Short ballot reform gains support in Illinois editorial
Governor Otto Kerner backs appointive offices for most state posts, arguing a short ballot increases accountability and policy coherence. The piece weighs electing versus appointing secretary of state and attorney general, warns against expanded patronage, and urges swift adoption to strengthen state government.
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Illinois
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Marjorie Pebworth
Secretary of State
United States
Politicians Keep Accounting In Dark Ages
Illinois GOP state chair Victor Smith argues voters ignore talk of campaign finance change. He warns of uncontrolled growth in campaign spending and notes many efforts to involve small donors have not attracted interest. The piece cites testimonial dinners and fundraising practices for both parties and laments opaque accounting methods.
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Illinois
GOP
Victor Smith
Robinson
Champaign County
Independent Voters of Illinois
Smith
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
D. C
Dirksen
William L. Springer
Decatur
Richard M. Nixon
Keep Moon For Lovers Keep Moon For Lovers
President Johnson urges preserving the moon for all nations and outlines the need for an international treaty. With a probable manned moon landing within five years the United Nations should lead rules for peaceful exploration and shared governance of Earth's satellite.
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Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Earth
Unclear fragmentary note on stock and poverty aid
The text presents fragmented lines about a Queensland Rounder, cellar stock, a distillery decline by two pints, a conservative man seeking war on poverty aid, and a candie camera at Cornell. The passage is garbled with no coherent event or source.
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Wall Street
Fulbright lectures on democracy and dissent in America
Senator J William Fulbright argues that dissent is a test of democracy praising criticism as a service to the nation. He warns against arrogance of power and urges Americans to remain honest and outspoken while remaining loyal to the country’s core values.
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Sen
J. William Fullbright
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Camus
United States
Syracuse
Napoleon
Hitler
Russia
Samuel Butler
Foreign Service
Ned O’gorman
Latin America
State Department
Dominican Republic
Johns Hopkins University
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Christian A. Herter
Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies
Department of State
O’gorman
Early Manchuria clashes and Jesuit role in China
This feature traces early Russo Manchurian contact in the 17th century, the 1689 Merchinsk treaty, and Jesuit influence in Qing China. It notes Ricci and other missionaries, the Rites Controversy settled by 1715, and later Western curiosity about China plus Sino European trade dynamics and the Macartney mission.
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Don Oakley
Society of Jesus
China
Joannes Schall
Ferdinand Verbiest
Matteo Ricci
Peking
Ricci
Letter in support of Kerner loyalty oath repeal and Clabaugh Act
John L. Hammond Jr of Carbondale urges readers to back Gov Otto Kerner's proposals to repeal the state loyalty oath and the Clabaugh Act banning subversive speakers on campuses. He cites benefits to the university and broader community and asks citizens to sign an open letter of endorsement.
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Southern Illinoisan
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Clabaugh
John L. Hammond Jr
Carbondale
Royalton Urged to Wake Up by Reader
In a letter to the editor, Mrs. Mary Wesdell of Royalton calls on residents to wake up and address the town’s character, arguing for honest portrayal and accountability in The Southern Illinoisan.
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Royalton
The
Southern Illinoisan
Mary Wesdell Royalton
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