Arms talks resume despite Star Wars opposition in Europe
The United States and the Soviet Union announced resumed missile negotiations. The Soviet team includes Yuri Kvitsinsky, a key architect of the prior talks, and aims to block the U.S. Star Wars defense concept. Max Kampman leads the U.S. delegation, veteran in East West arms talks, as both sides prepare for renewed dialogue.
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Europe
Includi Ryan
Teppeta US
U.S
Outer Space
Yuri A. Kvitsinsky
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Max Kamperman
Reagan
Ken Gray returns to Washington with new senior perks
The 20 year House veteran Ken Gray resumes his role in Congress after a decade away. He secures a premier Capitol Hill suite beside Melvin Price, gains committee seats, and receives a special plate marked 49, signaling seniority. Gray’s return reshapes access and influence in the House as the committee convenes in February.
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Ken Gray
Washington
Rayburn
Melvin Price
D East St. Louis
Gray
George House Jr. Indicted in Fatal Penitentiary Stabbing
Benton AP reports George House Jr., 33, of Greenville Massachusetts, an inmate at the U S Penitentiary near Marion, has been indicted in a fatal stabbing that led to a lockdown at the facility.
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Benton
George House Jr
Greenville
Mass
U.S. Penitentiary
Marion
Shoes and sausage theft lands Marion man in prison
Donald Pogue, 24, of 500 E Jefferson, was sentenced by Judge Snyder Howell in Williamson County Circuit Court to three years at Menard Correctional Center for stealing tennis shoes from a Dollar General in December 1982 and one year concurrently for sausage theft from a Kroger in Anna in January 1983.
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Marion
Donald Pogue
E. Jefferson
Menard Correctional Center
Snyder Howell
Williamson County
Dollar General
Kroger Food
Anna
Regional steering committee proposes Metropolis site with GM incentive
A regional steering group plans to present a package featuring a Metropolis themed cover and logos of a car and city landmarks. The proposal outlines land clearing and grading, street lights, lakes for water recreation, auxiliary buildings, and a one mile track with grandstand. Boundaries run along Illinois 14 and US 51 with First Bank and Trust of Mount Vernon as trustee owner. Incentives to attract GM to Du Quoin include easy site acquisition since the tract is under a single ownership, while local governments reportedly failed to resolve wartime ties.
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Suand Saturn
Illinois 14
First Bank and Trust of
Mount Vernon
du Quoin
Sim
Onemy
Thompson's legacy as Illinois longest-serving governor
Springfield. Thompson became the longest-serving Illinois governor on February 4, 1985 at age 48. He is praised for workers' comp, unemployment benefits, tax climate improvements, and pragmatic administration while critics call his leadership style uncertain and prone to start-and-stop proposals.
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Springfield
Ill
Thompson
Minois
Illinois
William Dart
Illinois Manufacturers Association
Roeser
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Soviet Union
Capitol Dome
Presley
Makanda
Ken
Southern Illinoisan
Chris Monroe
Rep
Washington, D.C
Jack O'Dell
Margaret Steele
Patrick McCaffrey
Harrison Combs III
Robert Otterson
Patricia Lacey
James Lacey
Saturn
Vince Demuzio
Carlinville
Demuzio
Douglas Whitley
Taxpayers Federation of
Ilinois
Whitley
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