United States and South Vietnam face fragile election fate
Editorial notes the unclear electorate mood in South Vietnam as the presidential race centers on Thieu and Ky with Minh as a distant challenger. The piece warns a Thieu defeat could signal a shift in Vietnamization and U.S. withdrawal, while questions linger over a fair election under Vietnam’s new law and U.S. influence.
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Ralph Deans
Washington
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thiet
Thien
National Assembly
Cunty
Tew
Vic
Nguyen Cao Ky
Carbondale De Soto police pact aims at affordable protection
In southern Illinois small towns lack adequate police protection. Carbondale police will patrol De Soto 12 times daily, with two toll free lines for quick contact and backup services. The $22,400 grant funds the effort, plus De Soto and Carbondale contributions. This model contract could guide similar rural safety collaborations statewide.
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Tinois
Southern Winds
City of
Mansfield proposal has merit in Vietnam war end plea
Senator Mansfield earned praise for proposing a nine month or earlier deadline to end the Vietnam war. The amendment passed 57 to 42 with a proviso linking withdrawal to the release of all POWs in North Vietnam and allied forces. It urged phased U.S. withdrawals in exchange for POW releases and called on President Nixon to consider the plan.
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Sen. Mansfield
Senate
North Vietnam
U.S
Mansfield
Nixon
There's really no bathroom on the IC
David Felts surveys language and travel notes as he recalls train wrecks and wed-dings, airline inspections, and price cuts for youth. He recalls a lack of a bathroom on an Illinois Central pardon Amtrak car, notes Webster and usage of toilet terms, and recounts trips from Chicago to London via O Hare, Heathrow, and Shannon with fare comparisons and summer discounts.
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David Felts
Illinois Central
Amtrak
Illinois
Webster
U.S
England
Leo
Howard Cox
White House
O'Hare
Heathrow
Shannon
Saturday Evening Post
Public Library
Southern Illinoisanmasthead credits editor and staff
The Southern Illinoisan lists John C. Gardner as Editor and General Manager and Robert D. Reid as Managing Editor with James K. Adams serving as Business Manager.
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John C. Gardner
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
Must I Embalm If Cremating to Save Funeral Costs
The Illinois State Bar Association notes embalming is not normally required for burial or cremation. Embalming is mandatory only in cases of a communicable disease or when the body will be shipped by common carrier to a destination inaccessible within 24 hours after death.
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Ilinois
Cartoon on gun lobby sparks letters to editor
William C. Orthwein of Carbondale criticizes a Herblock cartoon as biased and claims there is no gun lobby. He cites hunter safety efforts, refers to Illinois Governor Kerner and Governor Rockefeller, and argues for stern penalties for firearm crimes while condemning the misrepresentation in the illustration.
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Southern Linoisan
Herblock
Ilinois
Kerner
William C. Orthwein
Carbondale
Memorial Day Frustration in Johnston City Resident Apologizes
A Johnston City resident laments memory neglect of veterans, recounts her father Clifford Dobbins killed in World War II buried overseas, and says no local place to lay flowers diminished Memorial Day. She apologizes to Mrs. Wilkinson for the town's forgetting veterans and hopes it won’t recur.
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the Southern Tinoisan
Johnston City
Wilkinson
Phoenix
Arizona
Clifford Dobbins
Belgium
Mrs. Wilkinson
Views on mine safety by Reece Alverson Herrin
In a letter to the Southern Tiilb Conservator Reece Alverson Herrin a safety engineer for Peabody Coal Co argues that safety is primarily the employee's personal responsibility yet stresses management legal duties and the limits of non-affiliated workers authority He decries jaw boning and TV gimmicks and links enforcement laxity to politics and interagency cooperation within mine safety law.
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Bureau of Mines
Taiwan as separate entity in two China debate, scholar says
Yale Law School associate Dr Lung-chu Chen argues that Taiwan Formosa has an unsettled international status and should decide its future via UN supervised plebiscite. He asserts Taiwan and China are distinct states, with self determination applying to Taiwan and criticizes the UN for double standards.
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China
Formosa
Lung-chu Chen
Yale Law School
World United
Japan
Chen
United Nations
U.N
Taisran
Dr. Chen
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