Handgun Sporting Test Aims to Ban Saturday Night Specials
Lawmakers debate a total ban on handguns deemed useless for sporting use, with a point based sporting purposes test guiding sale and delivery rules. The proposal, backed by Treasury experts, targets small lightweight handguns while opponents push safer and more reliable criteria. Police insist restricting cheap concealed weapons would aid public protection despite concerns over sporting utility.
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John Stennis
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Envoy Bruce Named First U S Representative to Communist China
President Nixon taps 75 year old David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce of Virginia as the United States envoy to Peking. The veteran diplomat who has retired from Paris Bonn London posts will lead talks with Mao and Zhou Enlai era China, aided by language and policy experts. Evangeline Bruce joins him, with prior Harvard history studies cited.
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John Fair
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al Jenkins
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David Osborne
Hong Kong
Henry Kissinger
Asia
Georgetown
Bruce to lead diplomacy as the Nixon era reshapes Asia policy
The piece lauds David Bruce in a pivotal Peking posting, noting his deep China expertise and time‑honored approach. It highlights his unlikely bipartisan trust from Nixon, his age at 75, and his readiness to accept a demanding mission to craft a new Washington Beijing balance amid evolving global diplomacy.
Time for action on Rt. 51 in Carbondale
The editorial argues Carbondale must abandon 기다ing for a perfect plan and choose a best available solution for Rt. 51 traffic. It critiques the council's repeated studies, notes Lochner 1958 and CAT study parallels, and urges decisive bypass approval to prevent further delays and costs.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Hans Fischer
Carbonale
Siu
Carbondale Area Transportation Study Technical Committee
Lochner
Fischer
Walker veto on CTA funding sparks debate over amendatory veto
The article argues Gov Daniel Walker overstepped by using the amendatory veto to alter state aid to the Chicago Transit Authority. It notes the plan would cut state contributions from 12 to 9 million, questions lack of prior notice, and urges overriding the veto to restore the original dollar-for-dollar matching and clarify legislative process.
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Cook County
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Senate
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General Assembly
Daley
Chicago
Downstate
Churches join reform effort across Illinois and nation
The Religious Ecumenical Committee on Crime and Delinquency RECCD will hold its second annual conference April 1 3 in Springfield Illinois. Over 100 clergymen from many denominations will participate with support from the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission.
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Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
E. H. Prombaum
Wilbert E. Benson
Revocable Trust and Estate Tax Implications
The Illinois State Bar Association explains that a revocable trust remains part of the settlor's estate for tax purposes. If the settlor can revoke, the trust is not an outright gift and is not exempt from estate taxes.
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Quality safety reliability standards urged for handguns
The argument favors testing handguns for safety and reliability to curb criminal use. It contends such standards would exclude poor quality guns while protecting responsible buyers, and criticizes sporting tests and imports loopholes. It concludes with a call to ban all handguns except those for law enforcement and military use.
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Letters to the editor critique on Supreme Court rulings and state rights
Ronald L. Graves of Carbondale argues the Supreme Court de segregation ruling ignored legal precedent and constitutional rights, claiming education is a state issue. He warns federal power concentration and decries decisions based on social theory, urging Congress to act. Robert Butts of AnnS endorses the call for judicial restraint by state supreme courts.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Gov. Wallace
Supreme Court
Congress
Robert Butts Anns
Abortion Debate Sparks Theological Questioning
In a letter to the editor Glenn J. Sneed of Royalton ponders when a fertilized egg gains a soul and whether a woman may control her body versus the right to life. He questions Illinois abortion legalization and notes current laws defining fetal personhood at three months.
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Ilinois
Glenn J. Sneed Royalton
POWs Returning Home and Rebuilding Questioned
A reader denounces the Vietnam War outcome and POWs, arguing the nation will tax veterans to rebuild an enemy country. The letter laments lost lives, questions leadership, and criticizes policy while urging public attention to wartime consequences.
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