago RTA, while Chicago lawmakers threaten to block Downstate projects. The piece argues for statewide planning to curb regional jockeying and stresses mutual interdependence across Chicago, suburbs, and Downstate.
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Chicago Area Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Springfield
Downstate
Chicago
Elm tree care tubes discussed in midwest parks
The article explains that inserting tubes to drain excess fluids in elm trees was a common technique to combat slime flux and wet wood diseases. It cites Farmers Bulletin No. 1987 and notes this practice predates Dutch elm disease, with tubes used to relieve internal pressure and improve tree appearance.
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Sunday News
Ben Gelman
Farmers Bulletin
U.S. Department of Ag
Riculture
Midwest
Assum
Letters to the Editor: No link found to Dutch elm disease
Martin G. Anderson of Carbondale writes that the described process for treating slime flax and wet wood in elms resembles old editor letters and finds no evidence of a connection to Dutch elm disease. He urges cautious interpretation.
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Martin G. Anderson
Carbondale
California Prepaid Health Care Controversy Deepens
The California prepaid health care program for the poor faces new turmoil as acting deputy director Thomas Moore is dismissed amid probes into Omni-Ax Health Care Inc. and its profit arm Omni-Rx. Critics claim political pressure affected oversight while defenders cite regulatory actions and federal scrutiny.
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Ment of Health
Omni-Ax
California
Moore
Omni-Rx
Charles T. Manatt
Brown
Department of Health
Greg Davis
Leo T. McCarthy
California State Assembly
Manatt
Mervyn Dymally
William Burke
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
Los Angeles
Burke
Dynnity
Brown and
Health Department
California prepaid plans saga ends with Moore dismissal
A five year fight over California prepaid health plans for the poor culminates in the dismissal of Thomas Moore as acting deputy Department of Health director. The piece outlines past abuses by plan managers, disputed reforms, and ongoing investigations into Omni-Rx while noting political pressure and federal grant disputes.
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California
Moore
David F. Chavkin
Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation
Brown
Paul O’rourke
California Senate
Jerome Lackner
Department of Health
Lackner
Omni-Ax
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Sacramento
State Health Department
Thomas Moore
Senate
Permanent
Subcommittee On Investigations
Washington
Edmund Brown
Health
Chicago
Passin
Health Department
Gnaizda
Brown Ad
Omniox
Omni-Rx
Alan Harris
Nicholas M. Horrock
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University of Chicago
North
Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
New York Times
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Thomas H. Moore
Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Omni-Ax Health Care Inc
Hawthorne, Calif
Heauw CI
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