Lake of Egypt residents protest unfair county reassessment
About 50 Lake of Egypt homeowners packed a Vienna office to denounce tax assessments as Johnson County moves toward its first countywide reassessment. They urged a rollback plan or delay, while officials map a two year program starting in Goreville and Tunnel Hill townships to reassess roughly 12 500 parcels. The county aims to finish by 1983 with a target multiplier of 1.2554, amid concerns some areas are over or under assessed.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Lake of Egypt
Vienna
Johnson County
Emmett E. Cockrum
Pharoah’s Garden Homeowners Association
Ray
Walters
Goreville Township
Tunnel Hill
Department of Revenue
Goreville
Vienna Township
Ne Asy
State Department of Revenue
Negotiator back in Algiers raises hostage hopes
U S negotiator Warren Christopher returns to Algiers to brief Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Benyahia on U S Iran positions as hopes rise for freeing 52 American hostages in Iran. In Tehran an Algerian Embassy official expresses cautious optimism while Washington signals progress amid disputes over frozen Iranian assets and escrow plans.
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Algiers
Algeria
America
Iran
Mohamed Benyahia
Tehran
Lebanon
U.S
Secreaf
Warren Christopher
Benyahia
Christopher
Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Houari Boumedienne
Rehda Malek
United States
Malek
Reagan
Carter
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Weather update: colder weekend with sun and clouds
The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy tonight with a low in the teens. Friday will be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Illinois extended forecast calls for fair and cold conditions Saturday with a low 10 to 20 and a high in the low 30s. Sunday and Monday will be warmer with Sunday lows in the 20s and highs in the 30s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
River to river Miship Trail opens amid local disputes
Hikers and environmentalists will join state, local and federal officials to observe the first permanent cross state trail from the Ohio River to the Mississippi in Southern Illinois. The Miship Trail faces disagreements over permanence, naming, and funding, with the Shawnee Trails Conference and Shawnee National Forest negotiating route and environmental review before construction potential in 1982.
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Dave DeWitte
Illinois
Ohio River
Mississippi
National Forest Service
Shawnee Trails Conference
Forest Service
Shawnee National Forest
STC
American Hiking Society
Bob Jenner
The
Jenner
Grand Tower
Ohio
Cavern Rock
Shawnee Hills
Garden of the Gods
High Knob
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Soject
Chris Comstock
Comstock
Gary Cole
Murphysboro
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Son County
Max Ray
Johnson County Board
Mary Kay Butz
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
Illinois Department of Conservation
Giant City State Park Lodge
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Mishio
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