Editorial: Money to Fight Starvation Spent Wasting Funds
Editorial argues federal food programs misallocate emergency funds for starvation relief. It notes Kennedy and Murphy inspection teams, delays by Johnson, and repeated transfers from the emergency fund reducing real aid. Critics say misused dollars hurt the chronically poor and foster distrust in government.
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United States
U.S
Robert Kennedy
New York
George Murphy
California
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
House Agriculture Com
Agriculture Department
USDA
Bourbonnais backs state income tax as revenue plan
Bourbonnais village trustees, led by President Leon Blanchette, approve using a computer to craft a state income tax proposal replacing local taxes. The plan envisions a 5 percent tax, with real estate taxes reduced 22 percent for local needs, highlighting innovation amid Illinois fiscal woes and forthcoming budget deficits.
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Illinois
Kankakee
Leon Blanchette
Bourbonnias
Blanchette
Modernizing Local Government in Illinois Faces Reform Pressure
An analysis of the 1966 Committee for Economic Development report notes six structural weaknesses in local government, including small size, overlapping jurisdictions, and weak planning. Calls for major consolidation, a single chief executive, professional staff, and broader powers, with Illinois highlighted as overburdened yet resistant to change.
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Illinois
The
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Robert F. Steadman
Washington
Steadman
Times
Pennsylvania
Jacksonville
Florida
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York Times
Alliance for Progress faces peril says Latin America
Washington hemisphere economists warn Latin American economic integration is at a decisive point. The Inter American Committee for the Alliance for Progress urges directional changes and more intense action in trade talks and investment to avoid a slow death of the integration concept.
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Benjamin Welles
New York Times
Washington Hemisphere
Latin America
Inter American Committee For the Alliance For Progress
CIAP
Johnson
Punta del Este
Uruguay
U. S
inter-American Fund
U.S
Sol M. Linowitz
OAS
New Delhi
Alliance For Progress
Abandoned Kittens Spur Humane Society Appeal
Reader reflects on cruelty to animals after finding a mother cat and three kittens in a box and later only two kittens. Editor notes Jackson County Humane Society data and adoption options, urging donations and awareness. The shelter aids lost pets and accepts adopters from beyond Jackson County.
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Jackson County Humane Society
The
Southern Illinoisan
Humane Society
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Jackson County
See with eyes that see all humans as equal
A letter from Mrs. A. L. Morgan of Carbondale urges readers to abandon racial labels and hatred. She argues that higher living standards alone cannot heal society and that love is the cure for prejudice.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
A. L. Morgan Carbondale
Carbondale Traffic Plan: Residents Propose New East West Routes
A reader urges city planners to ease congestion on Main Street by adding frontage roads or new east–west streets one block north and south of the highway. He recommends a new east west highway from Giant City to old Route 13, opening business sites and reducing peak hour traffic. He notes many commuters are SIU students and asks for public input.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Oakland
Old Rt. 13
Wall St
Main Street
City Blacktop
SIU
Rt. 13
City Planning Commission
Sad front page shows student unrest and campaign news
A Southern Illinoisan editor notes May 9, 1968 front page focus on a small group of malcontents from STU amid ten other articles including coverage of a presidential aspirant and his wife.
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Southern Illinoisan
Our Times
STU
Letter on welfare, rents, and slum reform debated
Suzanne Lawry cites welfare costs while rent payments to a landlord drain funds, proposing an inverse property tax on slum properties. The letter questions policy choices, notes page five news about 383 U S GIs lost, and criticizes police actions in a Carbondale window-smashing incident awaiting trial details. R G Schipf of 304 Emerald Lane adds his concerns.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Suzanne Lawry Carbondale
Page Five
U.S
Carbondale
R. G. Schipf
Emerald Lane
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Mittee
Office of Economic Opportunity Funds
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bourbonnais
Samuel Shapiro
Shapiro
Hoover
University of Illinois
Charles Pffenbarger
Washington Evening Star
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