Budget games amid school funding fears in Illinois
The Chicago Tribune highlights a $14 million drop in state spending for the first half of the year while warning spending will rise later. The Southern Illinoisan critiques Thompson's bid to delay a $127 million school aid payment, noting districts fear future cuts. Gov. Thompson vows tighter budgets and possible tax hikes on liquor to fund priorities like education and mental health.
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Chicago Tribune
Southern Illinoisan
Trib
James Thompson
Robert Mandeville
Thompson
Small Cars Safer? Study Finds Higher Death Rates in Small Cars
A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and United Services Automobile Association finds occupants of the smallest cars, during 1978 to 1980, died at more than twice the rate of those in full size cars. 3.5 deaths per 10,000 small cars versus 1.6 for full size. The report urges safer features like airbags and seat belts along with driver education and stricter enforcement to reduce fatalities.
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Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
United Services Automobile Association
San Antonio
Illinois
Letters end the era of big government and entitlement
Editor argues that postwar social programs created dependency and poverty, blaming not Reagan but 1960s demands by interest groups. He cites dairy price supports, food stamps, and education expansions as drains on taxpayers, noting cheaper foreign labor and selective entitlement undermine American self sufficiency.
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Southern Illinois An
Reagan
Congress
Reagan critics fault ERA move by conservative justice shift
In a New York Times analysis, Tom Wicker argues Reagan conservatives pressuring the Justice Department undercut constitutional procedure on the Equal Rights Amendment. He notes Judge Callister's ruling and the administration's reaction risk delaying ratification and defying Congress's three-fourths vote and state rights.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
New York
Legislative Branch
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Marion J. Callister
Congress
Phyllis Schlafly
Reagan
Carter
Callister
NARAL tests grass roots in three markets for abortion limits
Pro-Choice leaders led by Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover outline a plan for a late January TV ad push in Hartford Springfield Des Moines and Seattle to recruit volunteers for a long state level battle over legalized abortion. The effort signals a shift toward broader grass roots organization and raises questions about President Reagan's evolving stance and Congress readiness to consider a state power amendment.
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Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Washington
National Abortion Rights Action League
Hartford-Springfield
Des Moies
Seattle
NARAL
Congress
ERA
Poland
Judiciary Committee
Sen
Orrin G. Hatch
Supreme Court
Hatch
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
White House
Gloria Steinems
Bella Abzugs
Line forming to get money from Iran
Editorial examines claims by about 3000 U.S. citizens and firms seeking compensation from Iran under the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. A $1 billion escrow fund holds frozen Iranian assets to pay expropriation, contract breach, and unpaid debt claims, with many under $250,000. The process is lengthy, with major filers including Xerox, Du Pont, and General Telephone and Electronics. Arthur Revine leads tribunal assignments amid a future outlook of possible improved relations.
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Xerox
du Pont
General Telephone and Electronics
Iran
Arthur Revine
State Department
United States
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