Illinois lawmakers override budget cuts in preholiday action
Illinois legislators continue overrides, restoring over 40 million in cuts. House and Senate approve more than 30 million in spending, plus nearly 10 million for university pay raises, risking a 19.5 million annual cost if enacted. Overridden items include mental health, community college funding, and a state fair board, with township bridge program and Pontiac sewage bond funds also affected.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Daniel Walker
House
Senate
Walker
James R. Thompson
George Lindberg
State Supreme Court
State bill opens civic center program to smaller counties
Springfield report notes a mine subsidence insurance bill in progress and the House approved a bill to open the civic center construction program to smaller counties. Other items mention more state officials eligible for raises and educators possibly receiving a 4.5 percent raise threatened by a grant cut.
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House
Daniel Walker
Auto makers seen absorbing steel price hikes in 1977 model year
Detroit experts predict no car price rise this fall despite steel and labor cost jumps. Analysts say softer demand, previous price hikes, and budgeted costs support keeping prices steady, with only minor impact expected from aluminum increases and UAW contracts.
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Arvid Jouppi
Detroit
Eto
United Auto Workers
Associated Press
David Healy
Drexel, Burnham & Co
New York
Press Problem Delays Papers In Local Issue
Mechanical difficulties in the pressroom caused many copies of the Southern Illinoisan to be delivered late Wednesday. We regret the inconvenience to readers, carriers and motor route drivers.
President Ford's half brother dies in Tenn. crash
Leslie Henry King age 53, Ford's half brother, was killed when his car collided head on with a pipe laden tractor trailer on Interstate 40 west of a central Tennessee town. The truck driver Billy Hudson was uninjured. King lived in Cookeville and owned an auto parts store. Ford learned of the death after a call from King's widow.
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Leslie Henry King
Ford
Ron Hill
King
Tennessee
Cookeville
Projections show possible surplus under Carter budget plan
The Congressional Budget Office says the 1980 deficit could swing to a surplus of up to 78 billion by Oct 1 1980 if current funding continues and economic conditions align. The report cautions it is not a forecast and depends on many assumptions and no new tax cuts or major program changes.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Congressional Budget Office
Budget Office
Congressional Budget
Alice Rivlin
Polecat fat and onions as homespun cures emerge
Hagerstown residents described odd remedies from brown sugar and kerosene to turning a stocking inside out for sore throats. Readers including Mildred Wasson and M C O’Brien recounted pol ecat fat for lungs and raw onions for flu, with cautions about odor and social side effects.
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Hagerstown, Md
Mildred R. Wasson
Maugansville
Hagerstown
M. C. O’brien
Norman Spencer
Knoxville
Weather outlook with mixed precipitation and cold follow
Tonight will be partly cloudy and cold with a low around 20. Friday turns cloudy with likely snow and possible rain or sleet, high in the mid to upper 30s and a 60 percent chance of precip. Snow or rain chance continues Saturday and Monday, with a cold Saturday and moderation Sunday and Monday highs in the 37 to 47 range.
Willowbrook High School class builds and sells aircraft
Willowbrook Community High School Industrial Arts class designs and markets model aircraft, showcasing student craftsmanship and entrepreneurial effort amid school programs.
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Willowbrook Community High School
Herrin Opens Season With Inexperienced Huskies
Herrin high school basketball begins Friday night against Murphysboro with a young roster and limited varsity experience. The season debut on the road probes depth and potential as the Huskies aim to build early chemistry and gain confidence in the early stretch of the year.
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Herrin
Murphysboro
SIU pay raises eyed as House weighs override
Rep. Bruce Richmond of Murphysboro said the climate looks favorable for a House override of Gov Walker s veto to provide 876 458 for SIU faculty and staff raises averaging 2 percent The plan would raise lower paid workers more while excluding retroactive pay and seeks support from Republicans despite James Thompson s stance. State Sen Kenneth Buzbee backed the Senate override bill for SIU funds.
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House
Illinois
Bruce Richmond
D-Murphysboro
SIU
Senate
Daniel Walker
Richmond
Carbondale
Edwardsville
General Assembly
Walker
James Thompson
Thompson
Kenneth Buzbee
60 Percent Snow Chance Friday Preludes Winter Chill
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois predicts a 60 percent chance of snow on Friday as temperatures fall. Ed Biewald reports a potential accumulation exceeding a quarter inch, possibly covering grass. Overnight lows near 14 degrees and daytime highs in the 30s to near 40s, with clearing skies Sunday.
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Ilinois
Ed Brewald
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Biewald
Illinois
Buffalo
N.Y
Rrewald
Wausau
Wis
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American Cancer Society
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