Anna OKs L shaped pool plan to replace old facility
Anna Park Board approved a new L shaped pool design about 50 percent larger than the current one, with 6 racing lanes and a 25 meter length diving area. The old 30 year old pool will be demolished or renovated, with bids issued in March and construction hoped to start next year.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Anna
Anna Park Board
Ben Edwards
Park Board
Edwards
Jonesboro
Union County
Educators oppose state aid plan
Regional Superintendents of Schools committee voted against Gov Thompson’s plan to delay state aid payments. Williamson County leader Les McCollum said the proposal would cut 24 payments this year to 22, then 24 next year and 26 in 1983-84, harming districts with declining enrollment. He warned funds could be postponed or the law altered, leaving districts short.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Legislative Committee of the Regional Superintendents of Schools
Gov. Thompson
Williamson County
Les McCollum
Springfield
Tompson
McCollum
Thompson
Child care center at John A Logan to move to temporary quarters
The Child Care Center at John A Logan College in Carterville, heavily damaged by a Sunday fire, plans a temporary operation in the college's Phase One Building pending approvals from DCFS and the state fire marshal. Officials expect a temporary setup by early next week, with possible reduced capacity due to space limits and DCFS rules. about 38 to 40 children attend daily, with fees of 5 to 5.50 dollars per day.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Robert Tarvin
Department of Children and Family Services
Tarvin
DCFS
Reagan reconsiders tax hike options in 1983 plan
President Reagan weighs higher excise taxes on cigarettes liquor wine and luxury goods while facing opposition from business groups and some Republican allies. Officials say final decision may wait until the State of the Union and a plan aims to raise roughly 15 billion to hold the 1983 deficit near 75 billion.
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Opposi
Reagan
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
White House
Congress
House
Bob Michel
Illinois
Agan
David A. Stockman
GOP
Trent Lott
Mississippi
Jack Kemp
New York
Little Guy
Kemp
Treasury Department
Transportation Department
Poll shows optimism for economy despite low Reagan ratings
The AP NBC poll of 1,597 adults finds 46 percent approve of Reagan as president, down from 48 percent in December. Economic optimism rises slightly with 34 percent predicting improvement next year, while unemployment remains the top economic concern at 46 percent for government.
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New York
Reagan
Associated Press
NBC News
Pee
Area ambulances pass inspection statewide
Three area ambulances were inspected in a statewide spot check by the Secretary of State’s office and given a clean bill of health. From Jackson County Ambulance Service and Red Bud’s Professional Life Support Service, the vehicles were part of 405 ambulances surveyed to ensure mechanical safety and proper license plate and sticker displays under a new biennial inspection law. Violations were found mainly among medicars in the Chicago area, with 25 of 28 listed having issues.
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Secretary of State’s
Jackson County Ambulance Service
Professional Life Support Service Inc
Red Bud
Safe Department of Police
Mike Walters
Jim Edgar
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Department of Transportation Safety UN Ion
UAW defers Chrysler pension payment to 1984
The United Auto Workers union agreed to allow Chrysler to pay its $187 million 1980 pension contribution in three installments, first in April 1982, then September 1983, and September 1984. The deferral, approved by the IRS, saves Chrysler about $93 million in early 1982 as it battles the industry downturn. Chrysler will also begin early 1981 pension payments beginning in April with the final 1981 payment due September 15.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Chrysler
Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Cyst nematode quarantine may be lifted
Scientists say soybean cyst nematodes are widespread across Illinois, prompting the state Agriculture Department to consider lifting the quarantine. Dwight Dunbar notes pests from south to north and east to west negate containment. University of Illinois expert Barry Jacobsen warns nematodes can cut yields 60 to 80 percent. Nematodes were first found in Southern Illinois counties in the 1960s.
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Associated Press
Illinois
State Agriculture Department
Dwight Dunbar
University of Illinois
Barry Jacobsen
Dunbar
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