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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1978
Page
4
The Chicago Crime Commission urges Illinois lawmakers to reject off track betting citing New York experiences. It links betting to rising illegal bookmaking, loan shark debt, theft, and embezzlement, noting costs to low income families and business harm while lottery supporters push revenue.
President Carter argues that his declining popularity should not hurt Democrats this fall since coattails are minimal now. He notes new Congress members ran similarly in 1974 and 1976, prioritizing independence over establishment control, while warning fractured party discipline risks stalled agendas.
The piece argues that South Africa faces years of high inflation around 25-30 percent since 1974, scaring off foreign investors while remaining creditworthy for loans. It warns of possible revolts by black unemployed or peasants under strained conditions, likely met with thorough repression.
Murphysboro golfer Floyd Schwebel has two holes in one in 22 years, but neither counted. The first came after a tee shot out of bounds and a penalty stroke. the second rolled into the 18th cup on a par 4, not the ninth, sparing a dramatic outburst.
James L. Hecht reports on a HUD funded study showing only one of four blacks gets the same housing choices as whites in initial broker contacts across 40 cities. The piece argues for stronger enforcement, audits, and sanctions to end discrimination and prevent an American apartheid.
A federal funded private program offers welfare families in Chicago vouchers for privately owned apartments in white suburbs with rents subsidized to make them affordable. A dozen participants meet weekly in The Loop as the experiment aims to end urban apartheid and relocate about 21 families monthly.
Editor argues that the May 22 front page piece on Jackson County's multiplier is inaccurate omitting seven weeks to obtain the final figure from the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs and misstates timing for rate availability and billing. The letter contesting the piece calls for prominent exposure of corrected facts and a bold headline.
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