Duty of legislator is to vote for the public interest
An editorial argues of lawmakers in safe districts who vote to reflect constituent polls. It criticizes blind adherence to majority opinion, warns against predicting public desire with polls, and defends independent judgment based on experience and conscience. It cites Illinois school tax referendums as a case where representatives must balance citizen demands with fiscal needs.
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U.S
Illinois
Congress
Federal grants and state funding in the U S system
The piece argues Illinois ranks near the bottom in net federal grants per dollar paid, with New Jersey higher and Alaska receiving less than a quarter back. It questions the grants-in-aid structure, notes the matching funds burden on states, and proposes tax reductions and reallocation to favor underdeveloped areas while reducing earmarking.
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Illinois
New Jersey
Minois
Ttinais
Tinais
Alaska
Washington
California
Newfeet
Jury trial rights expand nationwide in Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court ruled states must provide jury trials in serious criminal cases as federal courts do, affecting Louisiana and others where such rights were limited. Gary Dunbar, a 19 year old black man, faced a $150 fine and 60 days in jail for a civil rights protest scuffle, under a Louisiana law allowing harsher sentences. Justice Byron R. White stated that a general jury trial right for serious offenses is essential for fair trials.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
Illiois
Supreme Court
Gary Dunbar
Dunbar
Byron R. White
Aid for butter not for guns fuels Peru policy shift
The United States halts all development aid loans to Peru for the current year after Peru spent over 20 million dollars on 12 French Mirage jets. The move follows a 1968 act requiring aid reductions equal to weapons spending, signaling a shift toward tying aid to nonmilitary spending and policy goals.
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Peru
U.S
United States
Illinois delegates deference to Daley shapes 1988 race
Illinois Democratic delegates contest the 1988 presidential race with many still uncommitted awaiting Mayor Daley's decision. Of 52 responding candidates, 20 backed McCarthy while 14 would have supported Johnson, and Humphrey or Kennedy drew limited interest. The primary votes June 1 select 48 delegates. Springfield convention June 2 picks the rest, with unit-rule influence possible.
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John K. Inglehart
Associated Press
Johnson
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Leslie Beck
Daley
Beck
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F.kennedy
New York
Humphrey
Kennedy
Ing
McCarthy
Sen
Clarence J. Ruddy
Aurora
15Th
Cameron B. Satterthwaite
Urbana
Gene McCarthy
Springfield
Humphrey Kennedy
Otto Kerner
Justice Tourgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
James LaVern Sanders
West Frankfort
Reader letter questions Moon shots and invention claims
The editor rebuts Olive Miller’s letter, tracing early aviation and tech origins from Leonardo da Vinci to Lilienthal and Chanute, then Edison and telephones. It argues Americans excel at adaptation but rely on ideas from others, ponders moon missions as stepping stones to future worlds, and ends with a pointed biblical reference.
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Southern Illinoisan
Olive Miller
Olive
Leonardo da Vinci
Alberto Sentos - Dumont
Paris
Otto Lilienthal
Octave Chanute
Lilienthal
Chanute
Chanute Field
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
da Vinci
Holland
Simon Steven
Don Quixote
Nicolas Cugnot
France
Thales
B.C
Franklin
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Watson
Europe
United States
Odd letter stirs SIU controversy over spokesmen
Leonard E. Brewster of Carbondale critiques Richard Parrish who calls SIU student body president a self appointed spokesman He questions Parrish's claim to represent students Illinois taxpayers black Americans and civilization amid Cold War fears Brewster hints Parrish envisions divine will in future installments.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Richard Parrish
Southern Illinois University
Parrish
Stokley Carmichael
Carmichael
SIU
Ilinois
United States
Leonard E. Brewster Carbondale
Cancer work praised by Southern Tinonisan editor
In the Sunday issue Jerry Grotta praises cancer control efforts and notes 10,000 American Cancer Society volunteers in Southern Illinois. The statement emphasizes Southern Illinois as a strong place to live and progress in cancer control, underscored by Hon. C. W. Bishop, Williamson County Crusade chairman.
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The
Southern Tinoisan
Jerry Grotta
American Cancer Society
Illinois
Southern Illinois
C.W. Bishop
Williamson County Unit Crusade
Real beauty column questions sewerage in Carbondale
A satirical note from The Southern Minoisan riffs on waste and sewerage, musing on why a city would build a treatment plant while mocking efficiency, geometry, and public can usage. The piece playfully weighs trash disposal choices and suburban curiosities.
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Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
Carbondale
Second Look at Mouse Trap Inventor’s Fortunate Heir
A biologist with three college degrees, son of the inventor who made a fortune from a new mouse trap, is now engaged in creating another mouse related invention. The story emphasizes lineage, education, and ongoing innovation in the field.
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