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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1981
Page
9
U S Steel Corp announces a state of the art rail mill at South Works Chicago creating about 1000 jobs and opening in 1983. Project cost is described as several hundred million dollars with price tag not disclosed by Alvin L. Hillegrass.
Former inmate Randy Hill testified in circuit court that during the first hours of the 1978 riot at Pontiac Correctional Center an inmate opened a blue denim bag and distributed homemade knives to guards and inmates. Hill, now in federal custody, said Joseph Smith did not handle or attack with weapons.
Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne and her adviser moved into Cabrini Green to dramatize the city’s fight against gang violence. The Sun Times reports the move as part of a series by the mayor detailing life in the problematic project amid a year with multiple killings and injuries.
Judge Joseph Schneider ruled that Donald Lang a deaf mute awaiting trial for a 1965 murder be moved from Cook County Jail to a mental health facility in or near Cook County. He rejected placing Lang in Chester Illinois state hospital due to security concerns and ordered continued proceedings on fitness and possible commitment to a state institution.
The House Labor and Commerce Committee voted 9-7 to send a pro business measure cutting weekly unemployment payments and tightening eligibility. It targets a $1.4 billion debt to the federal government and could drop benefits from 142 to 113 for single unemployed workers and from 189 to 113 for those with children. The bill also would limit eligibility for voluntary quitters and deny benefits after labor disputes, create variable benefit duration, remove the waiting week reimbursement, and does not propose a tax increase. Labor leaders warned of a broad 20 percent cut for about 400,000 unemployed workers and raised concerns over dependent allowances and child impact.
Business leaders urge broad reform to keep the unemployment insurance fund solvent and curb further damage to Illinois’ business climate. B. Tucker Olson of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association warns that fundamental revisions are needed to ensure solvency as businesses resume higher federal payroll taxes to repay state borrowing for jobless benefits.
The Illinois General Assembly approved a bill boosting six lawmakers to higher salaries for half of 1981, with a 32 23 Senate vote and House approval. The plan adds 6000 per year over the base 28000, funded in part by raises for party leaders and attendance officers.
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