Oniontown holds to secession as Royko roils Illinois
A reader defends Southern Illinois against Carl Royko's Chicago centric jabs. He relishes downstate pride, mocks Chicago politics, and argues oniontown could secede but must not rejoin after heavy snows. He cites local life, economy, parks, schools, and culture as proof downstate outshines the north.
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Mabel
Royko
Royko Feller
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Oniontown
Sadie
Uniontown
Crab Orchard
Lake Carlyle
Dr. Jin
Feller
Lincoln
Middle East Countries
Public Works Department
Dan Ryan
Southern Illinois and Lee Enterprises Newspaper Opinions
John C. Gardner serves as publisher and Peter W. Selkowe as editor for the Southern Illinois and Lee Enterprises newspaper opinions section. The piece notes the leadership roles guiding editorial direction and public discourse.
Salukis spring ends a chilly winter with wins
The SIU Carbondale baseball and track teams delivered a string of victories end a dreary winter for Saluki athletics. Coach Lew Hartzog’s track squad persisted without indoor facilities to win in the Missouri Valley Conference while Richard Jones’s baseball team rallied from a 23-4 loss to defeat Wichita State 5-3 and 3-0 to claim the Valley title and reach the NCAA Midwest Regional.
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Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Saluki
Salukis
Lew Hartzog
Brighter Illumination A Fahner Open Meetings Revision Passes
The measure by Attorney General Tyrone Fahner tightens the 1957 Open Meetings Law. It defines a meeting as a majority quorum meeting for public business, gives courts power to void illegal actions, and requires minutes for all meetings, including exemptions. The revisions are praised as a clear step toward stronger democracy against public officials treating business as private.
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PLC
House
Senate
Tyrone Fahner
Fahner
Senate hearing on Lefever tests U S human rights stance
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled Ernest Lefever over two days reflecting sharply on U S rights policy. Lefever, 62, denied anti communist bias while facing charges of evasiveness and questioned about his stance against torture and how aggressively Washington should confront abuses abroad.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ernest Lefever
Lefever
Te Brookings Institution
Charles Percy
Illinois
Percy
Helsinki Watch Committee
Committee For
Soviet Jewry
United States
The
Wall Street Journal
Amnesty International marks 20th anniversary in Carbondale
The Carbondale Amnesty International unit invites locals to join its ongoing effort to free prisoners of conscience and improve prison conditions. Since 1961 AI has sent thousands of letters and missions, aiding hundreds of detainees in 56 countries. The Carbondale group, non political and non ideological, seeks involved readers.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Amnesty International
Peer Berenson
London Observer
Berenson
A.I
A.S
Dominican Republic
U.S.A
P.O
Carbondale, Ill
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Peter Selkowe
Little Egypt
D Lee Enterprises Newspaper
John C. Gardner
Peter W. Selkowe
U.S
Rudy Boschwitz
R-Minn
Edward Zorinsky
Iowa
Soviet Union
Reagan
Earl Stibitz
Naomi Kleinman
Dennis Moran
Charlotte Foote
Betty Fladel
Charles Snyder
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