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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1973
Page
4
Editorial lauds Fry for first year as Carbon Dale city manager. Describes tactics on city finances as efficient thorough and forceful. Rewards include a $1.34 wage new car and Wednesday afternoons off. Mayor Eckert supports public evaluation and scrutiny of performance.
Secretary of State William Rogers earns praise for a 17 day Latin America mission. He is seen as representing a mature partnership with Latin American nations seeking trade over aid while pressing for a preferential trade plan and Mexico salinity solution. The trip fostered dialogue with leaders, press, and public, though skepticism remains about the administration’s ability to deliver.
Congress moves to curb presidential military action with bills approved by Senate 15-0 and House 25-7. The plan limits armed forces deployment without a congressional declaration to 30 days in the Senate version and 120 days in the House, only in emergencies. It excludes current hostilities such as Cambodia, shaping a joint executive-legislative duty for future conflicts.
In June 1971 President William Engbretson’s office was in a warehouse. by April 1973 it moved to a larger Planning Building as enrollment rose from projected 500 to 1168 full time equivalents. The university on 700 acres near Park Forest South offers only junior and senior undergraduate years plus one year of graduate study, with a highly experimental system and nontraditional faculty practices.
Sen Charles H Percy urges press to relentlessly seek the full truth behind Watergate. He laments executive overreach, calls for campaign finance reform, stronger congressional powers, and open government while warning against secrecy and corruption. He cites Nixon era quotes and stresses accountability across branches.
In a letter to the Rio editor, Rudolph Walderone known as Minnesota Fats is praised for humanitarian work in Dowell and Southern Illinois. He hosted and demonstrated pool skits at the Olympics bed and Crazy Horse Billiard Hall to raise support for the House of Glass Work Release Center, thanking him for using his time to aid residents.
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