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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1960
Page
3
Editorial urges support for Carbondale public housing. It argues 90 to 100 low rent units and 20 to 30 elderly units are needed, and that defeating the project sustains slums and squalid living conditions. It warns council should consider private vs public interests and back the agreement for city services.
The Geneva disarmament talks have collapsed as the Soviet Union ended the negotiations just as the West prepared a revised plan. The move follows threats of withdrawal and underscores the clash over inspection regimes and removal of U S bases. The conference failed to advance a practical disarmament formula and faces renewed propaganda efforts amid a global peace outlook.
Farm advisers warn of large army worm numbers threatening crops. Inter-service rivalry flares as war on navy beans looms. Meanwhile many senators campaign while numerous House members tour Europe and Asia, prompting thoughts of congressional adjournment.
Opinion argues against a governor’s call for a special session to create Cook County judgeships. It warns of political maneuvering, favors nonpolitical selection and administration of state courts, and urges keeping judges in court to handle backlogs.
The article discusses how the Soviet Union and its allies push a narrative that the United States scuttled the summit, with Mikoyan promoting this line in Norway and Khrushchev expected to press the point. It argues for a strong, continuous U.S. information effort to shape world opinion and secure a leading international role.
In a speculative note, historians may question why lighter-than-air craft faded as heavier-than-air machines dominated aviation amid rising costs and technological shifts. The passage contrasts buoyant ships with advancing airplanes, hinting at economic and engineering factors shaping travel.
In this Dave Felts column the author muses on evening garden scents, compares colonial themes in Vachel Lindsay’s Congo poem, recalls a poem contract with a woman’s club, and shares garden advice about tomatoes and stakes amid an unusually variable year.
A Marine sergeant found guilty of a 1947 infraction risks losing retirement pay under the 1954 Hiss Act. The law denies benefits for certain offenses, but a bill to amend it faces slim chances in Congress. Officials note the act’s broadly punitive reach and recommend record corrections.
A University of Illinois student in Champaign faced a court case over mutilating an Illinois license plate. The charge was dismissed after the state’s attorney ruled the mutilation law targets numerals and state name, not the plate as a whole. Home is listed as Maine.
A review of a not yet published memoir by Dr. Cary Travers Grayson, longtime physician to Woodrow Wilson. The book portrays Grayson’s close access to Wilson from 1913 to 1924, highlighting warmth, humor, and candid observations, while noting it is an anecdotal portrait rather than a full biography.
The island seeks to pull itself from an economic morass by shifting from Operation Bootstrap to Operation Serenity. Gov Munoz Marin outlines 1960s goals of education and social improvement while the Planning Board reports progress in GDP, exports, investment, and tourism. Unemployment remains a key challenge despite rising wages and population growth.
In June three visitors researching at Southern Illinois University praised the Carbondale Police Department for courteous help during a rainy arrival. They also thanked SIU Campus Police for support, noting such courtesy goes beyond the call of duty and deserves recognition in the newspaper.
Edward Yellin, 38, a University of Illinois graduate student, plans to appeal his one year prison term for contempt of Congress. The sentence followed a 7th Circuit ruling in Chicago after he refused to answer questions before the House Un American Activities Subcommittee on steel mill infiltration. Three Indiana steelworkers, Victor Malis, Robert Lehrer and Alfred Samter, face August trials for similar contempt. U S District Judge Luther Swygert set the trial dates.
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