China Vast Land Population and Problems Highlighted
National Geographic outlines China as a vast land with 760 million people to feed, large poverty and famine pockets, and sweeping reforms. It notes geography from Tibet to Turfan, the Great Wall, and farming limits, with a world role in nuclear knowledge and global population share.
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National Geographic Society
Washington
China
Canada
Soviet Union
Tibet
Gartok
Turfan
Asia
Yangtze River Valley
Committed local leaders left strong city legacy
Editorial honors Joe Ragsdale and Bill Eaton for a combined 20 years on Carbondale city council and other posts. Ragsdale known for careful deliberation and sound judgment. Eaton for stand on council-manager reform, planning, budgeting, and plainspoken effectiveness.
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Joe Ragsdale
Bill Eaton
Carbondale
Ragsdale
Commission
Democrats Grasping At Wrong Issues In IBI Debate
The piece argues Democrats seek to abolish the Illinois Bureau of Investigation citing errors but praises IBI’s work while recommending shifting duties to state and local police. It criticizes a political bandwagon and urges focusing on broader reforms like disclosures, spending, transportation, explosives control, and abortion.
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Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Paul Simon
Michael Howlett
Rolland Tipsword
IBI
Mitchell Ware
Bureau
Ware
Simon
Howlett
Messrs. Simon
Democratic Party
Spr
State Department of Transportation
Ogilvie’s drug proposals aim to curb abuse with uniform act
Governor Ogilvie outlines a legislative program centered on the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, stressing state local federal cooperation, no knock rule concerns, tougher penalties for big traffickers and lighter penalties for first time users, expanded treatment facilities from 21 to 27 and patients from 1,606 to 3,000, plus alcohol abuse provisions to curb highway carnage.
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Ogilvie
General Assembly
Unliek
Porter
Illinois
Nixon aides discuss executive reorganization and Vietnam policy
Senators Charles Percy and Adlai Stevenson III outline Nixon's reform plan to consolidate four executive departments while maintaining strong leadership in Vietnam policy. They note swift executive action, potential co sponsorship, and call for accelerated Vietnam withdrawals and political settlement. Billy Sol Estes parole terms are mentioned.
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Percy
Commerce
Labor
Stevenson
Rogers
Congress
Mideast
Charles Percy
Adlai Stevenson III
Nixon
Howard K. Smith
Middle East
Smith
Fulbright
Vietnam
Senator Stevenson
Letters to the Editor on Jobs and Work Access
A reader urges better use of idle land and swamp land to create work. The writer notes many idle people want jobs but face rejection when seeking menial tasks or relief. They argue literacy barriers limit access to job programs and hope for future improvements.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Eaton
United States
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
South
North China
Shanghai
Amur
Yellow
Yangtze
Lao-Tse
Confucius
Peking
Joseph Ragsdale
William Eaton
Mr. Ware
Senate
Billy Sol Estes
Billy
Southern
John C. Gardner
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
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