Strikes Threaten Southern Illinois Economy and Labor Trust
A newspaper editorial warns Southern Illinois faces deepening economic harm from extended strikes after contract expirations. It cites UMW and Locals 554 votes, rising unemployment, and plant layoffs, urging urgent, good faith bargaining and renewed trust between labor and management to avoid permanent damage.
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Illinois
United Mine Workers
UMW
Sam Church
Washington
Herrin
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Norge
Prile
National Coal
Illinois Central Gulf
Herrin High School
David Garner
Security boom drives officials and stars to hire guards
After Reagan and Lennon shootings, public figures from governors to entertainers adopt protective measures. Governors wear bullet resistant gear, Falwell travels with a security team, and show business figures report doubled requests for guards. Industry estimates show U.S. security spending near six billion annually with widespread private safety upgrades and firearm precautions.
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Robert Lindsey
New York Times
Reagan
John Lennon
John Paul II
Rome
Illinois
James R. Thompson
America
Jerry Falwell
Moral Majority Inc
White House
Nashville
Lennon
Robert DeNiro
John W. Hinckley Jr
Jodie Foster
Reducing the deadly fringe of public figures
In the wake of the pope assassination attempt, Richard Moore argues leaders should avoid crowded fringe areas at events. Use secured routes and the Eisenhower bubble, require bulletproof gear, and employ surprise in travel to reduce risk without abandoning public engagement.
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William Safire
New York Times
Washington
John Paul II
White House
Secret Service
Richard Moore
George Bush
Richard Nixon
Moore
Nixon
Ford
Robert Kennedy
George Wallace
Reagan
Roosevelt
Beliefs of Unitarians God is not dead
Gladys Rees Jones writes as Program Chairman of the First Unitarian Fellowship Carbondale. She defends Unitarian Universalist views that blend reason and religion and embrace humanist theism. She cites Rev. Beattie and Rev. Davies, urging personal liberty in creed and the universal brotherhood of man.
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God Is
Paul Beattie
All Souls Unitarian Church of
Indianapolis
Southern Illinoisan
Bonnie Marx
First Unitarian Fellowship of
Carbondale
God
Unitarian Universalists
Beattie
A. Powell Davies
Brotherhood of Man
Gladys Rees Jones
First Unitarian Fellowship
Riding it out with Carter
A letter to the editor praises Virginia Marmaduke for her depiction of former President Jimmy Carter. The writer notes he answered inquiries during his White House tenure and after returning to Plains Georgia. He echoes Marmaduke’s line Let those in the saddle try to ride it out and mocks talk of mounting ventures on ranches.
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Reagan
Eldin Stanton
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Los Angeles
Pri
Southern Illinoian
Virginia Marmaduke
Jimmy Carter
White House
Should we ban radar guns too
Wayne Owens argues against radar guns in policing, likening them to concealed weapons. He claims troopers hide in unmarked cars and hidden locations, earning millions daily, and compares radar enforcement to robbery while advocating visible patrols.
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Jessie James
Wayne Owens
Herrin
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Solutions Inc
David Treen
Louisiana
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North Dakota
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Hollywood
Texas
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Emory Folmar
Montgomery
Ala
Miami
Jesus
Carter
Plains, Ga
Joe Howell
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