Public safety vs secretive dog owners in two counties
A Illinois editorial condemns Bi-County Health for hiding the names and locations of dogs that attacked a child in Royalton. It notes owners Tom and Sandy Shafer face enforcement while urging faster, clearer safeguards under statute 365 and 366 to protect people, with state attorney Patchett weighing legislative fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Franklin
Bi-County Health Department
Southern Illinoisan
Theresa Churchill
Royalton, Hurst, and Bush
Amy Imhoff
Royalton
Tom
Sandy Shafer
Shafer
Shafers
North Dean Street
Franklin County
Tom Shafer
Erma Shafer
S. Hubbs St
Hurst
Williamson County
Randy Patchett
Charles Elder
Jerald Kobler
State of
Illinois
Circuit Court
Patchett
Jackson County
Charles Koehn
Reagan economics called horse manure theory in derisive note
In a Southern Illinoisan letter to the editor the writer contrasts Reagan era supply side ideas with an older rural analogy. The piece says in simpler days farms with horses and chickens noted the theory by a different name, comparing it to feeding horses oats to aid chickens’ feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Retirement at 65 a fading dream in aging America
Warren Weaver Jr notes a coming retirement squeeze as 65 loses its meaning for many Americans. Demographic shifts and rising costs threaten Social Security and private pensions, with 2020 looming as a turning point. The aging population, longer lifespans, and broader economic pressures suggest most will work longer or face reduced comfort in retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Weaver Jr
New York Times
Washington
Congress
United States
Florida
Social Security Reform Panel Finds System Inadequate
A nine member National Commission on Social Security concluded that the program falters not only financially but also in equipment personnel communications and organization. It urges a 2.5 percent surtax next year to aid Medicare and calls for better SSA information timely accurate responses, and improved administration. The panel notes repeated reorganizations have worsened confusion and delays and recommends additional funds to boost administration and service delivery.
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Claude Pepper
House
Select Committee On
Timothy Adams
Cox Newspapers
Washington
National Commission On Social Security
Social Security Administration
Cal
SSA
Ford Administration
Carter
Commission
Milton Gwirtzman
Congress
Stripping the Court of its power to review
Conservatives in Congress push bills to curb federal court jurisdiction over school prayer busing and abortion. If enacted and upheld, states would interpret constitutional rights under their own courts, bypassing Supreme Court precedents. Critics warn this would undermine checks and balances and court independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Taylor Jr
New York Times
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Senate
House
Judiciary
John Marshall
Carl Anderson
Helms
Ofteas
Anderson
Hig Court
Charles E. Rice
Notre Dame Law School
Robert H. Bork
Yale Law School
Bork
Nixon
Ford
John Shattuck
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Shattuck
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