Assessment system needs major surgery in Southern Illinois
A series of articles argues Illinois property tax assessments are often far below 33.3 percent of value. State multipliers raise inequities in under and overassessed areas. Coefficient of dispersion shows wide variation, with seven Southern Illinois counties scoring unacceptable. Major reassessment, not township fixes, is urged to correct systemic flaws.
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Illinois
Illinois Department of Revenue
Johnson County
Perry
Franklin
Williamson
Jackson
Randolph
Refugee relocation plea targets Cuba boat people in Georgia
A reader argues against accepting refugees detailing opposition to taking in 50,000 plus Cuban boat people. He urges sending them to Georgia to be cared for by Jimmy and Roselyn Carter, claiming there is no room or resources at home. He recalls earthquakes and a volcano, questions national aid, and urges voters to “wipe the slate clean” and start over.
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Southern Illinois
America
Georgia
Jimmy
Rosalyn Carter
Moses
Who's running Reagan's campaign
The Reagan campaign, after dismissing John Sears, faces uncertainty over leadership. William Casey and Edwin Meese seek internal consultation before naming a national political director, with speculated figures denied and pressure from Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt. Casey stresses coordinating with state operatives and filling several key posts.
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Adam Clymer
New York Times
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Hamilton Jordan
Carter
John P. Sears
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
William J. Casey
William E. Timmons
Ford
Lyn Nofziger
Sears
Casey
Edwin Meese
Bill
The Kurds Rise as Internal Threat to Iran’s Revolution
New York Times correspondent John Kifner reports Kurdish Pesh Merga guerrillas attacking Iranian army barracks near the Iraqi border during a mounting rebellion in Kurdistan. The uprising challenges Ayatollah Khomeini’s government as Kurdish leaders insist on autonomy, with clashes spreading from Sanandaj to Mahabad and Sardasht and troops reported desertions and protests.
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John Kifner
New York Times
Baneh
Iran
Abolraman Qassemlou
Kurdish Democratic Party
Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini
Khofar
Sadeq Khalkhali
Iraq
Turkey
Sanandaj
Saqqez
Paveh
Tehran
Kurdistan
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Ayatollah
Mohammed Beheshti
Islamic Republican Party
Ali Montazeri
Ayatollah Khomeini
Pasdaran
Bani Sadr
Urmia
West Azerbaijan
Zab-e-Kuchek
Sardasht
Pesh Merga
Mahabad
Isfahan
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Brock
Republican National Committee
Laxalt
National Committee
Charles Black Jr
James Lake
Morton Blackwell
New Right Report
Peter H. Dailey
Nixon
George Bush
Meese
Sears and Black
Khomeini
Qassemlou
KDP
Ezzadein Hosseini
Koumela
Seige
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