Illinois president backs limited tuition rise to cover inflation
University of Illinois President John Corbally said a $38 tuition hike could cover inflation but stopped short of recommending it. He urged trustees to back 10 percent faculty raises, while the Board of Higher Education proposed $48 undergraduate increases and 8 percent faculty raises, prompting a forthcoming Chicago hearing.
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Corbally
State Board
Chicago
Board of Higher Education
James R. Thompson
IBHE
Railroad trustee named for Milwaukee Road reorganization
Federal judge Thomas R. McMillen named Stanley E G Hillman head of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad as trustee of the Milwaukee Road. Former Illinois Governor Richard B Ogilvie will serve as attorney for the trustee. The Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad filed for bankruptcy on December 19. The ICC must approve both appointments.
Bonds Offered To Benefit Carbondale Hospitals
Zeigler Securities of St Louis markets tax exempt hospital revenue bonds for Carbondale on behalf of Memorial and Herrin Hospitals. Bonds refinance debts from building expansions. denominations 5000 dollars with semi annual interest. Rates span 4.35 percent to 7.20 percent with maturities up to 25 years. Carl Runge to handle subscriptions at Memorial Hospital, Carbondale. contact 549-0721 extension 224. City bears no liability for the issue.
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St. Louis
Zeigler Securities Inc
Southern Illinois
Standard and Poors
Carl Runge
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Runge
City of
Hospital Corporation
Priest held in scuffle outside abortion clinic
In Granite City Illinois police arrested 61 year old Roman Catholic priest Rev Edwin Arentsen after a scuffle outside the Hope Clinic for Women as about 30 picketers chanted anti abortion slogans. He faced disorderly conduct charges with a $35 bond while the protestors opposed clinic access amid a past controversy surrounding Barbaralee Davis.
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Granite City
Ill
Harry Mitchell
Edwin Arentsen
Arentsen
Hope Clinic
Barbaralee Davis
Cutler
Coal supply in four states runs dangerously low
AP reports utilities in Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland and Ohio face dwindling coal reserves amid a six week UMW strike. DOE expert Alex Gakner says utilities could run 85 to 90 days on current stocks if burn rates continue, with oil or other steps possible if the strike extends beyond three months.
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New York
Alex Gakner
U.S. Department of Energy
Gakner
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
United Mine Workers
UMW
Illinois shopping list for Washington focuses on Locks and Dam and airport
Illinois leaders push for federal action on Alton Locks and Dam 26 and a Columbia Waterloo airport as top priorities this year along with energy tax plowback fiscal relief and anti smuggling measures. Senate and House committees will tackle Panama Canal treaties export policy budget welfare and farm strike related issues with key Illinois figures like Sen Charles Percy Rep Paul Simon Sen Adlai Stevenson Rep Madigan and Rep Findley guiding strategy.
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Michael Isikoff
Capitol Hill
Washington
Illinois
Alton Locks and Dam
St. Louis-area
Columbia-Waterloo
Congress
Paul Simmons
James R. Thompson
Carter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Charles Percy
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
U.S
Madigan
Findley
House Agriculture Committee
House Appropriations Committee
George Shipley
D-Olney
Brock Adams
St. Louis
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Sen. Stevenson
Springfield
Thompson
Percy
Torrijos moves toward Panama Canal treaty ratification
General Omar Torrijos sent seven members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee home after signaling no objection to amendments that could aid ratification of the new Panama Canal treaties in Panama City. The talks pause as the U S Senate weighs the accord.
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Panama City
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Canal
United States
Adams presses Midwest rail reorganization talks
Transportation Secretary Brock Adams urged Midwest railroad interests to meet and restructure the industry to avert bankruptcies and possible federal takeover. He spoke at a Chicago conference after the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad bankruptcy, proposing local meetings under the 1976 act with about $700 million in federal aid available for reorganizations.
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Chicago
Brock Adams
Adams
Midwest Railroad
Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
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Illinois Supreme Court
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RTA Board
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
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Herrin Hospital
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