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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1982
Page
4
Carbondale promotes a monthly newspaper recycling program with Waste Not. Residents must bundle papers in no more than 25 pounds with string, aiding litter reduction and resource conservation as the community eyes expanded recycling to bottles and cans.
John Tavener, brother-in-law of Rep. John M. Ashbrook, suggests campaign strains may have contributed to Ashbrook’s death at 53 while seeking the GOP Senate nomination. He urges laws limiting campaigning hours, arguing politics risks health and democracy when candidates endure 20 hour days and 30 second news spots.
The piece argues the Hinckley case will be a televised spectacle rather than an objective psychiatric evaluation. It asserts Hinckley’s guilt is clear but questions the sanity defense and the role of media, lawyers, and public fascination.
David C Randall argues that claims the United States was founded on Biblical Christian beliefs are false. He cites Thomas Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin as non Christian or Deist, noting many founders drank and smoked, and most colonists were Anglican. He says Falwell’s views misrepresent history and should not be imposed on the nation.
Elaine Folden of Pinckneyville writes that God will swiftly intervene as Walnut Street Baptist Church faces a campaign by opponents described as plutocratic. The note urges Brother Farmer and his flock, with Beau coup Baptist Church support, to trust prayers for an immediate decisive victory for their community.
A close reading of Seymour Hersh's Atlantic Monthly piece suggests Alexander Haig may have been involved in a White House cover up of wiretaps linked to Watergate. The investigation centers on logs and summaries from 1971 and Haig’s role in handling or deleting key documents.
In 1971 a July 12 Ehrlichman note page was expurgated during the Ellsberg wiretap inquiry. Nixon ordered destruction of logs and summaries to keep taps secret, with Haig instructed to obtain FBI destruction. The erased notes might have altered Nixon resignation and Haig's later confirmation as secretary of state.
Reagan’s report to Congress signals a retreat from funding a domestic mining and processing industry for strategic metals. The administration opposes loan guarantees under the Defense Production Act, citing higher development costs and deposits on private or public land, with little appetite for subsidies or expanded federal land openings.
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