Mass transit dreams clash with public adoption
Editorial notes mass transit fantasies by engineers and studies funded by the American Iron and Steel Institute. It contrasts futuristic concepts like Personal Rapid Transit and magnetic levitation with real-world costs, deficits, and low ridership, citing Chicago BART, San Francisco, and Washington Metro to question future adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Iron and Steel Institute
U.S
American Iron and Steel Institutes
Princeton University
Alain Kornhauser
M. Stanton Evans
Chicago
San Francisco
Bay Area
BART
Washington Metro
Metro
Thompson reverses position on pay raises
Gov. James R. Thompson said he no longer supports raises for legislators and elected officials after reviews of mail and action by the Illinois House. He warned that veto overrides and a possible spring deficit could push Illinois toward bankruptcy, pledging to prevent tax increases. Leaders from both parties backed his veto position.
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
Illinois House
Thompson
House
Senate
of Illinois
Ilinois
Springfield
GOP
George Ryan
Kankakee
David Shapiro
Amboy
John Graham
Barrington
Celeste Stiehl
Belleville
Old House
James Washburn
Morris
Tim Sims
Rockford
William Harris
Pontiac
Art Teleser
Howard Mohr
Forest Park
Revolution Tops Bicentennial Top Stories Poll
The Associated Press poll of 273 editors and news directors chose the American Revolution as the top story in 200 years of U.S. history. The Constitution drafting ranked second and the Civil War third. other entries include World War II, moon landings, atomic bomb, Watergate, Kennedy assassination, and the Wright brothers among the 20.
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Associated Press
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Ford
Abraham Lincoln
President Kennedy
Thomas Edison
Vietnam
Franklin Roosevelt
Wright Brothers
Louisiana Purchase
Supreme Court
Pontiac Leader Publishing Co. ad rates and contact
Livingston County's widely read newspaper lists delivery options for Pontiac and surrounding towns. Subscription rates vary by region and term, with a mail price table and a helpline for missed deliveries.
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Pontiac Leader Publishing CO
Main St
Pontiac
Livingston County
Jerome Pearce
John Pleako
Elizabeth Harris
Jim Caviezel
Weldon Greeneberg
Ken Bond
William Alvey
Mary Copelan
Merlyn Shane
Illinois pay commissions largely ignored in recent hike debate
Illinois records show two advisory pay commissions set up to study salaries for lawmakers judges and state officials met infrequently. The older panel last met in 1972 and a successor for legislative pay has remained underfilled, with no active appointments from the governor or legislative leaders.
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Skip Wollenberg
Associated Press
Springfield, Ill
Daniel Walker
Commission
House
William A. Redmond
D-Bensenville
Redmond
Legislative Pay Committee
Senate
Legislative Pay Panel
Cecil Partee
Chicago
William C. Harris
Pontiac
Harris
Partee
Commission On Compensation
Walker
Mark Clark
Commission of State and Local Government
Richard B. Ogilvie
General Assembly
Roy C. Small
Harrisburg
Illinois
Leonard Spacek
Springfield
John P. Clarke
Public aid fraud leads to weak penalties says prosecutor
In Belleville Illinois prosecutors say welfare cheats are rarely punished and often remain on the public aid rolls. Roza Gossage cites 350 charges and 250000 in illicit funds as evidence while noting no welfare fraud violator in St. Clair County has gone to jail.
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Belleville, I
Roza Gossage
St. Clair County
Chicago
Miss Gossage
National Welfare Fraud Association
New York
Robert Rice
Rice
Clyde Kuehm
Kuehm
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Roza
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Conservatives plan Chicago caucus to plot future strategy
Conservatives from the Reagan Wallace era gather in Chicago for a two day caucus to map future steps. Jesse Helms Bruce Herschensohn and Howard Phillips headline as plans loom for a shadow government and new grass roots efforts.
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Chicago
America
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Conservative Caucus Inc
Richard Viguerie
Wallace
California
Howard Phillips
U.S
Jesse Helms
William Rusher
The
National Review
Meldrim Thorson
New Hampshire
Great Britain
State of the Union
United States Information Agency
Bruce Herschensohn
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