Birth control stirs tension within Catholic Church
bishops in Chicago reaffirmed support for a papal encyclical condemning contraception while acknowledging widespread defiance among Catholic women. Arch Bishop John R. Quinn says the stance remains unchanged, yet Irish bishops show signs of easing opposition to legal contraceptive sale amid growing dissent.
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Chicago
John R. Quinn
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Quinn
Ireland
Reit
Vatican
Kennedy plan to fund consumer groups faces opposition
The article argues against paying consumer groups with federal funds to speak on issues. It says funding would risk compromising group independence, create gatekeeping, and hinder vigorous challenge to government and big interests. It urges private funding, broader hearings, streamlined testifying, and quick passage of a consumer protection agency instead.
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Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Washington
Chicago
Los Angeles
Congress
Consumer Protection Agency
Readers reply to Southern Illinoisan on workmen compensation changes
Joe Angleton of United Mine Workers cautions editors over liberal rates and flawed rules. He defends benefiting policy who lose wages, cites weekly wage bases, minimums, and offsets against Social Security. He argues for reforms to aid workers unable to support families.
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Industrial Commission
The
Commission
Joe Angleton
Scouts consider easing Eagle Scout rule for handicapped youths
The Boy Scouts of America plan to let up to 60,000 handicapped scouts advance toward Eagle Scout without age limits. Gregory Wittine, a cerebral palsy sufferer who hiked ten miles on hands and knees, was denied an Eagle due to an 18 year age cap. The change aims to prevent further embarrassment and honor Wittine's achievement with the badge.
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Boy Scouts of America
Gregory Wittine
Emerson as a modern icon of youth and division
The piece argues that today’s Lehman College students are informed and angry about income inequality and corporate power, mixing Marxist economic analysis with feminist values. It frames Ralph Waldo Emerson as a guiding yet contradictory figure whose multiplicity mirrors a generation’s divided consciousness between self advancement and public service.
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Martin Duberman
Lehman College
Pentagon
Daniel Yankelovich
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Overprotecting the citizen from the state by Ira Glaser
In 18th century America the citizen needed protection from government. Now the state includes social services like schools and welfare, which liberals viewed as humane. The piece argues this paternalism infantilizes recipients and strips them of rights.
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Ira Glaser
America
Dachau visit recalled by Roberta Shrake
Roberta Shrake recounts a 1975 Dachau visit describes the oppressive atmosphere the “shower” rooms and memorial wall, notes the world’s inaction and questions collective German accountability, while urging memory and learning from history.
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Southern Illinoisan
Professor Cunningham
Dachau Concentraion
Dachau
Roberta Shrake
Johnston City
Zeigler Letter Challenges City Officials Over Job Confusion
A Southern Illinoisan editor replies to Zeigler street and alley commissioner John Swalls. The letter defends citizens against accusations of filth linked to snow and missed pickups and argues for government of the people not a dictatorship. It suggests tensions stem from one party attempting to run another's job.
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Southern Illinoisan
John Swalls
Zeigler
John
John Doe
Plumbers Union
It Can Happen Here A Letter From Carterville Reader
A Carterville reader recalls the Our Lady of Angels fire in Chicago that killed 96 students and three nuns. She notes such tragedies show danger and prays it does not occur locally.
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Southern Illinois An
Herrin
Roy Lavender
Lavender
Chicago
Our Lady of Angels School
Marjean S. Zeigler
Carterville
Community call to keep Carbondale clean
Editor thanks residents for efforts to clean property streets parks and roadways of litter and trash. The note urges all to dispose of trash properly to keep Southern Illinois and Carbondale a showplace for visitors. Signed by Veda Cohee Conservation Chairman Evergreen Garden Club.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Veda Cohee Conservation
Evergreen Garden Club
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