Historic restoration: Our responsibility amid budget cuts
The piece urges local historic preservation funding via CETA and state dollars for Randolph and Monroe counties. It highlights eight sites including Charter Oak School in Sparta and Belle Fontaine in Monroe, stressing local initiative and tax benefits for landmark designation to fund restorations without federal reliance.
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Monroe County
James Carpenter
Charter Oak
Sparta
Prarie du Rocher
Shiloh College
Shiloh Hill
Belle Fontaine
Miles Cemetery
Baum Church
Tipton Church
Abraham Lincoln
Southern Illinois Historical Societies
Washington
Letters Whose life is Reagan improving
Editor Sylvia C Barnwell of Marion argues against Reagan era momentum. She cites Sidney Lens on welfare state distinctions, condemns cuts to aid for the poor while warning of corporate welfare for the rich. She urges continued fights for jobs unions health care and economic planning.
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Southern Illinoisan
Sidney Lens
The
Progressive
Roosevelt
America
Reagan
Sec
Sylvia C. Barnwell
Marion
McCormick Under Fire Over Retirement Bill Support
The letter accuses Rep. C. L. McCormick of backing a retirement benefits bill that would raise his own pension and those of other state legislators, while denying during the campaign that retirement changes were planned. It notes a Marion Daily Republican report that he sponsors three bills aiding retail merchants, and questions his focus on personal gain as a Vienna retailer.
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Southern Illinoisan
Rep. C. L. McCormick
Marion
McCormick
Rep. McCormick
Vienna
OPEC Won't Aid U.S Utilities Says Editorial
The piece questions OPEC ministers funding U.S. electric utilities and argues the better use of 100 billion petrodollars is energy conservation, efficiency upgrades, solar energy systems, and transitional coal tech to reduce oil demand and avert future energy conflicts.
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Southern Illinoisan
OPEC
U.S
Middle Eastern
Did the coal strike have a winner
The 160,000 coal miners returned to work after a 73 day strike as UMW leadership faced doubt over its future. Deep miners in West Virginia Pennsylvania and eastern Kentucky led the rebelling against a March 27 contract that failed 2 to 1 but a later deal restored union pension and royalty funds.
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Madison
W. Va
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
UMW
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
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Sam Church
Church
Arnold Miller
Soviets open dickering for U S grain in London talks
The first round of U S Soviet grain trade talks began in London aimed at resuming Soviet purchases after last April's embargo lift. Agriculture Secretary Block outlined possible topics from immediate 1980 crop sales to a new multiyear agreement while noting generous U S grain stocks and no preconditions. Seeley Lodwick led the American team and Boris Gordiev headed the Russian delegation.
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Seth S. King
New York Times
Washington
United States
London
John R. Block
Block
Soviet Union
Seeley Lodwick
Boris Gordiev
Lopez Portillo to press Mexico U S talks on Central America
In Washington during two days of talks with President Reagan, Mexico’s Lopez Portillo aims to narrow differences over Central America and broaden cooperation on trade and migration. Mexico rejects linking aid to a broader U S program, urging peace and stability before financial support.
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New York Times
Reagan
Washington
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
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Central America
Mexico City
Lopez Portillo
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Cuba
Soviet Bloc
el Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
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