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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1965
Page
5
The editorial denounces Carbondale for approving a 598281 budget with no public discussion or examination of its parts. It urges open meetings, notes similar practices in Herrin, and questions earmarking for a needed study while calling for transparent budgeting.
Gov Otto Kerner weighs a bill to raise Illinois legislators to 9000 annually with 1500 extra in a tied provision. The plan links pay to annual sessions and proper expenses, arguing higher salaries could attract better candidates and funds for staff, while current conditions strain lawmakers.
A column ventriloquial tone surveys US Marines in Vietnam promising profits from guerrilla foes, mockingly imagines Chinese backyard bomb makers using abaci for computers, and notes doctors and Medicare satire. The piece profiles LeRoy Collins, Senator Everett Dirksen, and a college graduation image with mortarboard.
Dave Felts notes poetry resurges in college life with residencies and readings, from dorms to bistros, alongside classics and Peyton Place. He cites Lindsay, Thomas, and Ginsberg as influential figures shaping a modern public poetry scene for a new generation.
An investigative report outlines how part time lawmakers earning six thousand dollars yearly face bribery risks amid a large lobbyist corps registered with the secretary of state. It notes race track and currency interests, new members in the 74th General Assembly, and proposals to curb corruption through ethics codes and commissions.
The United Nations faces deepening trouble as skepticism rises among officials. Adlai Stevenson and U Thant warn that regionalism and power politics threaten the world body’s mission, while new member states shift focus from protocol to development and poverty.
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