City backs library project despite higher bond rate
Five months after Carbondale voters approved a library at Brush School site, bids may rise to 11.5 percent versus the 10 percent ceiling. The City Council must decide whether to honor the referendum or approve higher borrowing costs, risking delays and higher taxes, with a Sept. 8 levy deadline looming.
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Meng
Walnut Street
O'Connor wrong for high court
Editor argues Reagan should withdraw Sandra O'Connor's Supreme Court nomination citing alleged pro abortion and anti family values actions in Arizona legislation. The letter urges readers to write to President Reagan and to Senators Dixon and Percy to oppose confirmation.
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Sandra O’connor
Arizona
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Reagan's Phase II forecast reshapes domestic agenda
William Safire outlines Reagan's anticipated Phase II moves across education federalism social security urban policy crime and penal reform government reorganization labor military manpower abortion and a balanced budget amendment, noting likely compromises delays and strategic shifts in taxation and governance. The piece frames these as educated guesses from insiders and hints at a broader shift toward mediated structures over private sector framing.
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Pat Moynihan
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Orrin Hatch
Milton Friedman
Robert Bork
Letter to air traffic controllers on strike impacts and economy
Clifford L. Dobbins of Murphysboro argues that air traffic controllers who walked off vital posts damaged inflation-pressured economy. He contends executives and workers bear stress, mocks strikers, and warns of broader social fragmentation and lost negotiations.
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Southern Illinoisan
Government
Clifford L. Dobbins
Murphysboro
Pilots defend flying safety amid PATCO strike
Editor’s reply questions a print claiming flying is unsafe during the PATCO strike. J J O’Donnell of ALPA asserts observers at regional centers see no major safety issues, and pilots would not take off with unsafe traffic control or engines.
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Patco Air Taffic
J.J. O’donnell
Airline Pilots Association
Democrats start early push for 1984 campaign in Florida New Hampshire
Democratic leaders in Florida and New Hampshire invite top prospective candidates to kick off the 1984 bid. Gov. Bob Graham and party figures host events to roast potential challengers, with names including John Glenn Walter Mondale Edward Kennedy Gary Hart Reubin Askew and possibly Jerry Brown. The drive aims to raise funds ahead of the lengthy nomination process while a party commission seeks to shorten the calendar.
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James Hunt
North Carolina
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Hunt
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