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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1969
Page
4
The Cairo race clash worsens as white vigilante groups and black militants clash in the river town. Leaders discuss investigations while curfews, civil rights demands, and arson plague the community, with threats of a looming race war.
An editorial applauds the Senate Education Committee for deferring a bill to raise tuition at state universities until more information is available. It urges continuing current control by the State Board of Higher Education, cautions against politics driving tuition, and calls for careful study of waivers, scholarships, merit and need bases, and access for lower income groups.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird tells the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Soviet first-strike capability is not as clear as previously indicated. He says the USSR could target the U S Minuteman force rather than a total first strike. The hearing weighs ABM policy andSafeguard deployment amid debate among senators CIA and Pentagon officials.
The column declares hair spray is an acceptable hair restraint for food service workers along with hairnets caps or headbands while noting a manager can impose stricter rules. It adds that if a manager mandates hairnets they must be followed and cites the Illinois State Bar Association as the source of this guidance.
A collage of personal correspondence and satire from 1969 by Russell Baker and others. Includes a Camp Crazyhorse letter offering $20 to stay longer, a ridiculed computer scam from Hildebrand Lithograph Society, a taxpayer complaint to President Nixon, and playful notes to Estelle. The fragment preserves voice and humor with mentions of Camp, Nixon, Hoover, and Estelle.
Mrs William W Whiting Anpa discusses needs for stronger leadership and better communication between educators and the public in Southern Illinois PTA units. She notes variation in student experiences across counties, calls for imaginative leadership, practical PTA resources, and active parental involvement to improve rural education and avoid wasted time.
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