Hiroshima Crayon Art Shows Nuclear Age Humanity
A small Hiroshima museum displays a map of the 1945 blast with a gold reflector marking detonation and walls of photos of ground zero. A side room with wax crayon drawings by Japanese children captures the human impact, showing hollow eyes and burned skin as a stark testament to the bomb’s reach. The piece notes leaders avoid mentioning Hiroshima, amid calls for nuclear arms reduction.
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Hiroshima
Southern Illinois Savings and Loan Company
Ey Concrete
Japan
Earth
Gan
Soviet Union
Europe
Vanity and weight fears drive diet craze then rebalance
A reflection on America's obsession with thinness, citing Harvard data that 20 million dieters are mostly women, the rise of anorexia nervosa among teens, and the belief that beauty is culturally defined. It notes fashion and media pressures and suggests a future swing toward indulgence with a tongue in cheek nod to stocking Twinkies.
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Harvard Medical School
America
Worker safety laws and government role in protection
An editorial argues conservatives oppose worker safety rules but notes Congress blocked cuts to Mine Safety Health Administration and cites no fatal injuries in Southern Illinois coalfields this year. It credit regulations for raised awareness among workers and management and defend government as a referee protecting life and liberty.
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Congress
Mine Safety Health Administration
MSA
Southern Illinois
United Mine Workers
Democrats want no more Carters
The Hunt Commission heard testimony from Democrats of varied views on reforming delegate selection after Carter’s nominating run. Critics argue the system favors those not in public office and hindering party unity, while some back full voting delegates from Congress and governors. The panel will reconvene in January to craft recommendations aimed at tightening the nomination process to curb longshot campaigns like Carter’s.
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Jack W. Germond
Jules White
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Democratic Party
Commission On
Carter
Congress
Hunt
Cranston
Volcker signals patience on easing policy amid high rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker faced questions on policy easing as long term rates hit records and stocks slid. Congress shows restrained but mounting pressure while Democrats attack Reagan administration over inflation. Volcker cites budget deficits and inflation as drivers of high rates and stresses targeting money growth to curb inflation.
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Ross Evans
Congressional Quarterly
Federal Reserve Board
Paul A. Volcker
Fed
Volcker
Congress
Gress
Fence Berking
Jake Garn
Rutah
Senate
Houseing Committee
Congressional Record
Reagan
Gene Snyder
R-Ky
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Senate Democrats
Carter
Riegle
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Reuss
House Banking Committee
Joint Economic Committee
Donald T. Regan
Senate Banking Panel
Prison life seen through inmate voices in Menard tours
A letter to the Southern Illinoisan rebuts a Cobden resident’s view of prison life. It describes cell dimensions and daily confinement, contrasts violence with reform aims, and promotes inmate tours at Menard to show humane treatment and daily life inside.
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Southern Illinoisan
Anna Smith
Cobden
Menard
Jesus Centered Appeal for Carbondale Women’s Center
Editor calls the Carbondale Woman's Center a key local giver of aid as Jesus taught. He praises Carbondale city taxes and United Way support for meeting basic acts of charity, noting United Way's goal exceeded and deeming the center vital amid political preoccupations.
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Righteous Center
Southern
Ilinoisan
Jesus
Carbondale Woman’s Center
City of
Carbondale
United Way
Woman’s Center
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