Planning fiscal retrenchment guides Carbondale through downturn
Carbondale faces a $175,000 decline in general fund revenue this year due to lower sales tax, with projections showing the working balance shrinking from $2 million to $1.1 million by 1985. Finance Director Paul Sorgen stresses quarterly updates and possible reinstatement of the general corporate tax in 1983 84 as part of a broader plan to balance the budget and keep basic services intact.
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Carbondale
Paul Sorgen
Sorgen
Herrin
William Meneese
Meneese
Reagan
Illinois
Reagan's style draws rave reviews by Hedrick Smith
President Reagan shifts the State of the Union to accommodate Rep. Dan Rostenkowski and sends personal appeals to House Democrats ahead of a debt ceiling vote. He meets with nearly 50 Congress members, earns praise for White House reach, while some liberals and Republicans voice concerns about accessibility and appointment processes.
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Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Washington
Reagan
State of the Union
White House
Dan Rostenkowski
Chicago
House
Ways and Means Committee
Max Friedersdorf
Congress
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Friedersdorf
O’neill
Carter
Senate Republican Committee
House Democratic Committee
David A. Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Hamilton Jordan
O'Neill
Jordan
Hannibal Jerkin
Edwin Meese 3d
Hollywood
Jim Wright
Texas
Reagan White House
Bob Michel
Ilinois
Rostenkowski
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Ford
Friedesdorf
Senate
Belated thanks to veterans from a reader
A Southern Illinoisan reader thanks Vietnam veterans and hostages' homecoming for inspiring pride and gratitude. The writer reflects on past ambivalence, praises Donnie Williams' Feb 10 letter, and apologizes for not recognizing veterans sooner, expressing personal gratitude to a Vietnam veteran brother.
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Southern Illinoisan
Donnie Williams
Child, a father, and the courts
Letter from Mrs. Loyd Shelton of Du Quoin criticizes Perry County child custody practices after a mother abandoned a child for over a year while the father served in Korea. She argues officials ignore risky homes and blame the courts for harming innocent children and families. She calls for public action to change laws and protect vulnerable children.
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Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Korea
Loyd Shelton du Quoin
Our best bet in Polish crisis Stand out
Safire argues the United States should resist bailing out Poland. IMF conditions would force austerity disliked by Solidarity, risking Soviet backlash and political reform, while a bailout could empower communist coercion. The piece urges letting history run its course to promote genuine freedom for Poles.
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William Safire
New York Times
Washington
Soviet Union
Poland
Reagan
Red Army
Britain
West Germany
France
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Polish Communist Party
Polish Freedom Workers of Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Communist Party
Solidarity
State Department
Chrysler
Kremlin
United States
State Department briefings show the daily grind at Foggy Bottom
Francis X. Clines notes William Dyess reshaping the State Department briefing as a rigorous, costly process. Tuesday's “if” questions exposed sensitive policy gaps on Poland while Dyess aims to craft precise answers with a large briefing team. The piece traces the briefing’s evolution, its influence, and the pressure to think like a journalist.
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Francis X. Clines
New York Times
Washington
Poland
William J. Dyess
State Department
Dyess
Consid
Post
Western
Europe
Algeria
Oman
India
Iran
Malta
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Moscow
Cairo
Jerusalem
Havana
Bernard Kalb
NBC News
Kalb
Jim Anderson
United Press International
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