County urged to act on rural slums and housing
Jackson County faces a housing crisis as the New Era Trailer Park outside Murphysboro faces closure. State and county health inspections found raw sewage and junked cars, while residents struggle with poverty and high waiting lists for public housing. A zoning ordinance and more public housing are argued as steps toward decent shelter.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Quentin Parrish
County Health Department
Jackson County Board
Jackson County Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Reagan Starts Talks On European Nuclear Arms Limit
The article notes Ronald Reagan beginning discussions with the Soviet Union on nuclear weapon limits in Europe, amid European fears of a nuclear exchange. It discusses liberal-conservative paradoxes, NATO concerns, and the uncertain outcome of talks focused on theater missiles rather than strategic forces.
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Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Nixon
China
Reagan
Soviet Union
John Kennedy
Carter
Europe
NATO
United States
Science cannot accept bible's truth by Bunzel
John H. Bunzel argues that the evolutionary debate reemerged with creationist pressures in schools. He contrasts scientific inquiry’s evidence basis with creationist claims, urging students to compare methods, consider what counts as testable, and assess the threat to academic freedom.
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Sacramento
Thomas Henry Haley
Stanford
Norman K. Wessels
Science
Creation Research Society
Congress moves to hush government
Des Moines Register analysis argues that Congress is quietly narrowing the Freedom of Information Act through back door changes. It notes House and Senate actions exempting FTC and CPS C documents, IRS auditing standards, and potential CIA and FBI disclosure limits, with no hearings. The piece defends openness, citing Lib of Congress findings and high information value despite costs.
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CIA
IRS
Washington
House Senate
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Senate
Secret Service
Sen
Robert Dole
Justice Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Freedom of Information Act
Lyndon Johnson
Library of Congress
Utah
Nixon
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Three Mile Island
Letters Worried about nuclear waste in Illinois
Peg Morton of the Women’s Environmental Support Group in Carbondale reports concerns over a proposed low level nuclear waste dump in southern Illinois. The group cites sparse information from Chicago Sun-Times and a state release, questions safety, handling, and water and fault risks, and invites attendance at a October 14 public meeting with Nuclear Safety official Milton Zukor at the Unitarian Fellowship House.
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WSIU
Southern
Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois Commission On Atomic Energy
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
Congress
Philip Gustafson
Sun-Times
Gustafson
Midwest
Milton Zukor
Carbondale
Unitarian Fellowship House
University and Elm Streets
Letter to the Editor on Religious Freedom and Abortion Debate
A reader criticizes the Sept. 20 editorial for letting passion trump reason on abortion and religious issues. The writer compares Yale president remarks to George Wallace framing, accusing the piece of using the same tactics as 1960s conservatives against liberal churches and political activity, and calls for intellectual honesty. Father James A. Genisio.
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Southern Illinoisan
America
Yale
George Wallace
Elks Lodge Donation Praised by Carbondale Nurses
A nurse in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale thanks the Elks Lodge for its generous annual gift to crippled children and the Special Care Nursery. The money funds equipment and improves infant care in Southern Illinois.
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Southern Illinoisan
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Elks Lodge
Elks
Illinois
Chidren
Anl
Southern
Editor slams Reagan china remark in Sept 21 1981 column
A reader criticizes Southern Illinoisan editorial on first Lady Nancy Reagan. The writer calls the Sept 21 1981 piece cheap and cloddish for comparing Mrs Reagan to Marie Antoinette. They urge focus on serious world issues.
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Southern Illinois An
Reagan
China
Marie Antoinette
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Califonia
Jerry Falwell
Michael Gartner
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Peg Morton
James A. Genisio Carbondale
Elks Club
Nancy
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