Logan referendum vital to our region
Logan College seeks 6 million dollars in bonds to fund a Carterville campus building. It will house microcomputers dental assistance and coal research programs. The measure extends the original bond issue with no tax increase while stressing Logan’s role in computer training and regional growth.
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John A. Logan College
Southern Illinois
He College
Carterville
Sture
Logan
United States
Robert Tarvin
Illinois
Watt Should Stay Justice Symbol for Environmental Move
The piece argues James Watt, Reagan's Interior Secretary, is a strong symbol for environmental policy. It praises his tough stance, notes bipartisan concerns, and suggests environmentalists should oppose ousting him while acknowledging the movement’s political costs and power.
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Rick
James Watt
Lapergs
Ee,p
Congress
Watt
Sierra Club
Johnny Carson
Mark Russell
Doonesbury
Aganda
Reagan
Theodore Roosevelt
America
National Wildlife Federation
Rocky Mountains
Smokey the Bear
Radio Marti plan risks Cuban refugee surge and credibility
American diplomats warn Reagan era radio station for Cuba could trigger thousands more Cuban refugees to flee to the United States. They argue Radio Marti would undermine Voice of America and waste $10 million on a provocative, counterproductive information campaign.
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Reagan
United States
Havana
Cuba
Radio Marti
Fidel Castro
Miami
Voice of America
Florida
Castro
Onnec
Caribbean
United States stance on Latin American dictatorships
Robert Wesson argues U.S. policy should avoid backing one man dictatorships while recognizing the complex realities of Latin American regimes. He compares personal rule with corporatist military regimes in Argentina Brazil Uruguay and Chile, urging balanced engagement to foster gradual democratic evolution and guard U.S. prestige.
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Robert Wesson
Hoover Institution
United States
Latin America
U.S
Latin Inca
Guatemala
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Chile
America
Ees
Mexico
Costa Rica
Disappearing in Argentina mothers seek answers in Plaza de Mayo
Edward Schumacher reports from Buenos Aires on the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a 2,500 member group whose weekly marches demand accountability for more than 6,000 disappearances after the 1976 coup. Mothers like Sara Romani de Goitea recount vanished children, police raids, and a government resistant to investigations, as fear and grief persist amid unresolved cases and legal ambiguities.
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Edward Schumacher
New York Times
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sara Romani de Goitea
Mothers of
Plaza de Mayo
Interior Ministry
Robert Eduardo Viola
Supreme Court to rule on religion and race in rights case
The Supreme Court opens its term with five church state cases. Central issues include IRS denial of tax exempt status to racially discriminatory religious schools and Amish tax exemptions for Social Security. Observer disputes whether such rulings infringe religious freedom or curb government authority.
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Elder Witt
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Court
Argu
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S.C
Goldsboroistian Schools
Goldsboro
N.C
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Preme Court
Pennsylvania
Edwin Lee
Carpenter
Lee
Ene
Dire Conares
Natem
Poe Fecrty
Valley Forge
Valley Foren Christian College
College
U.S
University of Missouri
Kansas City
8Th
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John C. Gardner
Peter W. Selkowe
Logan College
Jerry Lacey
June Kunkel
Jacob Whitecotton
Ut Lacey
Kunkel
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lacey
Illinois Community Col—_ Trustee Association
Radio Free Cuba
Berane
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