Public Employes Bargaining Agents Debate State Board Role
Richard H. Icen surveys Labor Laws Commission proposals for a state employment board to decide which bargaining units suit collective bargaining. The piece discusses overfragmentation and the challenge of forming unions that cover diverse public employes across cities and state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Employment Board
Labor Laws Commission
Martin Wagner
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Illinois
Chicago
Editor faces nagging readers with Indochina counterattack
John Knight surveys reader letters criticizing his editorials on free press and U.S. policy in Asia. He notes critics like C. W. Fagerstrom Frank Menefee Harold L. Ashby and others arguing for or against intervention, while reflecting on American choices from Korea to Vietnam and the costs of conflict.
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C. W. Fagerstrom
Miami
Frank Menefee
Akron
Indochina
John Foster Dulles
Southeast Asia
Menefee
Harold L. Ashby
Muncie
Ind
Ashby
Hanoi
Australia
New Zeland
Philippines
Hawaii
United States
Nixon
Asia
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Army
Korea
Eisenhower
Vietnam
Kennedy
South Vietnam
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Fime
America
Community colleges rise in Southern Illinois define Logan enrollments
Editorial urges support for John A Logan College as spring enrollment jumps 48 percent to 1076 from 723. It notes diverse regional origins, ongoing temporary facilities, and a looming permanent campus. It warns against complacency and stresses taxpayer accountability, program relevance, and public involvement to keep community colleges responsive and affordable.
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Southern Illinois
John A. Logan College
Logan
Marion
Carbondale
Herrin
West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Crab Orchard
Illinois
Rain Chief Seeks Drought Relief With Dance
In Florida a Commancher chief named Watchtaker performed a rain dance aimed at ending a drought. Though rain fell over Miami Beach, the Everglades remained dry and other regions faced worsening conditions as government science faced limited success.
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George Watchtaker
Florida
A Commancher
Miami Beach
Everglades
Guthrie rejects federal honor for air pollution stand
Captain William Guthrie, an airline pilot fired for refusing to dump jet fuel into the atmosphere, declines a federal award from the Department of Health Education and Welfare. He remains critical that the government still permits pollution and says the award would be inappropriate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Miami
William Guthrie
Guthrie
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Eastern Airlines
Percy push to ban sex discrimination in Senate pages
Senate Rules Committee approves a Percy led resolution to end sex discrimination in appointing Senate pages. Three young girls’ appointments have been delayed as many senators cling to tradition. Leader Hugh Scott cites national mood and elections as factors shaping the decision.
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Charles Percy
U.S. Senate
Percy
Senate
Hugh Scott
Best sellers Greening of America tops nonfiction list
A NY Times analysis from 125 bookstores in 64 cities lists Reichs The Greening of America as the top nonfiction title. Other top ten include The Passions of the Mind The New Centurions The Underground Man The Throne of Saturn The Antagonists Rich Man Poor Man Show Passenger 7 Frankfurt Summer of 42 The Bell Jar.
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The
New York Times
U.S
Stone
Uris
NEW Centurions
Wambaugh
MacDonald
Drury
Gann
Poor Manshow
Frankfurt
Christie
Raucher
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Pontiac
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Oklahoma
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Southern
John C. Gardner
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
Signs of the Times
the Greening OF
Reich
Future Shock
Toffler
Bury
Wounded Knee
Brown É. Boss — Royko
G. Stillwell
China
Tuchman
Birmingham
Morison
Listening TO
Moyers
Amtrak
Amtrac
Moon
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