MC77 Nelson Howarth Papers Inventory pt. 3 - Archives/Special Collections - University of Illinois at Springfield

MC77: Nelson O. Howarth Papers, 1944-1989

Part III: Nelson Howarth's Radio Speeches, 1955, 1965-71, 1985-87

1955:

Jan 11 Election Platform
Jan 17 " "
Jan 18 " "
Jan 22 " "
Jan 25 " "
Jan 26 " "
Feb 1 Election Platform; Police Department
Feb 8 Election Platform; City Expenditures and Taxes
Mar 1 Election Platform
Mar 8 Election Platform; Youth Taking Part in Politics
Mar 12 Election Platform; Long Range Planning for the Future
Mar 15 Improved Public Relations Between the Council and the Citizen
Mar 18 Personal Background
Mar 19 Election Platform; Playground and Recreational Facilities for Youth
Mar 22 Election Platform; Police Department
Mar 29 New Industry and Employment; Enlarging the City of Springfield
Apr 4 Election Platform

1965:

Sep 26 Springfield's Good Points

1967:

Feb 11 Police Department
Apr 3 Re-Election
May 11 City Elections
May 18 City overnment
May 25 Street Light Project
June 1 Annual Budget
June 8 Model Cities Application
June 15 Housing in Springfield
June 22 Bus Problem
June 29 Police Department, 8 point War on Crime
July 6 Freedom of the Press, Duties and Responsibilities
July 13 New Industry
July 21 Old State Capitol
July 27 City Coordinator
Aug 3 Commercial Urban Renewal
Aug 10 St. John's Urban Renewal
Aug 17 Human Relations and Civil Rights
Aug 24 Municipal Off-Street Parking
Aug 31 1967 Tax Assessment Year
Sep 7 Metropolitan Problems
Sep 14 Springfield in 1914
Sep 21 Lincoln Home and Springfield
Sep 28 Council Recreation Program for the Future
Oct 5 Problems, Published and Unpublished
Oct 12 The Tax Multiplier
Oct 19 Junked Car Problem
Oct 26 Convocation of Nation's Leaders
Nov 2 Subdivision Land Ordinance
Nov 9 Executive Mansion Restoration
Nov 16 Property Tax, Personal and Dean Sweet
Nov 23 Swimming Pool; City School District
Nov 30 Garbage Problem
Dec 7 Water Supply, Treatment, Storage, Etc.
Dec 14 Data Processing, and Municipal Government
Dec 21 The Ombudsman
Dec 28 Council Accomplishments

1968:

Jan 4 Long Range Planning - A 1968 City Council Goal
Jan 11 Slaughter on Our Streets - An Analysis of Our Traffic Problems
Jan 25 Metropolitan Springfield and Its Dog Problems
Feb 1 Are Big Corporations Bent on Socialism?
Feb 8 Mr. Lincoln's Neighbors
Feb 15 Newly Created Youth Commission
Feb 22 Modern Local Government - Organized Confusion
Feb 29 The State and Its Capital City - Special Problems
Mar 7 To Censor or Not to Censor - That's the Question
Mar 14 Manpower Needs of Illinois Cities
Mar 21 A Chicago Professional Research analyst Looks at Springfield
Mar 28 S.I.U. Tax Study Shows Inequities Against City of Springfield Property Owners
Apr 4 A Hundred and One Winning Ways to Better Municipal Public Relations
Apr 11 A Mayor's Dilemma On Civil Rights and Violence
Apr 18 One Man-One Vote Rule for Sangamon County and Its Effect
Apr 25 Milwaukee County-An Interesting Form of County Government
May 2 Collective Bargaining and Civil Service - Two Horns of a Municipal
May 9 Kerner Report on Civil Disorders
May 16 Springfield's Latest Railroad Problems
May 23 Proposed Old Statehouse Plaza and Traffic Problems
May 30 Oak Ridge Cemetery
June 6 State Department of Revenue Survey Confirms Mayor's Charge of Discrimination Tax Assessments Against City of Springfield Property Owners
June 13 What Happened to the Fantus Report?
June 20 Walter Kidde and Company
June 27 Municipal Problems Commission
July 4 The Fourth of July
July 11 What is Springfield's Future?
July 18 Mayor's Duties Under a Commission Government
July 25 Recollections of an Independent In Partisan Politics
Aug 2 A Partial List of Municipal Services Furnished to Other Residents of Sangamon County by Exclusive Taxation of Property within City of Springfield
Aug 8 Observations Concerning "Law and Order"
Aug 15 Suggested Campaign Issues for our Governor Candidates
Aug 22 The Business World Takes a Look at Local Government
Aug 29 Springfield's Principal Needs
Sep 5 Division of Responsibility for Local Government - Springfield Metropolitan Area
Sep 12 Operation Crime-Stop, Telephone 525-1514
Sep 19 The Problem is Justice - Not Law and Order
Sep 26 Springfield's Perpetual Sewer Problems
Oct 3 Springfield - An Ideal Site for a Law School
Oct 10 The Springfield City Council Can Have a Better Policy for Investing Surplus Funds
Oct 17 The Proposed Civic Auditorium for Springfield
Oct 24 How Can We Induce a Railroad to Obey the Law?
Oct 31 More Storm Warnings for the Lincoln Home Area
Nov 7 Governor Kerner and the Tall State
Nov 14 Basic Problems of Our Nation's Cities
Nov 21 Housing Act of 1968. It Could Help Us If We Let It.
Nov 28 Puerto Rico, Democracy's Showcase in the Caribbean
Dec 5 Our Junk Car Dilemma is Worsening
Dec 12 Mr. Yamasakia and the Horace Mann Building
Dec 19 Springfield and Its Liquor Laws
Dec 26 Community and City Council Accomplishments, 1968

