Airport board urged to reject Marion land deal over sewer
Officials argue Williamson County Airport Authority should hold off on Marion's offer to swap land along Illinois 13 for airport property until Herrin or Energy can provide sewer service. The proposal hinges on annexation and future development, with no solid employment plan yet.
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Williamson County Airport Authority
Marion
Herrin
Energy
Illinois 13
Illinois 148
Illinois
Williamson County
Energy’s
Airport Board
Air pollution debate broadens beyond regions in Congress
The piece argues air quality must drive national policy as acid rain and pollutants affect all states. It urges a nationwide sulfur dioxide control approach, warns of rising costs, and calls on Congress to act despite limited data from scientists and varied political views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Northeast
Congress
Phil Shabecoff
Contiguous States
House
Reagan Administration
Burke Laments Harvard Berkeley Syndrome In Higher Ed
Joseph C. Burke president of SUNY Plattsburgh argues in The Chronicle of Higher Education that higher education suffers from a needlessly imitative mindset. He says excellence comes from appropriate offerings and high performance rather than program quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Burke
State University of New York College At
Plattsburgh
Chronicle of Higher Education
Space defense debate stalls light on real issues
Flora Lewis argues the Star Wars defense debate remains muddled across tech, diplomacy, and politics. Proponents claim space and land defenses could narrow the window of vulnerability, while opponents warn of an accelerated arms race and higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Lewis
New York Times
Paris
Reagan
Earth
Space
Moscow
Executioner unmasks feelings
Belzoni Mississippi, Tom Berry Bruce, 65, admits a grim ambivalence about his role as state executioner. He learned to kill in World War II and rose to command the gas chamber in Parchman. As capital punishment expands nationwide Bruce says the law is the law, yet he questions its morality and laments sleepless nights.
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Tom Tiede
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Belzoni
Miss
Mississippi
Tom Berry Bruce
Bruce
United States
Supreme Court
Tom Bruce
Douglas MacArthur
Parchman
Department of Corrections
Acid Rain Alarm Grows Across United States
A broad, growing scientific effort shows acid rain may threaten ecosystems nationwide, with sulfur dioxide emissions rising in the Southeast while peaking in the Northeast. The National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, budgeting about 60 million dollars, coordinates research across 13 federal agencies, states, and private groups to understand causes, transport, and effects on forests crops and water bodies.
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Phil Shabecoff
New York Times
Corvallis, Ore
New England
New York
Adirondack Mountains
Rock Mountain
Mexico
National Park Service
Gener
Ally
Environmental Protection Agency
Willamette Valley
Adirondacks
Electric Power Research Institute
J. Christopher Bernabe
Robert T. Lackey
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Norman Podhoretz
Nazi Germany
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Atlantic Seaboard
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Europe
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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