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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1973
Page
4
The piece urges observing Be Kind to Animals Week by neutering pets. It notes many oppose neutering, creating litters and stray animals, and highlights the Southern Illinois Control of Pet Population group led by Carroll Law seeking a clinic for low cost neutering and spaying services.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education reaffirmed its recommended $647 million for fiscal 1974 operating expenses, opposing Governor Walker’s $601 million ceiling. It warned capitulation would politicize the board and undermine its duties while urging the General Assembly to defend any proposed changes.
Sen William Proxmire accuses the press of McCarthy era tactics in Watergate reporting. He criticizes rushed headlines and unproven charges, urging focus on verified facts as Sen Sam Ervin’s committee prepares a public probe with key figures to testify. The article warns against sensationalism harming credibility.
A committee outlines broad goals for the Illinois State Board of Education while urging legislative flexibility. It calls for appointing a chief state educational officer, setting qualifications, and planning board operations before 1975, then transferring remaining duties from the superintendent and related boards under a general mandate.
The LEAA grant system links funds to state plans and city pass-throughs. Governors back revenue sharing but split over routing aid while Congress weighs removing strings and keeping control, with urban crime focus and debates from Rodino Stanton Seiberling and city leaders.
Mike Shearer argues against blanket book bans at universities while acknowledging a single good consequence of a brief birth control handbook ban. He disputes labeling books as bad and stresses evaluating individuals over groups, critiquing university authorities who censor works.
A writer defends open reading for college students while recounting a history of book bans from The Bible to Mark Twain. The piece argues bans reflect zealotry, urges discretion by parents yet trusts adults to choose reading material without filters.
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