Senate roll calls need tote boards for speed and clarity
The Illinois House used a lottery like atmosphere with electronic scoreboards and a betting vibe during a lottery bill vote. Rep. Rolland Tipsword reportedly won the sweepstakes while voting no. The Senate lacks a tote board and relies on names called by clerks, slowing business and inviting misreads. A simple tally system would improve deliberation.
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Illinois
Las Vegas
Rolland Tipsword
D-Taylorville
Rep
Tipsword
Senate
Pulitzer praise and a local Omaha Boys Town investigation
The piece notes the 1972 Pulitzer acclaim for Washington Post Watergate reporting and highlights an overlooked award for local investigative reporting won by the Sun papers of Omaha for exposing Boys Town finances, revealing $209 million in idle funds. The report argues investigative journalism thrives beyond big cities and should scrutinize local institutions.
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Washington Post
Washington Journal
New York Times
Max Frankel
China
Knight Newspapers
Davis S. Broder
The
Chicago Tribune
Sun Newspapers
Omaha
Neb
Boys Town
Nebraska Institution
Boys Town Internal Revenue Service
Midwest
America
Purlie Victorious seen as satire not simple race tale
The piece argues Ossie Davis wrote Purlie Victorious as pointed satire of race relations. It contends critics misread the play as a bland comedy and that the work exposes white patronizing views of black characters.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Review
Ossie Davis
Purlie
Daily Egyptian
Bill Cosby
Davis
Uncle Tom
Illinois railroads faring better amid Northeastern crisis
Illinois railroads, healthier than six bankrupt systems in the Northeast, face no broad surplus trackage and worry Penn Central’s collapse. Ralph Truitt of the ICC notes Illinois lines have struggled to keep up through inflation and wages, while action proposals diverge on federal aid, restructuring, and possible nationalization.
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O. T. Banton
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
Congress
Ralph Truitt
Illinois Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Truitt
Norfolk & Western
Baltimore & Ohio-Chesapeake & Ohio
ICC
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Beardstown
Flora
Shawneetown
Penn Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central Lines
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Claude S. Brinegar
Federal Department of Transportation
Nixon
John P. Fullam
Federal District Court
Philadelphia
Penn-Central
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Brinegar
DOT
Binegar
Toa
Proposals for rescuing bankrupt railroads draw Congress scrutiny
Illinois and other Midwest railroads watch the six Northeastern firms as DOT plan favored by Brinegar faces criticism. Alan S. Boyd of Illinois Central Gulf urges subsidies for core routes while avoiding nationalization, and ICC plans to keep service with subsidies or privatized trusts. Local notes include a restaurant licensing Q&A.
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O. T. Banton Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois
Midwest
Congress
United States
Alan S. Boyd
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co
Claude S. Brinegar
Federal Department of Transportation
DOT
Northeast
Boyd
Brinegar
Lyndon Johnson
Lindsay-Schaub
Washington
Boston
Pur Lie theater critique brushes race, art and context
A reviewer disputes critics for missing the play’s race and context in Purlie, praising Patrick McCammon’s performance and the ensemble. The writer argues reviewers misjudge character dynamics like Lutiebelle Missy Idella Landy and Gitlow, urging awareness of cultural setting beyond white observers.
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Purlie
Patrick McCammon
Quasisermon
Cotchipee
Black
Jane
Ralph Greene
Scarlet O’hara
Doris Day
Bonnie Harmon
Missy
Lutiebelle
Idella Landy
Charles Hunter
Uncle Tom
Tennessee Williams
Jackson County Taxpayers Association thanks editor
Don Raines, President of the Jackson County Taxpayers Association, writes to thank the Southern Illinoisan for the editorial Taxpayers May Have Found a Friend and commends its reporting on Carbondale Zoning Commission meetings. He notes objectivity in tax dollar use and potential effects on Jackson County tax structure.
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Southern Illnoisan
Jackson County Taxpayers Association
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Jackson County
Don Raines
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