Mideast talks burdened by long run and new Lebanon crisis
President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Begin face a crowded agenda this week as Israel battles Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon after the PLO raid. U.N. security moves, a proposed buffer zone, and the fate of U.N. 242 shape core disputes. Carter seeks withdrawal and compromise while warning that failure could boost the PLO and jeopardize Sadat’s peace hopes.
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Carter
Menachem Begin
PLO
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Israel
U.N
Middle East
Begin
West Bank
United States
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Yasir Arafat
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Sadat
Corbally urged to push for needed tuition rise at U of I
Corbally argues higher education must face political winds while Illinois colleges seek funds to preserve quality. He claims a 6 percent tuition hike is needed but faces unlikely legislative support in an election year. Officials should inform the public of needs to secure funding and maintain standards.
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University OF Illinois
John Corbally
Corbally
James Thompson
Leges
Illinois
Illinois Board of Higher Educations
IBHE
Univer
Sity
Primary contests demand voter study and choice
Editorial reminder endorses candidates in statewide primaries for treasurer and comptroller. Endorsed paths include Democrat Richard Luft for Comptroller Pekin and Republican John Castle DeKalb. For Treasurer, Democrat Nina Shepherd Winnetka and Republican Bradley Glass Northbrook are urged, with Alto remarks on other races.
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U.S
Michael Bakalis
Alex Lmith
Charles Percy
Richard Luft
Pekin
John Castle
DeKalb
Nina Shepherd
Winnetka
Bradley Glass
Northbrook
Ratification of Panama Treaty Signals New Diplomacy
The Senate approved the first of two Panama Canal treaties by a 68 to 32 vote, signaling a shift toward a new style of American diplomacy with Latin America. The pact preserves canal neutrality and U S intervention rights, while guiding the eventual canal transfer to Panama by 2000 amid domestic debate.
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Panama
Senate
Canal
Bakalis targets big spender label amid Illinois budget critique
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Bakalis argues state funding shortfalls raise local property taxes and backs reordering priorities. He criticizes Governor Thompson for fiscal mismanagement while dismissing calls for an income tax hike, suggesting fraud and waste narratives but offering no concrete plan.
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Michael Bakalis
James Thompson
Bakalis
Taft Hartley debate and miners strike impact in Illinois
A Southern Illinois reader argues Taft-Hartley shifts blame to the federal government and questions the miners operators dispute. He calls for transparent, fact based analysis of costs and profits, urging investigative reporting to help consumers understand how coal production and utility prices affect Southern Illinoisans.
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Southern Illinoisan
Taft-Hartley
Kenneth Dawes
Illinois
UMW
Brennan
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
United Mine Workers of America
Public backs the people's will against canal treaty experts
A reader criticizes C Harvey Gardiner and Frank Klingberg for arguing that elected representatives should ratify the Panama Canal treaties despite broad public opposition. The writer defends democracy, trusting the public's judgment over supposed expert opinion and urging reps to follow the people's will.
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Mr. Gardiner
Klingberg
Bateman letter Defends Faculty Views On Promotions
A reader from the Southern Illinois University community challenges a March 1 Southern Illinoisan report. The letter defends Professor David Bateman as speaking for the College of Business and Administration faculty about promotion guidelines and differentiates his remarks from his wife’s prior promotion controversy.
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Southern Illinoisan
SIUC
David Bateman
College of Business and Administration
Bateman
College of Business
Wilderness voices clash over play review in Southern Illinois
Letter writer Bill Jack rails against the Southern Illinois review of the play Same Time Next Year calling it crude and pointless while lamenting the Celebrity Series choice. He protests the misjudgment of Carbondale audiences and objects to a claim that the audience loved the show.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Bill Jack
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
B.G
Freedom and School Choice in Integration Debates
A Southern Illinoisan editor argues against forced busing, recalling a black mother’s cry for freedom. The piece states that children should not be compelled to attend schools due to race and cites the 14th Amendment as guidance, framing compulsory attendance as a denial of liberty.
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Southern Illinoisan
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