Hearings urged to fix Carbondale rail problems
Editorial calls for action as rusting rails and rough crossings annoy Carbondale. Illinois Commerce Commission hearings began in 1971 with dates set and delayed. focus includes moving passenger trains from Walnut Street and repairing crossings while clarifying who pays for fixes.
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Illinois Central
Carbondale
Illinois Commerce Commission
Walnut Street
Rt. 13
Railroad Relocation Commission
Commission
Bill Schwegman
Commerce Commission
Flip flops on Illinois ethics act court ruling
A circuit judge voided parts of Illinois ethics law saying it lacks required disclosure of campaign contributions and privacy safeguards for officials and their families. The ruling labeled the act as overreaching and inconsistent, likely delaying ethical reforms and keeping officials in public scrutiny.
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Illinois
Circuit
Daniel Covelli
Skinner at Yale panel argues environment shapes behavior
The Yale gathering featured B F Skinner defending his theory that culture and environment control humans through rewards and punishments. Critics warned a Skinner world could erode individual choice and artistic individuality.
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B. F. Skinner
Yale
Mr. Skinner
Freedom
Man Long
China
How to Write a Letter to the Editor
A guidance note on submitting letters to the editor. Readers are urged to keep submissions under 300 words and sign their names with address. Libelous or in poor taste letters are returned. Personal attacks are discouraged. Letters may publish with name withheld if safety or employment risk exists.
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Knofisan
Costs of mobile homes vs houses in Illinois analysis
James P. Warnick presents a debate on mobile home affordability comparing a $25 000 house with a $6 000 mobile home. The piece cites Lambert of Skull Mobile Homes Inc and figures on down payments monthly costs and 7 to 12 percent add on interest, plus notes depreciation concerns and lender debates with MHMA and state agencies.
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Leonard Lambert
Skull Mobile Homes Inc
Decatur
Henry Ford
Casey Stengel
Lambert
Punch
James P. Warnick
Ilinois
Changing Times
Mobile Home Manufacturers Association
MHMA
Leslie M. Jones
The
MYMA
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
al Griffin
Jerry Bagley
United Auto Workers
Michigan Mobile Homeowners Association
Michigan
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Bagley
Parents Back John A Logan Teachers At Board Meeting
Mrs Lela Austin Herrin urges support for John A Logan teachers and questions board meeting publicity. She notes monthly 7 30 p m meetings in Carterville and calls readers to attend May 2nd meeting and public listings in the Southern Illinois Calendar.
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Southern Micheisan
John A. Logan
Southern Illinoisan masthead listing editors
The article lists John C. Gardner as Editor and General Manager and James K. Adams as Business Manager for the Southern Illinoisan newspaper.
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John C. Gardner
James K. Adams
Will Prince Be Related To Poet In England’s Realms
Column notes Georgina Russell, 24, photographed with Charles at a polo match, as a cousin of the Duke of Bedford, tracing Russells to William the Conqueror. mentions Bertrand Russell and links to Vachel Lindsay and Susan Deniphan Lindsay. Reflections on family ties, historical figures, and a memory of Woburn Abbey.
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Charles
Prince of Wales
Georgina Russell
Duke of Bedford
Woburn Abbey
England
Russells
William the Conqueror
Henry VIII
John Russell
Earl of
Bedford
the Garter
Woburn
Bertrand Arthur William
Prince Charles
Vachel Lindsay
Springfield
Til
Bertrand Russell
Susan Deniphan Lindsay
David Felts
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