Supreme Court guidelines on confessions face Senate challenge
Editorial argues against eroding Miranda and Mallory rules by blocking federal review of state court confessions. It defends due process, warrants, and privacy protections, warning that weakening protections could erode individual rights and diminish respect for law. It cites Fifth Amendment aims to prevent coerced statements and uphold fair trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sam Ervin
D-N. C
Supreme Court
Court of Law
Percy backs nonviolent Poor People's March stance
Sen. Charles H. Percy visits the Washington encampment, dons a carpenter apron, and drives a nail into a plywood shanty to symbolize endorsement. He urges nonviolence and lawful conduct while urging Americans to listen learn and petition their government for redress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Washington
Percy
Sen
Detroit
Midwest
Southern Leadership Conference
Cobo Hall
Young men want millions but balk at long work lives
In a Youth Research Institute survey, many high school seniors favored annual incomes of 15000 to 40000 after college, but resisted working past age 50. The column notes earlier hopes of 5000 to 10000 yearly, then salary cuts postwar, and broader economic pressures alongside living costs. The writer reflects on books, media, vacations, and a Peoria silver wedding anniversary in a meandering column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Research Institute
Bradentown
Florida
Rachel Carson
Peoria
Decatur
Lusitania salvage plan by American diver in Kinssale area
Kinssale Ireland onlookers follow John Light, a Bostonian diver, who plans a year long salvage of the Lusitania sunk in May 1915 off the Old Head of Kinside. Light says ownership papers prove his claim and outlines a six to eight man American team employing a Kinvarra based decompression system for extended underwater work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Frost
Associated Press
Kinssale
Ireland
John Light
America
New York
Tipperary
Kinsdale
Light
Kinsale
Kinvarra
British War Risks Commission
Britain
Jim Hazelwood
Azusa
Calif
Roger Hanson
Wellesley
Mass
Frustration and Entrenched Views Emerge in Carbondale Letter
A reader voices anger at local press coverage and calls for balanced debate on policing and public spending. The letter critiques a sheriff’s approach, questions advertising tactics, and urges fiscally prudent use of taxpayer money amid claims of unrest and past events.
Residents defend ad funded trash cans as cost saver
Letter writer argues sponsors pay for new cans with ads and urges critics to compare with televised commercials. She notes cans are cleaner than years of street litter and invites objectors to fund a nonadvertising version through the Junior Chamber of Commerce or city officials in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Chamber of Commerce
Robyn Feigenbaum
Briarwood
Dr. Carbondale
Four-Letter Words Highlight Odd Phrase Debate
Readers note the line contains only four to five genuine four letter words, excluding the spaced formed letters like 1 0 v e and b a b y. The remark frames a linguistic puzzle challenging casual reading.
Illinois townships wasteful and costly in 1870s, Champaign shows tension
The article compares township government with a county commission form, citing Champaign and Pope counties. It notes townships under the Champaign board where City of Champaign and Urbana areas hold influence, and Morgan County’s three- commissioner model as efficient. Pope County suffers deficits and high costs for annual elections, while Cook County remains in the black with a large budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Champaign
City of
Rantoul
Cunningham
Urbana
C. Vaughn Roughton
Champaign Township
Kerr Township
Supreme Court
Morgan County Commission
Morgan County
Harry Thompson
Jacksonville
Commission
Pope County
Milton Baker
Shawnee National Forest
Baker
Cook County
J. E. Taylor
Chicago
Elgin
Aurora
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Ington
David Felts
Grant Wood
Playboy
Look
NBC
Wildwood
Pete
Pooh
Lusitania
Kinfarra
Carbondale
Carmichael
USA
Lindbergh
Earth
University of Illinois
Charles Puffenbarger
Washington Evening Star
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