AFL-CIO Chief Backs Controllers Facing Reagan Overkill
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland blames the government for the air traffic controllers strike and condemns President Reagan for “harsh and brutal overkill.” He says the federation would back the controllers if asked and calls fines against the union union-busting. Kirkland speaks at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting as the UAW rejoins and the federation denounces Reagan’s economic plan as a cutting spree.
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Reagan
Chicago
Lane Kirkland
Kirkland
Federation
United Auto Workers
Douglas Fraser
UAW
George Meany
Buckner village axes police amid funding shortfall
The Buckner Will Board discharged Police Chief Jack Chick due to lack of funds. The village will rely on Franklin County sheriff patrols five miles east in Benton. Board approved repairing Se Sozene Bist et Street, blocked by flood damage, and a street improvements contract funded by motor fuel taxes. Bids were opened in July. The board reaffirmed July action requiring village employees to live within the city. current staff have one year to move in, new hires six months.
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Buckner Will
Jack Chick
Franklin County Sheriff’s
Benton
Benton to hear grievances on city layoffs and contracts
The Benton City Council set a 7:30 p.m. meeting to discuss water billing service contracts, a water line extension on Illinois 14, and sick pay plus vacation pay for five laid off street, water and sewer workers. Business agent William Webster urged speedy action, arguing seniority dictates layoffs. Brown maintained hiring and layoffs follow department seniority, risking untrained transfers and about $57,000 in wage costs. The council aims to trim $119,000 to balance the budget, with overtime bans and centralized purchasing under review.
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Benton City
William Webster
Ar Leland Brown
Illinois 14
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Sewer Department
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Lampley
Brown
Water Department
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Chester Refuses Road Chores In City Council Vote
Chester declines to assume routine maintenance of 4.4 miles of state routes inside city limits. City cites lack of funds and equipment, voting to reject a $3,912 annual maintenance offer from the District 8 Office at Fairview Heights. Mayor Stanley Maciejski notes state does more work, city would struggle to handle it. In other action, council approves a $43,000 backhoe from Erb Equipment with $15,000 discount and four months of interest-free installments.
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Chester City Council
Illinois Department of the
District 8
Fairview Heights
Stanley Maciejski
Maciejski
Vergennes-Taxes Increase by Half Cent Sales Tax
The Vergennes Village Board voted to add an extra half cent sales tax for local units collecting sales taxes for the state. The second half-cent was authorized by the Illinois General Assembly in the late 1960s, but will not take effect until the Illinois Department of Revenue approves, a routine action expected later this month.
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Vergennes
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Department of Revenue
Rates for delivered cue carrier and mail circulation
Rates listed for delivered carrier service Sunday through Friday at 6.00 per 4 weeks via motor route and 6.50 per 4 weeks by motor route. Mail rate payable in advance shows various terms including 1 year 6 months 3 months and 18 county outside circulation area. Illinois prices include 75.00 85.00 40.00 45.00 and 23.00 7.75 with carrier service.
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Boyle murder witness admits lying in court
The Bulletin reports a key witness in the 1978 Yablonski murder case admits lying. A prison inmate’s letter signed by Paul Gilley allegedly apologizes for testifying against Boyle. Albert Pass, another Boyle witness, may have been involved, with a claim that Boyle knew nothing despite his conviction and three life terms.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Joseph
Jock
Gilley
Albert Pass
Yablonski
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Pass
Irish activist threatens Thatcher at British Mission
An Irish sympathizer at the British Mission to the U N in New York claimed a bomb was strapped to him and demanded to speak with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. No device or injuries were found after evacuation of floors 7 through 12 at 845 Third Ave. Tom Jack of New Jersey was arrested following a doctor’s assessment and police inspection.
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New York
Margaret Thatcher
Third Ave
Ken Walton
FBI
Tom Jack
New Je
United Nations
Veterans Administration
Jack
Mound City bets on river port with grain terminal
Mound City plans a 4 million grain transfer terminal on the Ohio River to move grain from trucks to barges. Behlmer & Kissner Inc. of Wayne City will build and operate it, funded by a UDAG grant of 410000, a 3 million industrial-revenue bond, and private capital. The project expects 50 construction jobs and 44 ongoing positions, boosting a 17.5 percent county unemployment by about 2 percent. The terminal aims for 20 million bushels annually, leveraging a strategic location where deep, ice-free river conditions and no locks between Mound City and the Gulf of Mexico aid barge traffic.
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Mound City
Ohio River
Behlmer & Kissner Inc
Wayne City
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Behlmer & Kissner
John W. Houston
UDAG
Houston
Fred Winkler
Pulaski County
Jeff Ashauer
Southern Five Regional Planning Commission
Winkler
Ashauer
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Midwest
Illinois
Gulf of Mexico
Brady suffers minor seizures after Reagan era brain injury
Washington AP White House press secretary James Brady experiences recurring minor seizures following Monday's severe episode. Deputy Larry Speakes says Brady is responsive and awake with good condition, though doctors note nasal drainage likely spinal fluid during the grand mal seizure.
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James S. Brady
Larry Speakes
Brady
Speakes
Reagan
Beakes
Dennis ‘Leary
George Washington University Hospital
Anne Major
White House
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