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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1985
Page
25
The nation’s civilian jobless rate remained at 7.3 percent in May, the Labor Department said, marking the fourth straight stagnant month. Manufacturing employment fell by 28,000, while the broader economy added 345,000 jobs, mostly in services. Illinois saw unemployment rise to 9.6 percent in May from 9.4 percent in April.
The House voted 203-202 to cut 31 Corps of Engineers projects including the $200 million Alton Locks and Dam No. 26. Insurgent members argued merit should trump influence in a dispute with Appropriations Chairman Jamie Whitten. One project, a $23 million flood control near Moline Illinois, survived.
A Media General AP poll of 544 adults in early June shows most oppose dropping state and local tax deductions yet back Reagan’s proposals to curb business meal deductions, reduce tax brackets, and raise personal exemptions in the tax law.
The Senate approved 55 to 42 a plan to resume U.S. support for the Contras with 38 million dollars in non lethal assistance over 18 months. The package allows food medicine and transport funding but bars guns bullets and lethal weapons and would prohibit military training.
Carbondale police say a pickup struck a stopped squad car during a traffic stop on Illinois 13 at Giant City Road. Officer Calvin Stearns escaped serious injury, treated for minor harm, while 24 year old David W Bradley of Calvert City Ky was charged with DUI and released on bond. Firefighters battled the blaze for about an hour as ammunition inside the car reportedly caused no major problems.
Washington via The Lempert Report argues Baby Boomers span a wide range, labeling Yuffies as Young Urban Failures who outnumber Yuppies five to one. It notes 79 million Boomers, 90 percent earn incomes, about 74 percent of working Boomers make 20 000 or less, and urges advertisers to study Yuffies needs.
Tammy Jernigan a 26 year old doctoral student in astrophysics at University of California Berkeley was named by NASA as a mission specialist making her the youngest astronaut in the program.
Wanda Piazza, 60, was found dead at her Benton home after a Wednesday evening call. Autopsy showed a single blow to the back of the head, but investigators say she may have fallen and authorities are treating the case as a possible homicide with no arrests yet.
A top Agriculture Department official, Everett G. Rank Jr., will not face criminal charges over payments linked to the 1983 payment in kind program. The Justice Department cited equitable considerations but warned of potential conflicts of interest and ordered ethics training for senior USDA staff, including Rank.
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