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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1979
Page
8
Senate backed a House plan to cut roughly 20 percent of Amtrak’s 22 700 mile network. The measure aims to eliminate trains deemed wasteful with scarce resources. It does not name specific trains to cut but sets survival criteria for remaining routes.
New Commerce Department figures show factory orders down 1.3 percent in June after a 3.3 percent rise in May. Construction, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, fell 0.8 percent in June after a 3 percent gain in May, underscoring recession signals for the second quarter. Republicans push a 10 percent personal income tax cut to offset the slowdown, with a $28 billion plan backed by 132 of 159 House Republicans. The measure also proposes annual tax-rate adjustments, Social Security tax freezes for 1980, and faster write-offs for equipment.
Liberals and activists at the National Press Club announce a new Citizens Party aiming to field a 1980 presidential candidate. Led by Barry Commoner, the group seeks strong energy reform, citizen control of corporations, and a halt to nuclear power expansion. The party targets dispirited nonvoters with a populist liberal platform. Meanwhile, Tellico Dam advances again in Congress despite endangered species concerns. The House approves completing the $119 million project, clashing with Endangered Species protections. the Senate faces a fresh vote after earlier rejections.
Anthropologists using modeling clay reconstructed faces on two skulls found in Breathitt and Hyden Kentucky. John Doe, a 36 year old white man with a limp and possible gunshot clues, and Jane Doe, a 25 to 35 year old white woman, remain unidentified with uncertain causes of death.
The Posey County levee failure unleashed the swollen Wabash River across more than 25 000 acres of farmland as volunteers and civil defense workers were ordered away from the breach. Four deaths were reported from floods and a tornado toppled two mobile homes injuring two. The Wabash near New Harmony was expected to crest at 19.5 feet Friday. Nine counties faced flash flood warnings with up to 2 2 inches of rainfall in Indianapolis on Wednesday.
Madeline Cooper a 67 year old city cleaning woman lives in a house infested with cockroaches police and health officials reported. Exterminators sprayed a three block area and the house is slated for demolition after rats found in the basement were poisoned. Cooper and tenant Iva Fletcher face animal cruelty charges related to two dozen dogs 15 cats two mice and a parrot rescued from the home.
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