Thompson hints at tax hikes and trips abroad for Illinois growth
Gov James R Thompson argues for more overseas travel and a costly home building program to spur Illinois economic growth. He warns of possible taxes to fund long term debt and urges cooperation among business labor and government while noting education funding and an income tax hike may not be needed. He cites Farmall’s loss and Tenneco’s Farmall plant prospects as a push to reframe economic strategy.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Houston
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Thompson
Chicago
Harold Washington
Japan
Rock Island
Tenneco
International Harvester
Farmall
Quad- Cities
Pro-Life League Chief Won't Condemn Bombings
Chicago based Pro-Life Action League director Joseph Scheidler says bombings of abortion clinics are not terrorism, calling the violence by sick individuals and arguing life is more valuable than property. The piece notes 24 bombings in 1984, five between Christmas Eve and New Year, and 30 since 1982 with only 12 solved. no area clinics have been bombed.
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Chicago
Pro-Life Action League
Reagan
Joseph Scheidler
The
League
U.S. Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ann Landers Index and Calendar Notes
Index and calendar sections highlight notices and features across days 27 to 34, with business and classified items on pages 19 to 20 and 23 to 26 respectively. Readers find guidance, schedules, and community notices shaping weekly affairs.
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Ann Landers
Unusual 1964 SIU Motorist Death Statistics
Tony Stevens notes Southern Illinois drivers show notable figures for 1964 with a nearly 20 percent drop in road deaths from the prior year. Male fatalities were slightly fewer, female victims older than in 1963, and fatal sites shifted across counties and routes. Multi vehicle collisions fell sharply in the period. Provisional totals cover the 14 county Poe District 1301.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Poe
Shultz Gromyko head to Geneva for talks on arms control
Secretary of State George Shultz led a U S delegation to Geneva to resume arms talks with Andrei Gromyko. The mission backed by Congress seeks a framework for negotiations after the SDI Star Wars program drew Kremlin resistance. 650 reporters awaited. Republicans and Democrats pressed Moscow and urged a precondition on treaty violations.
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Washington
George Shultz
Geneva
Congress
Kremlin
Shultz
White House
Robert McFarlane
Paul Nitze
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Avenue de la Paix
Peace Avenue
McFarlane
Reagan
House
Senate
Larry Speakes
James Wright
Gromyko
Steven Symms
Idaho
John East
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
United States
Zaccaro weighs guilty plea in Manhattan probe
John A. Zaccaro husband of Geraldine Ferraro considers pleading guilty in an ongoing investigation into his business dealings. Lawyers deny a Times report tying the plea to a falsified sales contract for five Queens apartment buildings and note separate matters involving a $550,000 Port Authority credit union loan to a real estate investor.
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NEW York
John A. Zaccaro
Geraldine A. Ferraro
Zaccaro
Walter Mondale
John B. Koegel
Associated Press
Koegel
Manhattan
Queens
John DeLorenzo
DeLorenzo
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Harvester
Quad-Cities
Mr. Tenneco
Brandon Risse
Bridge Street
Carbondale
Lukas Palec
Southern Illinoisan
Dwight Nale
Pro-life
Strategic Defense Initiative
Speakes
Space
Moscow
U.S
Novosti
Vladimir Alexeev
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