Illinois group readies petition drive for tax freeze vote
A Chicago based citizens group the Coalition for Political Honesty plans a petition drive to force a non binding referendum on residential property tax relief by August 21 They seek 625 000 signatures and aim to freeze tax rates and assessed valuations until reform bills pass and relief is provided to renters and homeowners paying more than 3 5 percent of income.
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Coalition For Political Honesty
Ilinois
General Assembly
Patrick Quinn
Illinois Public Action Council
Quinn
California
Illinois
Thompson pushes for ERA vote in Illinois House
Gov. James Thompson and Rep. Alan Greiman press for ratification of the federal Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois as GOP leaders and ERA supporters mobilize. Anti ERA groups hold a Capitol news conference while pro ERA strategists convene to press the measure.
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Springfield
James Thompson
Illinois House
Alan Greiman
Greiman
Era
Thompson
GOP
Eagle Forum
Capitol
Barbara O'Conner
ERA Illinois
Carter frames US stance against Soviet pressure at Annapolis
President Carter told the Soviet Union it faces a choice between confrontation or cooperation as he spoke at the U S Naval Academy. He urged detente with reciprocity while accusing Moscow of exploiting Africa’s instability to expand influence. The 31 minute address to 956 graduates and thousands more stressed restraint and progress on arms control amid high tensions.
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Annapolis
Carter
Soviet Union
United States
U.S. Naval Academy
Africa
Midshipmen
U.S
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Cyrus R. Vance
House
John Brademas
Indiana
McCormick recalls near miss on Illinois tax reform in 1971
Former Illinois lawmaker C L McCormick, of Vienna, says his 1971 bill to freeze property taxes was too early. He cites California and Marion, Indiana, as examples, arguing taxes should be frozen at a reasonable rate rather than sharply cut or raised. He notes young buyers struggle and that he has retired but still follows politics.
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Dave Goldberg
Associated Press
California
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Ohio
Case
Jeffrey Bell
Bill Bradley
Senate
Evelle Younger
Los Angeles
Ed Davis
Max Baucus
Paul Hatfield
Montana
Mississippi
Cliff Finch
Maurice Dantin
Thad Cochran
Bell
Ronald Reagan
Treasury
William Simon
Jack Kemp
New York
Bradley
New York Knickerbocker
Richard Leone
Edmund Brown Jr
Younger
Davis
Ken Maddy
San Diego
Pete Wilson
Marion
C.L. McCormick
Vienna
McCormick
Illinois
Robert Butler
Witnesses warn of Marion EPA lab closure costs
EPA lab closure opponents warn that moving the Marion facility to Champaign would raise unemployment, postal, and moving costs. Kayna Pate testified about service losses to Dongola farmers after a March derailment spill, urging state officials to fully analyze financial and regional impacts before July 1 closure.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Marion
Champaign
Kayna Pate
Energy
Pate
Governor's Commission For Economic Development
State Regional
Ilinois
Marion Lab
Dongola
Robert Butler
Ralph Zeck
Goreville
Milt Witt
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Clarence Blank
American Waterworks Co
George Williams
Southern Illinois Economic Development Advisory Council
Tom Merritt
Commission
Robert Ellison
Weather and local notices from Anna-Jonesboro area
The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy skies with showers and possible thunderstorms tonight, then cooler on Thursday with a mid to upper 70s high and lingering shower chances. Showers and storms expected Friday and Saturday with varying lows from mid 50s to mid 60s and highs in the 70s to 80s, then a warm, shower-prone Sunday. A $30 million golf and condo project at Marion will offer discrimination compensation to female coaches to avoid state action.
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National Weather Service
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