1969:

Jan 2 Municipal Predictions for 1969
Jan 9 1968 Slaughter On Our Streets - An Analysis of Our Traffic Problems
Jan 16 Dissolution of Illinois Crime Commission
Jan 23 The Confused State of Illinois Gambling Laws and Resulting Problems for Local Law Enforcing Officers
Jan 30 Housing, Neighborhood Parks, and Community Facility Buildings -A Worth While 1969 Objective for Springfield Community Leaders
Feb 6 The South Grand Avenue Extension Dispute and Its Problems
Feb 13 A Flat Rate Income Tax is a Regressive Unfair Tax on the Poor
Feb 20 Who are the Urban Poor? - A Review of a CED Paper
Feb 27 Our Application for Planning Funds Under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Mar 6 The Real Problem Behind Illinois Urban Problems
Mar 13 It's the Large Corporation Who are "Hell Bent" for Socialism
Mar 20 Freedom of the Press - and Its Duties (Revision of an Earlier Talk)
Mar 27 City of Springfield Property Owners Have a Real Stake in Next Tuesday's Board of Supervisors Election
Apr 3 Rules Concerning Off Duty Policemen
Apr 10 The Governor's Proposed Budget
Apr 17 City of Springfield Finances Ten Years Ago and Now
Apr 24 Municipal Bills Before the 76th General Assembly
May 1 Equalization of Tax Assessments - or City of Springfield Property owners Have Lost a Battle; but Not the War
May 15 The Greater Springfield Foundation - A Pioneer on the Mar for True Americanism
May 22 A Visit to Norad's Cheyenne Mountain and The Air Force Academy
May 29 A Word in Defense of the United States Supreme Court
June 5 Peoria's Allied Agencies Center
June 12 Rush Hour Traffic
June 19 The City Council's Recreational Program
June 26 The Mayor's Office - An Unpopular Spot
July 3 Lincoln Greens Golf Course - A Monument to Governmental and Citizens Cooperation
July 10 The 76th General Assembly and Illinois Cities and Villages
July 17 Springfield and the Oakley Reservoir
July 24 Have We Found a Solution for our Junked Car Dilemma?
July 31 League of Women Voters Survey Proves Adequate Housing Critical Springfield Need
Aug 7 The Illinois State Fair
Aug 14 More on Springfield's Housing Problems
Aug 21 Circuit Court Order Stops Enforcement of Illinois Obscenity Laws
Aug 29 Historic Decision for our Historic Sites
Sep 4 Illinois State Capital's Problems With the Interstate Highway System - Say It Isn't so - Director Cellini
Sep 11 Why Not Practice Burglary Prevention?
Sep 18 Proposed Federal Tax on Municipal Bonds - A Real Threat to Local Government
Sep 25 The Constitutional Convention (Con-Con)
Oct 9 The Modern Trailer Park - A City Council's Dilemma
Oct 16 Railroad Frustrations of a Mayor
Oct 23 Springfield, Illinois, 1969 Finalist, All-American Cities Award
Oct 30 The New Sewer Service Charges
Nov 6 Springfield's Annexation and Water Policy
Nov 13 Justification for Requiring a High School Diploma as a Condition Precedent for Serving as a Springfield Policeman
Nov 20 F.B.I. Rumormongering Re: City Officials Discourages Good Government
Nov 27 Freedom of the Press - Vice President Agnew Has Raised a Good Question
Dec 4 Efficiency and Economy - Local Government's Greatest Need
Dec 11 The New Horace Mann Home Office Building - A Successful Federal-City Urban Renewal Project
Dec 18 What Happened to Illinois Interstate #55?
Dec 25 Year-end Report - 1969, A Year of Real Progress

