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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1977
Page
5
Jerome Kurtz became the Internal Revenue Service commissioner after taking the oath of office on Tuesday. Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal administered the oath in a ceremony marking Kurtz as head of the agency.
A bipartisan House Labor and Commerce Committee vote of 18 to 0 approved a compromise workmen's compensation bill reducing benefits for injured workers. The measure cuts back increases approved in 1975, adopting two business-backed amendments on maximum weekly pay and wage basis. The bill, already approved by the Senate, heads to the House floor and then back to the Senate if amended.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 363000 dollar appropriation for the St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority aimed at reversing a federal decision on building an airport in the Columbia Waterloo area. The Senate had approved the measure 43 to 11 on May 27.
The Illinois House readies a near 100 million dollar transport appropriation boosted by over 70 million in pork barrell projects. Amendments include 18 thousand for Danville street lights and 1.5 million for a West Frankfort area road, while ghost worker salary cuts were approved.
Thompson gains on education spending with House votes lowering state board requests. A $14.8 million supplemental for special public school programs failed, while the Appropriations Committee cut nearly $70 million from grants for adult education special education transportation and vocational programs. Barnes led large reductions. Henahan vows a floor fight to restore funds.
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