Editorials favoring unit school districts gain time in Carbondale
A Southern Illinoisan piece argues for forming a unit school district from Carbondale High and Grade school districts plus Unity Point, Giant City, Glendale and De Soto. It cites benefits from centralized purchasing, expanded student services, and reduced administrative costs, urging action to avoid lingering limbo.
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Unity Point
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale High School
Carbondale
Giant City
Glendale
de Soto
Illinois
Murphysboro
Marion
Herrin
Illinois budget balance shrinks as welfare costs rise
Illinois faced a bleaker budget outlook as Governor Ogilvie’s balance for June 30 fell from 86 million to 31 million. A 31 million welfare cost increase and 20 million shortfall in sales tax plus 10 million in refunds cut carryover to 1972 by 55 million, prompting calls for federal revenue sharing and education funding relief.
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Illinois
Ogilvie
John McCarter
House
Ways and Means
Southern Illinoisan Editorial Leadership Names
John C. Gardner serves as Editor and General Manager with Robert D. Reid and James K. Adams as Managing Editor and Business Manager respectively.
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John C. Gardner
Robert D. Reid
James K. Adams
Toll in lives dollars listed Vietnam war
The Indochina war killed over 280,000 Allied troops and cost the United States and France more than 135 billion dollars. It shaped U.S. politics and spurred a youth movement while laying bare a long conflict burdening many nations and ferried by extensive air power and naval support.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
United States
France
U.S
Southeast Asia
Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Saigon
U.S. Treasury
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Laos
Cambodia
South Korea
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
North
South
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Indochina
Hanoi
Pathet Lao
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Poland
America
General Accounting Office
Congress’ Investigation Agency
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Subcommittee
Europe
North Africa
Pacific
Army Military History Office
Korea
Far East Command
Khe Sanh
Letters on war and school funding stir Southern Illinoisan readers
Shirley Verhines of Mt. Vernon urges ending U S involvement in Vietnam and criticizes government leaders for indulgent actions toward war. She questions aid to nonpublic schools and calls for a public vote on school funding and vouchers, arguing for freedom of choice and taxpayer fairness.
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the Southern Illinoisan
Ivory Towers
Great Lakes
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Ogilvie
Shirley M. Verhines
Mt. Vernon
Reader laments biased editorial on Carbondale mayor
Joanne Keene of Pinckneyville accuses The Southern Tilinoisan of bias in editorials about David Keene's four years as Carbondale mayor. She criticizes perceived prejudice and urges readers to ignore such print, calling newspapers fit only for garbage wrapping.
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The
Southern Tilinoisan
Southern Tilincisan
David Keene
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Keene
Joanne Keene
Pinckneyville
Recycling reform urged for Carbondale metropolis
Joe Baranowski, a SIU freshman from Carbondale, urges city council to adopt radical recycling measures. He calls for a waste tax, subsidies to make recycling economical, and separate garbage rates to fund plants and reduce landfills.
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Carbondale
Joe Baranowski
S.I.U
Noted Witness Leslie Bacon in FBI Statement
The FBI described Leslie Bacon as not a criminal but a material witness with bond set at $100,000. The narrative recalls three children named Oscar Emmy and Tony and the matriarch called Grammy in a playful reminiscence.
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Leslie Bacon
FBI
Oscar
Emmy
Tony
Grammy
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John Krobut
Carbondale P.S
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