Thompson hikes exemption to 1500 in property tax relief plan
Gov. James R. Thompson used his amendatory veto to raise the assessment growth exemption from 1000 to 1500, arguing it boosts relief from inflation and applies to 1979 tax bills. He also signed related Hynes bills expanding home improvement exemptions, repairs limits, and a loan option for seniors to cover tax bills, with varying revenue impacts.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
James R. Thompson
Senate
Thomas Hynes
Chicago
Thompson
Hynes
Illinois
Cook County
Sen
John Davidson
Bloodmobile collects 169 pints at VFW Hall event
A Red Cross bloodmobile at the VFW Hall drew 169 pints with 21 first time donors. Of 178 registrants, 107 had advance appointments. Immaculate Conception Church women ran the canteen. Morris High School girls aided. Volunteers logged 121 donor-room hours. Next visit set for Monday Oct 2 at the VFW Hall.
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Red Cross
VFW
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Everett Klinker
Morris High School
Federal Paper Board
Material Service
VFW Hall
Amelias remnants lash South Texas with floods rain
The storm Amelia dumped more than 5 inches of rain around San Antonio and drenched areas from Laredo to Austin causing flash floods. No deaths or injuries were reported as boats in the Gulf rode out the weather and the system drifted west of Austin toward Del Rio.
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San Antonio
Texas
UPD
Austin
National Weather Sevice
Amelia
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Laredo
NWS
del Rio
Gulf
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Inside crime tale from loan shark Bowdach testifies before Senate panel
Washington UPI reports a confessed loan shark and alleged hitman, Gary Bowdach, agreed to testify to Senate permanent investigations subcommittee about organized crime. Bowdach, in witness protection, will discuss arson, witness intimidation, narcotics, and contraband in a case spanning nationwide activity. Two arrests followed a horse theft in LaSalle County with five horses recovered, including mares and a foal, as authorities traced the crime to Earlville and Ottawa. Fireflies are noted as a whimsical closing comment on nightly illumination.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Permanent Investigations
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Gary Bowdach
Nunn
Phil Kovolick
Meyer Lansky
Lansky-Siegel-Murder Inc
U.S
Norman C. Roettger
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Bowdach
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
South
Florida
FBI
Miami
U.S. Senate
LaSalle County
Ohio
Earlville
Daniel
Laura Sampson
Wood County Sheriff's Department
Bowling Green
LaSalle
Michael Philips
Findlay
Peru
David Sampson
Ottawa
Gardner South Wilmington High School board calls special meeting
A special Gardner South Wilmington High School Board District 73 meeting is set for 6 30 p m at the high school. President Mike Daniels says the agenda covers resignations and new personnel, payment of bills, and bakery supplies for the 1978 1979 school year.
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Serena Construction
Gardner
Serena
Herald
Gardner South Wilmington High School
Mike Daniels
Weather notes from Morris and Dresden Island with temp shifts
Forecasts show mostly cloudy skies with occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight and warm humid conditions tomorrow. Monday’s high reached 80 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 55 low. 7am readings were 61 in Morris and 75 at 10:15am in Morris. July saw highs to 96 and lows to 51 with 2.36 inches of precipitation. ESDA records show highs of 94 on July 20 and 26 and a low of 48 on July 11, totaling 2.79 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Christina Onassis' husband to assume Onassis name
Christina Onassis relatives said Sergei Kauzov will change his name to Onassis under Soviet law to keep the famous family name alive. The move aims to ensure their children bear the Onassis name while remaining Soviet citizens.
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Athens
UPI
Christina Onassis
Sergei Kauzov
Onassis
Kauzov
Christina
Aristotle Onassis
Alexandros
Dresden Island Lock Closes for Two Months for Repairs
Dresden Island locks at Marseilles, Dresden and Starved Rock shut at midnight to permit 9 million dollars in repairs by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors. Barges and tow boats cleared the lock before closing. Work includes resurfacing walls and updating control systems and gate machinery. Shipping will be blocked along 62 to 231 miles of the Illinois River, a route moving over 47 million tons of cargo including farm products, petroleum, chemicals, coal and ores.
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Marseilles
Dresden
Starved Rock
Con
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dresden Island
Illinois River
Chicago
Illinois
Mississippi
Bomb Kills Daughter Of Incoming Argentine Navy Chief
A powerful explosion in Buenos Aires killed Paula Lambruschini, 15, daughter of Vice Admiral Armando Lambruschini, soon to be navy commander and junta member, and a police guard. At least 12 others were injured as four floors of a nine story building were damaged. Police offered no clear claim of responsibility amid ongoing leftist violence and repeated attacks on officials.
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Navy
Adm
Armando Lambruschini
Lambruschini
Paula
Emili Massera
Jorge Videla
Montonero
Massera
Albano Harguindeguy
Rene Ojeda
Suspend Savings Bond Sales Over Debt Ceiling Talk
The U S Treasury says savings bond sales are suspended until Congress raises the federal debt limit. About 40 000 banks corporations and agents were notified. Redemption remains allowed and payroll deduction continues, with no new bonds issued until action.
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Washington
UPS
U.S
Congress
Treasury Department
Department
Six Premature Sextuplets Die After Birth in Alghero Hospital
A 26 year old woman who had fertility treatment gave birth to sextuplets at Alghero hospital in Sardinia. All six babies died later. The infants, two months premature, weighed about 1 kilogram combined average under 1 kilogram each.
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Alghero
Sardinia
Inmates blame hostility at Pontiac riot cause
UPI report cites inmates telling attorneys an atmosphere of hostility from administrators and guards at Pontiac Correctional Center helped trigger the riot that left three guards dead. They cited heat overcrowding lack of programs and high commissary costs among grievances plus fears of a scapegoat investigation and use of threats to obtain information.
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Chicago
UPI
Pontiac Correctional Center
Jeffrey Haas
Pontiac
Haas
Federal aid set for families of slain Pontiac guards
The three families of guards killed in the July 22 riot at Pontiac Correctional Center will each receive 50,000 dollars under the PSOB Act. LEAA official M Kathleen Greene will visit Pontiac to process benefits, with interim payments up to 10,000 dollars available immediately and the remainder in about a week. The program provides tax free death benefits to survivors for deaths in the line of duty, in addition to other benefits.
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Washington
UPI
Pontiac Correctional Center
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
M. Kathleen Greene
SEAA
Public Safety Officers
Pontiac
LEAA
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