Budget cuts risk broad impact across society and economy
Washington AP reports Reagan administration proposes deep cuts to social programs affecting 22 million food stamp users 27 million fed child nutrition beneficiaries 24 million Medicaid recipients and 5 million Social Security disability claimants. Other targets include extended unemployment and Trade Adjustment Assistance with wide reach into farms rural homeowners and artists.
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Washington
Reagan
Lion
Farmers Home Administration
Iran frees U S prisoner as others await decision
Iran freed Mohi Sobhani a 44 year old American in Tehran while a verdict for journalist Cynthia Dwyer is awaited after a Swiss mediated hearing. The fate of a third captive Zia Nassry remains unclear as negotiations continue.
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Associated Press
Iran
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Tehran
Mohi Sobhani
Los Angeles
Rockwell International
Sobhani
Morris
Santa Barbara
Calif
United States
Schmid
William Dyess
Foreign Ministry
Othmar Uhl
Hinson pleads innocent to misdemeanor sex charge
Rep. Jon C. Hinson, R Miss, pleads innocent to an attempted oral sodomy misdemeanor after a DC judge accepts the plea and sets a May 4 trial. He was released on his own recognizance following an arrest in a Longworth House Office Building restroom amid a police investigation of sexual acts.
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Washington
Jon C. Hinson
R-Miss
District of Columbia
Hinson
Longworth House
Capitol
U.S
D.C. Superior Court
Jaspeh Clancy
William Thompson
Gilbert Abernathy
Harold Moore
Let Illinois suffer says Iowa official sparks coal debate
Des Moines AP report notes Sen James Briles of Corning jokingly urged burning Iowa sulfur coal again to ease energy costs, telling the EPA to go to hell as he blames clean air laws. Ray Fisher supports sulfur cleansed Iowa coal amid rising energy prices.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois
James Briles
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Ray Fisher
Southern Illinoisan: publication offices and rates
The Southern Illinoisan lists offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with contact numbers. It details subscription rates for in county and out of area by carrier and mail, the publication schedule, and postmaster address.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
S. 12Th
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Garwood jury presses on in court martial
A five veteran Marine jury began a second day of deliberations in the court martial of Marine Pfc. Robert Garwood charged with collaborating with captors during his POW years in Vietnam. The panel deliberated 82 hours over Wednesday and recessed without a verdict, requesting transcripts from two former POWs and an Air Force psychiatrist.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Pfc
Robert Garwood
Vietnam
Abramo L. Vallese
Air Force
Polish strike talks stall in Jelenia Gora city
In Jelenia Gora talks between a government commission and Solidarity collapsed overnight as workers demanded the resignation of Trade Union Minister Stanislaw Ciosek and other officials. In nearby Bielsko-Biala, a 10th day of general strike halted about 120 plants and transport.
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Warsaw
Poland
PAP
Jelenia Gora
Jan Jablonski
Solidarity
Stanislaw Ciosek
Bielsko-Biala
Czeslaw Kotela
Marion Kalon
Jozef Pinkowski
Woman escapes fire at De Soto residence blaze
Mary Lou Jones, while doing laundry on North Oak Street extension, smelled smoke and found living room furniture on fire. She escaped through a bedroom window with a wooden hanger after the window stuck, suffering minor hand lacerations as De Soto and Elkville firefighters fought the house blaze and deputies investigated a furnace area as a possible cause.
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de Soto
Jackson County
Mary Lou Jones
North
Oak Street
Elkville
Murphysboro man charged in jewelry store burglary
A 24-year-old Murphysboro man, William K. Zimmerman, faces circuit court charges for the February 3 burglary of V and H Jewelry Store at 1118 Walnut Street. He is jailed in Jackson County on a $2,000 bond, accused of stealing three pairs of heart shaped earrings and two necklaces. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. February 26.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
V and H Jewelry
Walnut St
William K. Zimmerman
Sam Cavarretta
Vienna Water Supply Improves After Rainfall
Vienna's reservoir level rose slightly after weekend rain but remains tight. City officials say the supply covers about 12 weeks, limiting bulk water sales to surrounding residents. Frank Workman from the water plant noted the rain raised levels about inches.
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Vienna
Frank Workman
City Water Plant
Workman
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