Weigh In on Flood Control Fraud in DuPage County
Opinion column condemns the Salt Creek dredging plan as a wasteful $20 million scheme that would push floodwater into the Des Plaines River and endanger Joliet’s east side. It urges state officials, Will County, and Joliet to protest and redirect funds to land conservation and impoundment projects for flood relief and recreation.
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DuPage County
Salt Creek
Des Plaines
Joliet
Illinois
Hickory Creek
Spring Creek
Will County Board of Supervisors
East Side
Just Half A Minute Column On News And Controversy
The sports editor laments Charley’s departure for higher pay and a seven day paper, then presents compact foreign and national brief items. A bartender interview mocks wire service reporting on Viet Nam, the Dominican crisis, and Cuba. In Washington, Robt Kennedy backs Dodd’s antifirearms bill amid broad anti crime sentiment.
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Charley
Spectator
Fred
Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Robt
Kennedy
Johnson
Dodd
Automation and job growth forecast for the next decade
President Carey of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States urges increased automation to reduce poverty and unemployment and boost living standards. He warns of a 10 year plan needing 15 million new jobs and investments between 225 and 330 billion to raise productivity.
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Carey
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Cars and Grades Tied by Teenage Car Use Debate
The piece argues that car ownership and after school driving lower teen grades, with top students driving one to two nights weekly and poorer students driving up to seven nights. It cites possible license restrictions for high school grads in areas with high driving linked to dropouts, and parodies past reform rhetoric. It ends with a satirical CTIDOSS pledge to monitor sidewalk supervision amid urban renewal.
Readers' Views on Project Head Start War on Poverty
Dear Editor explains Head Start as a nationwide eight week summer program to prepare poor children for school. It outlines funding 90 percent by the Office of Economic Opportunity and 10 percent by local communities, with full services including learning activities medical dental eye care meals and field trips.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
The
Office of
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Saigon
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Sonny
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U. S
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America
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New City ‘Hall
J. D. Brown
National University Extension Assn
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Robert E. Cooke
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Julius B. Richmond
Syracuse Medical Center
Syracuse
N.Y
Joliet’s Illustrated Newspaper
Joliet, Il
Joliet, Ill
National Editoria
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Nti
Wm. M. Johnson
W. Cass St. Joliet
Illinois Press Assn
Northern Illinois Editorial Assn
National Editorial Assn
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