1970:

Jan 1 Ten of Springfield's Major Municipal Problems of the '70s
Jan 8 Lincoln Land Community College Student Body Commends Springfield Police
Jan 15 No Passenger Trains Between Chicago and Springfield, Latest Public Service Suggested by Illinois Central Railroad
Jan 22 Civil Rights in Cairo, Illinois
Jan 29 Dogs-Dog Lovers-Dog Haters - and No Place to Hide
Feb 5 Be Nice to the Smut Peddler - He May Be Your Neighbor...
Feb 12 Random Thoughts Concerning Mr. Lincoln and His Home on His 161st Birthday
Feb 19 Springfield, Illinois - An All-American City - It's Wonderful!
Feb 26 U.S. SENATE Asked to Join the Witch Hunters (Organized Crime Control Act of 1969, S.B. #30)
Mar 6 Springfield All-American City Celebration Dinner, Saturday, Mar 14, - A Civic Dinner Everyone Should Attend
Mar 12 Some Critical Judicial Procedures of the Sangamon County Circuit Court that Hamper Law Enforcement
Mar 19 Taped Excerpts from the Remarks of Mayor Nelson Howarth, All-American City Award Banquet, Mar 14, 1970
Mar 26 The Coming Crisis
Apr 2 The City Council and Mr. Lincoln's Home - A Tale Like "The Perils of Pauline"
Apr 9 Springfield Needs a New Modern Central Library
Apr 16 The Confused Status of Civil Service Laws for Illinois Municipal Employees - Particularly in Springfield
Apr 23 Zoning, Downfall of Lawyer Council Members
Apr 30 The City Council and The Old State House Plaza - Traffic and Parking Problems Ahead
May 7 Earth Day Was a Wonderful Idea. Now What?
May 14 Eulogy of Reverend H.M. Hildebrandt, Pastor, Third Presbyterian Church
May 21 Is It Possible In Springfield, Illinois, for Black Citizens to Obtain Decent Housing Without Violence?
May 28 Passing Thoughts Concerning a Non-Partisan Mayor's Duties
June 4 Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln's Neighbors on July 14, 1860
June 11 Section 235 and 236, National Housing Act - "A Road Out of the Ghetto"
June 18 The High Cost of City Elections in Springfield - "The Most Political City in America"
June 25 HUD Secretary George Romney, The Straight Talker
July 2 The Fourth of July - 1970
July 9 Downstate Mayor's Complaint Re: 1970 Census Procedures
July 16 Riverside Park - A Monument to Plodding Persistence
July 23 Excerpts from Address of Mayor Nelson Howarth to International Conference, Weekly Newspaper Editors, Pere Marquette Lodge, Grafton , Illinois, July 16, 1970
July 30 Springfield Civic, Business and Labor Leaders Please Help Solve Springfield's Middle-and Lesser-Income Housing Problems!
Aug 6 Illinois Local Governments Need a "Taylor Act" to Improve Their Labor Management Relations
Aug 13 Proliferation of Local Governments, and Types of City Governments in Illinois
Aug 20 City Government by a Commission (Its Strength and Weakness)
Aug 27 The Council-Manager Form of City Government
Sep 3 The "Strong Mayor" Form of City Government
Sep 10 Illinois Needs Enabling Legislation for Better Governmental Procedures in Metropolitan Areas
Sep 17 I Am Not A Candidate for Re-election as Mayor in Apr 1971
Sep 24 The Real Dangers of Democracy
Oct 1 Springfield's Part-Time Legal Department Still with Us (And a Part-Time Engineering Staff, Too)
Oct 8 A Springfield Mayor's Extra Duty (Welcoming Conventions)
Oct 15 Five Municipal Needs
Oct 22 Paul Powell - Last of the Pre-Television Political Leaders
Nov 5 Springfield's Proposed $8,383,000 East Side Urban Renewal Program
Nov 12 The Criminal Indictment - A Method for Lawful Libel
Nov 19 The Bartholomew Report - Springfield's Latest Railroad Relocation Plan
Nov 26 Public Capital Public Improvement Planning in the Springfield Community and the Minneapolis Story
Dec 3 The Search for a New Mayor
Dec 10 Yes, Considering the Alternatives I Approve the Proposed 1970 Constitution - and Will Vote For It
Dec 15 City Elections 1951-71
Dec 24 Christmas Eve - Reflections Upon a Municipal Career
Dec 31 1967-70 Municipal Building Years

