Editorial endorses testing negative income tax plan
Twelve industrialists and financiers urge Gov Nelson Rockefeller to test a negative income tax as a long run alternative to welfare. They call public aid demeaning and inefficient and say the plan would refund taxes to the poor similar to how individuals pay the IRS. The proposal targets all 30 million Americans.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Internal Revenue Service
White House
Ben Heineman
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
New Jersey
Ford Motor Co
Boston
Detroit
Oakland
Findley backs Rockefeller amid Illinois GOP split
Rep. Paul Findley of Pittsfield shocks Nixon supporters by backing Gov. Nelson Rockefeller for president and joining his campaign in Illinois. Leaders like Ray Page and Donald Adams condemn the move as apostasy, while Findley argues Rockefeller is the strongest foe of Robert F. Kennedy. The piece notes Illinois Republicans face tensions between national trends and local loyalties as they weigh presidential options.
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Paul Findley
Pittsfield
New York
Gov
Rockefeller
Nixon
Ray Page
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Paul
Page
Illinois
Congress
Donald Adams
Springfield
Rep. Findley
America
Adams
Midwest
Rep
Findley
Robert F. Kennedy
Nixon Belt
New gun law seen as no problem for columnist
David Felts reflects on gun ownership with humor and nostalgia. He recalls limited experience with firearms in ROTC and farm life, noting the lack of personal ownership and the ban on a home made gun. He mentions peers debating registration fees and procedures.
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R.O.T.C. Infantry
University of Illinois
R.O.T.C
Field Artillery
Supreme Court
Setting record straight on United Methodist union history
Jack L. Collins from Murphysboro explains roots of the United Methodist Church merger with the Evangelical United Brothers Church. He notes prior unions creating both churches, outlines integration progress, finance plans for Negro ministers, and cites key church reforms and leadership, including bishops and the 1972 Atlanta conference.
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Hlindian
H. H. Menderhall
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brothers Church
United Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Protestant Methodist Church
EUB
Evangelical Church
United Brothers Church
Uniting Conference of the
United Methodist
Archibishop
John Joseph Carberry
St. Louis
Southern Illinois Conference
Dallas
Methodist
Iowa
New Jersey
Illinois
Dallas. Evening News
Judicial Council
Supreme Court
James §. Thomas
Charles F. Golden
Nashville
West Coast
Atlanta
Jack L. Collins
Murphysboro
Saigon market offers pets from pythons to fighting cocks
In Saigon, a crowded animal market caters to diverse tastes with 30-foot pythons, fighting cocks, Siamese fighting fish, puppies, kittens, ducks and chickens. Boys buy and borrow cocks for bets while families live among cages and wary dogs guard rare species.
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Charles Doe
Associated Press
Saigon
Financial District
Ben Tre
Nguyen Cao Ky
McCarthy backer replies to Choate over untested tag
In a Southern Illinoisan letter, a McCarthy supporter challenges Choate on labeling Eugene McCarthy a relative newcomer and untested. The writer argues McCarthy’s long record in Congress, committee work, and decades of experience counter the untested claim and defends his suitability against Humphrey.
McCarthy pushes national campaign despite limited party support
The text credits Senator McCarthy with mounting a national campaign despite inadequate funding and no major party backing. It notes his solitary stand against an incumbent president, his grassroots college student base, and his influence on Vietnam policy and the 1968 Democratic race, challenging Mr Choate's view of him as untested.
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Choate
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Johnson
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Indiana
McCarthy
Sible
Eet
Editor Questions Race Framing In Riot Coverage At SIU
Letter writer protests misrepresentation in reports about disturbances at President Morris office and Newark riots. Notes SIU Wesley Foundation event and a white majority crowd aiding a sympathy sit in with black students, while article misleads readers.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Morris
Olivia Woltering
Murphysboro
William Moffett
Southern Illinois Peace Committee
SIU
Wesley Foundation
Student Methodist Center
Letter controversies show student success and gun law debate
A reader critiques Pat Flowers letter on why students succeed, argues parental influence and status help top students, and questions the source of the “teachers pet” label. The piece ends urging readers to vote against legislators who supported a new gun law.
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The
Southern Illnoisan
Pat Flower
Herrin
Pat
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Trico
Jackson County
Gorham High School
Jackson County Law
Denmark
F.F.A
Future Farmers of America
State of Illinois F.F.A
Southern Illinoisan
Second look at GOP VP speculation unsettles party
Nobody will admit interest in the Republican party's vice presidential nomination not even William E Miller. Among those who tipped toed around the issue was Jack Frost, a coy figure in the chatter.
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Republican Party
William E. Miller
Jack Frost
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