Nuclear arms talks offer cautious hope for world peace
The piece argues renewed U.S.-Soviet negotiations can reduce nuclear risk, despite skepticism. It urges patience, notes Reagan's SDI stance, Gorbachev parity goals, and calls for restraint, informal confidence building, and keeping Congress from tying arms talks to broader budgets. It emphasizes press restraint and presidential negotiating freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Politburo
Karpov
United Mine Workers
Richard Trumka
UMWA
Congress
Accountability and anonymous letters in journalism policy
A column argues for accountability in letters and editorials, noting the paper’s policy of publishing only real names. It discusses anonymous editorial content versus unsigned columns, anonymous sources in government reporting, and when unidentified sources may be justified, urging tipoffs to editors for confidential letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Selkowe
Ann Landers
Landers
Washington D.C
White House
Washington
Associated Press
Thompson glides by troubles in Illinois politics
Reporter Bob Reid surveys Jim Thompson's bold bid for re election prospects as governor. He highlights bond financed public works, educational reform without tax hikes, and vigorous campaigning while noting Illinois economy under Thompson and potential challenger Neil Hartigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Reid
Southern Illinoisan
Urbana
Jim Thompson
Chicago Tribune
Inc
Illinois
Neil Hartigan
Thompson
Big Jim
College students need federal aid say SIU official
Andrew J. Leighton argues for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, urging a balanced, inclusive approach to federal aid. He warns that current financing and Pell Grant dynamics may depress access, inflate tuition in state schools, and deter prospective students, especially in rural and inner city districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Leighton
Congress
John Naisbett
SIU
Pope County
Illinois
Thought police tactics by FBI and a Miami seizure
In 1985 Kansas City engineer Edward Haase returning from Nicaragua faced FBI agents who searched his luggage at Miami customs, copying his diary and address book and seizing papers of Nicaragua groups. A court later ordered temporary limits on dissemination and return of material to FBI custody. The piece condemns the behavior as read as thought police and criticizes officials for enabling such abuse amid Reagan era Nicaragua policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Boston
Moscow
United States
KGB
America
Miami
FBI
Edward Haase
Kansas City
Nicaragua
Joe Miranda
Haase
Miranda
Central America
Michael Ratner
Center For Constitutional Rights
New York
Ratner
Paul Phillips
Phillips
State Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington
Thomas P. Jackson
William H. Webster
Reagan
Webster
Justice Department
Letters dispute Southern Illinoisan on Ken Gray slur
A reader blasts the paper for an editorial implying congressman Ken Gray is indifferent to Southern Illinois roads. The letter defends Gray’s aid to highway funding, rebuts tying him to Gov. Thompson, and urges accountability by state and local governments for road maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Ken Gray
James Thompson
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Gray
Thompson
Tim Landis
Jim Thompson
Ronald Reagan
Cong
State of Illinois
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Evan M. Davis
Evan
Davis
Teflon
Ting NG
Andrew Leighton
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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