1971:

Jan 7 A "Yes" Vote for the New Civic Center Next Thursday, Jan.14, Is a Vote for Economic Stability at Bargain Rates
Jan 14 State Government by Committees, Appointment by Committees, Et Cetera
Jan 21 Commercialized Prostitution Conditions in Springfield, Illinois
Jan 28 The Argument for a Reduction in Our Sewer Service Charges
Feb 4 City Primary Election Next Tuesday
Feb 11 Abraham Lincoln and Springfield
Feb 18 The Birth of a New Municipal Building (Case History of a Municipal Project)
Feb 25 Anatomy of a Mayor's Law Suit Against a Railroad Company
Mar 4 Curran-Gardener Water District (A Crop of Thistles for City of Springfield Property Owners)
Mar 11 The President's Proposed Revenue-Sharing Plan
Mar 18 Concerning His Statement to the Board of Higher Education on Mar 17, 1971, Urging Springfield as Site for Future College of Law
Mar 25 Catalog of a Career in Municipal Government
Apr 1 If the Press Watch the Public Office Holder to see that He does No Wrong, Who Performs that Courtesy for the Press?
Apr 8 Congratulations to Mayor William Telford and His City Council
Apr 20 Memorandum to Commissioner James Dunham

1985:

Feb 11 Trip Through Russia, July 2-July 16, 1984
Mar 4 Small Claim Courts and Their Defects
Mar 25 Criticism of Pres. Reagan
Apr 15 Commission Government
May 27 Social Security
June 17 Our Gambling City and State
July 8 White Collar Crime - Our Unsolvable Problem
July 29 U.S. Navy - World War II (2 different copies)
Aug 19 Public Building Commission
Sep 9 Box Seat to the Japanese Surrender!
Sep 30 Necessity that our President Rise to Statesmanship for the Summit Meeting, Nov 19 and 20, 1985
Oct 21 City Government Takeover
Nov 8 Our 16th President
Dec 2 Appeals to the Citizenry
Dec 23 Civil Service Mostly Ignored in Springfield Notwithstanding the Law

1986:

Jan 13 The City Council's $800,000 Giveaway
Feb 3 Our Local Governments are Daily Proving Their Unfitness to Serve
Feb 24 The Philippine Islands Problem
Mar 17 Purpose of a City Budget
Apr 7 Summary of our President's Record to Date Five Years and Three Months
Apr 28 Thoughts on the Future Form of Municipal Government if the Court Orders Changes
May 19 What Happened to the Municipal Swimming Pool?
June 9 Change in Form of City Government
June 30 President Reagan: The Military Man
July 21 Seat/Safety Belts Under Statute 95 1/2, 12-603
Aug 11 A Questionable Approval
Sep 1 Comparison of Decatur and Springfield Budgets; East Side Springfield
Sep 22 Japanese Industry in Illinois
Oct 13 Our Waste of Money on Foreign Nations (2 different copies)
Nov 3 Lawsuit Against Mayor and City Council
Nov 24 Political Action Committee

1987:

Jan 12 President Reagan