Illinois Personal Income Growth Slower Than Nation
Government reports show Illinois personal income excluding farm earnings rose 1.5 percent from July to September, below the national 2 percent. Service sector wages and salaries grew 1.9 percent, above the national 1.7 percent. Census data show Illinois service receipts up 65 percent from 1977 to 1982, far below the national 91 percent. Illinois ranked 39th among states in the Commerce Department study.
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Commerce Department
Illinois
Census Bureau
Southern Illinois bids for Saturn GM plant with 12 site proposals
Regional officials completed a package to lure General Motors Saturn to Southern Illinois, detailing 12 possible sites across Anna Rend Lake Carbondale Du Quoin Williamson County Mount Vernon Murray Massac County. It includes letters of commitment on utility rates unions and SIU training programs and maps plus a regional profile. Local officials were delivering the package to Springfield for state review.
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Southern Illinois
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Springfield
Raymond Mileur
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Personal income growth by state shows Midwest and WV slowest
State by state personal income growth ranks top four states and highlights the Midwest and West Virginia as the slowest growing. The report compares growth rates across regions, noting the slowest state in the nation.
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Midwest
West Virginia
EPA proposes streamlined toxic cleanup guidelines
The EPA unveiled a major overhaul to speed cleanup of toxic waste dumps. It would allow “common sense remedies” to stabilize sites without 10 percent state funding, skip lengthy planning, add sites to the priority list, and expand to federal facilities. Public comment is open 60 days.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
William M. Hedeman Jr
Environmental Agency
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Hedeman
Congress
Intruder nabbed at Reagan dinner table
Denver man Robert Latta, following the Marine Band, entered the White House during Reagan inauguration and sat in the First Family dining room. Latta, 45, was released on 1000 dollar bond after eight days in jail and faces unlawful entry charges.
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Robert Latta
Pat Schroeder
D-Colo
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Post
Latta
Washington
D.C
Secret Service
Mike Tarr
Schroeder
Marine
Anthony Tansimore
Mrs. Schroeder
Carbondale to shed useless railroad project goods
Carbondale’s railroad relocation project heads into a settlement with E T Simonds Construction for unneeded materials valued at about 330000 dollars. The city will pay for items no longer needed and Simonds will buy back roughly 61000 dollars worth of materials with a 15 percent annual interest credit on some items. See Railroad goods, Page Five.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
E.T. Simonds Construction Co
Simonds
Simonds Company
Rock the Devil: Zealot Preaches Against Rock Music
Timmons, a former Beloit rocker now 33, travels Southern Illinois with The Final Hour Crusade. He argues rock and country western music promote sex and drugs and recalls his own conversion after joining the United Pentecostal Church. He and his wife Martha and their two daughters tour with a ministry funded by contributions, aiming to save youths from rock culture.
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Beloit
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