Farmer legislator proposes tax break for erosion control
Sen Jerome Joyce a farmer from Reddick proposes a tax break for Illinois farmers who plant 16 to 12 foot strips of clover alfalfa or other legumes along field perimeters to slow erosion. The plan would offer up to 84 dollars per acre in property tax incentives with a 7 percent reduction in assessed or paid taxes for erosion retardant strips. A typical 160 acre field could see about 168 dollars in real estate tax savings though two 80 acre portions may be taken out of production. State soil and water officials would approve erosion plans and local revenue losses are projected but limited by expected participation.
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Springfield
Illinois
Jerome Joyce
Reddick
Joyce
Storms flood Illinois as tornado watch spreads across counties
Storms raked Illinois with three inch hail and heavy rain as almost half the counties faced a tornado watch. Two unconfirmed tornado touchdowns were reported on Chicago's southeast side while 2,500 homes and businesses in Calumet City and Calumet Park lost power for about three hours.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Chicago
National Weather Service
Calumet City
Calumet Park
Chi
Cago
Commonwealth Edison
John Maxson
Mercer
Rock Island
Bureau County
Princeton
Weather Service
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Former inmate testifies in Pontiac prison riot trial
A former Pontiac Correctional Center inmate testified that during the July 22 1978 riot he saw two inmates restrain and stab guard Danny L Dill while Benny Lee held him. Michael Evans allegedly used a homemade knife. Three guards died and others were injured in the fracas.
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Chicago
Pontiac Correctional Center
Danny L. Dill
Glen McDaniel
Pontiac
Benny Lee
Dill
Michael Evans
Dale Walker
Stanley Cole
Robert Conkle
Graymont
William Thomas
Launemin
McDaniel
Lee
Disciples
Neighbors oppose Byrne at Cabrini Green police state claim
Residents of Cabrini Green complain about Mayor Jane Byrne visiting the housing project and say increased security creates a police state, signaling tension over city efforts to control crime and manage safety.
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Chicago
Cabrini-Green Housing Project
Jane Byrne
Farm leaders seek curbs on grain embargo power
Illinois farm groups urged tighter limits on how the federal government can impose grain embargoes and tied future embargos to higher price supports. Senator Alan Dixon questioned Reagan's farm bill, supporting reduced executive power and calling for price support loan rates to rise if embargoes continue. Illinois Farm Bureau backed embargoes only in emergencies with automatic price support increases. Harold Dodd of the Illinois Farmers Union urged raising farm price supports to 90 percent of parity to counter nonfarm price pressures.
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Champaign
Illinois
Alan Dixon
D-Ill
Reagan
John White Jr
Illinois Farm Bureau
Congress
White
Dixon
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
John Block
Illinois Agriculture
Cision
Harold Dodd
Illinois Farmers’ Union
Dodd
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