Coal burning may have to be cut to protect atmosphere
Dr William D Nordhaus, on leave from Yale, told the American Geophysical Union that by early next century fossil fuel use might need curtailment by tax or rationing to prevent CO2 buildup. He cited a potential 20 percent rise by 1985 1990 and warned of polar warming and sea level rise if emissions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Nordhaus
American Geophysical Union
Washington
International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis
Vienna
Nordhaus
Wallace S. Broecker
Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Earth
Broecker
Equator
United States
Ford Foundation
National Academy of Sciences
Laurence Moss
Sierra Club
Robert Frn
Energy Research and Development Administration
U.S
Thompson Should Veto Bills Raising Newspaper Notice Rates
Southern Illinois on Our Opinions urges Governor Thompson to veto recent Illinois bills that would hike rates for newspapers publishing government notices. It argues current rates are far below other prices and that many notices lack public value, calling for a legislative study before any increases.
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Thompson
James — Thompson
Illinois
Illinois Press Association
IPA
Southern Illinois
FBI surveillance of ACLU spanned 1920 to 1943
A report reveals the FBI kept constant tabs on the American Civil Liberties Union and its members including Helen Keller Jane Addams Clarence Darrow Felix Frankfurter and William Allen White. The piece argues police spying on political groups threatens civil liberties and urges Illinois Senate action to curb political policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Keller
Clarence Darrow
Felix Frankfurter
William Allen White
Jane Addams
The
American Civil Liberties Union
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Chicago
Illinois Senate
First Woman Baptist Pastor Noted By Reader
A letter asserts that Geraldine Lewis is not the first woman preacher before an American Baptist congregation. The writer, a retired pastor, cites earlier women pastors in Maine and New Hampshire and recalls historic pioneering in church leadership.
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Southern Illnoisan
Kyle Roth
Geraldine Lewis
Mulkeytown
Geraldine
Maine
New Hampshire
The Role of Women in Church Ordination
A letter reflects on women seeking ordination amid early resistance and bias. It praises growing openness in the ministry, notes four women serving in the Great Rivers Region, and mentions Rev. Margaret Poe's past church staff role. The writer laments lip service by American Baptist Churches while acknowledging progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Rivers Region
Margaret Poe
First Baptist Church
Murphysboro
American Baptist
Church
Carter's Coal Plan Faces Heavy Hurdles and Costs
President Carter's effort to double coal use by the mid-1980s confronts vast mine openings and capital needs, limited by transportation bottlenecks and environmental worries. Industry fears higher prices and a possible UMW strike amid environmental and regulatory battles in Congress.
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Carter
Congress
United Mine Workers
U.S
John O'Leary
Federal Energy
Bureau of Mines
Ohio River
E.R. Heiberg
Army Engineers
National Academy of Sciences Coal Forum
House
Senate
Theodore Clack Jr
Montana Energy
Editorial and reader opinion formats outlined
The Southern Illinoisan explains editorial page labels and reader letters. It notes staff signed columns and personal views on various pages and clarifies distinctions between opinion and factual reporting.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
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Walter Sullivan C
N.Y. Times News Service
Syukuro Manabe
R. T. Wetherald
Princeton University
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Princeton
ACLU
Lewis
Lindsay-Schaub
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox
Les Gapay
Wall Street Journal
Zane Murphy
Federal Bureau of Mines
Mr. Murphy
Cecil Andrus
Ways and Means
Edison Electric Institute
Carl Bagge
National Coal Association
Congressional Budget Office
Administration Energy
James Schlesinger
New York City
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Edmund Muskie
Carter Energy
E. Denham Crawford
David Keeling
University of California
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Dow Jones & Company, Inc
Old Ben 26
Richard Carter
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