Coal severance tax victory could aid Southern Illinois
The article argues for a coal severance tax in Illinois to fund long term diversification as Illinois coal resources face eventual depletion. Citing Montana Wyoming and North Dakota taxes, it notes Supreme Court rulings easing such taxes and urges Southern Illinois to adopt a severance tax to fund counties and attract future industries when coal runs out.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois
Southern
Thorugh
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
U.S. Supreme Court
Ted Schwinden
High Court
Letters SCAM makes its case again
SCAM defends its anti CWIP and rate hike stance after ICC actions. Charles Staton and Tyrone Fahner critique offer a one sided view, while SCAM urges abolishing CWIP, Summer Winter differential, and time of day rates. They call for interruptible rates or direct load management and warn of consumer burden.
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Southern Illinoisan
State Senate
ICC
Charles Staton
Southern Counties Action Movement
Commonwealth Edison
Illinois
Tyrone Fahner
Max
Illinois Power Company
Clinton Plant
Staton
Deborah Senn
Office of Consumer Services
Springfield
Biggies
Three Mile Island
Clinton
CWIP
Don Levener
Abraham Lincoln
Lady Macbeth
Stalon
Fahner
Sevener
How Japan Works Industrial Miracles
Edwin P. Reubens argues Japan relies on an indigenous, highly integrated labor system that rotates tasks, rewards by age and seniority, and recruits fresh graduates into lifelong corporate families. The piece contrasts Japan’s model with immigration-dependent economies and discusses potential lessons for the United States, including contracting out low grade tasks and youth wage differentials amid debates on jobs and standards.
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Edwin P. Reubens
Japan
West Germany
France
United States
America
States
U.S
Openes
Counting Our Unemployed Isn't Simple
Editorial notes July unemployment figures won't show improvement and may rise toward 8 percent. Youth joblessness remains high with 19.5 percent of ages 16 to 19 unemployed in May. Cross country patterns and benchmark revisions complicate precise counts, while illegal alien impact remains hard to gauge.
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Ricard L. Worsnop
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fortune Magazine
Bureau of Labor
Sta
Tistics
Constance Sorrentino
Monthly Labor Review
U.S
Europe
Japan
Tip O Neill becomes GOP target in strategy shift
GOP forces cast Tip O Neill as the symbol of old liberal era and a prime target for Reagan era politics. The effort leverages his image and perceived failures, aiming to influence voters in 1982 while linking Dowdy and Hefner campaigns to his legacy.
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Alan Ehrenhalt
Congressional Quarterly
House
Tip O’neill
Congress
John LeBoutillier
New York
O’neill
LeBoutillier
GOP
Tip
Newt Gingrich
Georgia
Democratic Party
House Democrats
Carl D. Perkins
Kentucky
Education and Labor Committee
Perkins
Johnson
Boston
Massachusetts
James M. Shannon
Northeast
Mississippi
Liles Williams
Wayne Dowdy
Williams
Dowdy
South
North Carolina
W. G
Bill” Hefner
Bill Hefner
Kington
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