Mexico’s wealthy trade politics for power and fortune
Alan Riding outlines how Mexico’s postrevolution wealth concentrates among business dynasties and political elites. He notes executives like Manuel Espinosa Yglesias and Gaston Azcarraga shaping banks and media, while many fortunes grew through politics after 1946. Corruption and conflicts of interest cited as common paths to wealth.
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Bernardo Garza Sada
Houston
Octaviano Longoria
Janette
Mexico
Sanchez Navarrons
West Virginia
Limantour
Corcuera
Lopez Negrete
Martinez Gallardo
United States
Rockefellers
Fords
Melions
Manuel Espinosa Yglesias
Banco de Comercio
Gaston Azcarraga
Emilio
Televisa
Bernardo Quintana
ICA Group
Suaredgmics
Miguel Aleman Valdes
Illinois Voter survey explains its aims and limits
Our Opinions notes an independent Illinois Voter poll by Richard Day to gauge statewide race views in an election year. It discusses poll aims, methods, potential political use, and cautions readers not to assume elections from August results, urging informed voting on election day.
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Illinois
Richard Day
Champaign-Urbana
Michael Howlett
James Thompson
Richard Ogilvie
Daniel Walker
Ogilvie
Reform Candidate Tops Maryland Governor Primary
The piece notes Harry Hughes, a reform candidate, defeating acting Gov Blair Lee III in Maryland’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. It ties the win to a backlash against statehouse graft, cites Hughes’ subway-contract corruption concerns, and mentions rival Lee’s political boss backing. It mentions broader reform trends in Pennsylvania and Illinois and reflects on governing while runn
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Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Harry Hughes
Blair Lee III
Hughes
Baltimore
Lee
Virginia
Mar
Vin Mandel
Baltimorean
Pennsylvania
U.S
Illinois
James Thompson
Reform
State health-cost authority needs healthy administration
The Illinois Health Finance Authority plans to force hospitals to justify rate increases, aiming to curb health-care inflation. Success rests on knowledgeable staff and a vigilant voting membership, with independent appointees and a funded budget to review requests promptly.
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Illinois Health Finance Authority
James Thompson
Thompson
Pratrce
Cronkite Era Echoes in Moscow Press Access
Whitman Bassow argues Soviet officials seek to curb informal exchanges by foreign reporters after the Whitney Piper trial. He recalls Walter Cronkite’s 1948 Moscow experience and warns a climate of fear may limit nonofficial contact with ordinary Russians, shrinking vital sources for reporting.
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Moscow
United Press
Walter Cronkite
Cronkite
United Press Office
Kremlin
Olion Ministry
The
Newsweek
Sian
Soviet Union
Letters Editor condemns Elvis Presley cartoon humor
A Southern Illinoisan reader denounces a Doonesbury cartoon about Elvis Presley’s grave in Memphis as in poor taste and degrading. Brenda Brandon Royalt on notes the cartoon shows mourners, including a Perth Australia traveler, who believes Elvis sang Strangers in the Night, prompting potential cancellation of the paper.
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Southern Illneisan
Doonesbury
Memphis
Elvis Presley
Perth
Australia
Elvis
Why no Kris and Rita picture at the Du Quoin fair
Editor notes disappointment with Aug 29 paper lacking a Kris and Rita Show feature and photo. Compares coverage to Mac Davis Show and other performers who received fuller treatment and imagery.
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Kris and Rita
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin
Kris
Rita
Mac Davis
Shawnee wilderness plan sparks reader conflict
A letter to the editor rebuts Shawnee wilderness plans, mocking conservation groups and contrasting imagined benefits of roads and development with the desire to preserve wildlife and streams. The writer questions access for disabled and ill residents and laments past timber removal. The piece ends claiming partial conviction but not complete.
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