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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1963
Page
4
The Kennedy administration pivots to pursue major tax reform and tax cuts this congressional session, arguing the nation may avoid a recession and reforms should proceed amid the fight. Advisors contend reductions can wait while reforms are pursued.
The House Education Committee advances a one year renewal of 330 million dollars in federal aid to about 4000 school districts affected by military posts. A plan to desegregate each district by June 30 1964 is required or impacted areas aid is forfeited. Senate battle looms. The piece also endorses staged tax cuts under CEO proposals to spur growth while limiting deficits.
Memo to State Department staff advises staying at desks and avoiding sea duties to gain U S influence. Sugar prices squeeze boosts profits for artificial sweetener firm. Elizabeth Taylor could earn about 7.1 million for Cleopatra, nearly matching imperial spending. Atlantic Wheat vote signals beltway road proposals. National debt rising burdens taxpayers with high ceilings.
A Radcliffe College group reverses campus prank culture by staging a BYD raid on Harvard Hall. The piece imagines a wave of female influence affecting national leaders and media, then notes such events are unlikely. The Radcliffe girls can only advise the nation. policy remains unchanged.
In a review of Bruce Catton’s Civil War trilogy, the second volume Terrible Swift Sword is highlighted for its detailed narrative from Bull Run to Sharpsburg and beyond. The work centers on Gen George B. McClellan, with notes, bibliography, and index, offering 480 pages of readable history. A second piece notes Miura’s Seville ranch and bullfighting legacy, including Manolete’s death and recent bullfighting incidents.
National Geographic Society joins a major effort to preserve California coast redwoods from logging and erosion. The article outlines the trees’ long history, the threat from irresponsible logging, landslide risks, and the need for watershed protection and broader federal support to expand preserved groves and study ecological factors.
An associate left early on Sunday not waiting for Emmys and argued few TV people stayed up to hear Pulitzer prizes. Ben Adhem’s tribe grows with Ahmed Ben Bella and Ben Cartwright among Algeria’s leaders and Ben Casey among the girls. Political Cupid’s arrows seem to score for Barry Goldwater.
The letter praises Dr. John Rock and his fertility research, noting his roles at the Rock Reproductive Clinic and Harvard Medical School. It urges citizens to lobby lawmakers for government funding, religious cooperation, and research to tackle global fertility and overpopulation, stressing priority over space exploration.
A New York Times report from Leopoldville details U S aid misuse in the Congo, with butter and other goods smuggled across the river to Brazzaville and markets flooded by surplus food programs. West and staff struggle to curb theft, diversions, and price inflation harming civilians.
In a letter to the Southern Illinoisan editor, a Carbondale resident rebuts claims that Southern Illinois University ruins the town. He argues students err but condemning all harms the university, notes land growth supports local prosperity, and defends the university’s expansion as essential to the community’s vitality.
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