General Assembly OKs 1 million in tornado relief
The Illinois General Assembly approved 1 million dollars for Marion area tornado relief to aid cleanup and provide up to 5000 dollars per eligible family. The measure, sent to Governor Thompson, passed Senate 54 to 0 as federal aid may supplement state funds. The disaster follows the May 29 tornado that killed 10 and left 1,000 homeless, with damage pegged at 85 million.
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Marion
Illinois General Assembly
James R. Thompson
Senate
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Reagan
Jerome Cosentino
Illinois
Washington School
Reagan headlining Texas fundraiser aims to beat prior record
President Reagan travels to Houston to headline a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for Texas Governor William P. Clements. The event seeks over $3 million, potentially surpassing last year’s $3.5 million Washington dinner. Clements forces a strong challenge from Attorney General Mark White.
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Reagan
Texas
William P. Clements
Clements
Gerald Ford
Houston
Convention Center
White House
Larry Speakes
Senate
House
Speakes
Spon
Sors
House Senate
George Bayou
Clement
Mark White
James A. Baker III
White
New York
United National Conference On Disarmament
Pope pleads for worker freedom at ILO meeting
Pope John Paul II urged global respect for workers freedom to unionize during a 60 minute address to the ILO in Geneva. He pressed that freedom to associate is a fundamental right and warned it is often flouted, stressing solidarity without frontiers before about 1,800 delegates and Solidarity reps.
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Geneva
Switzerland
John Paul II
International Labor Organization
Poland
Solidarity Union
ILO
Southern Illinoisan publication and subscription details
Publisher information for the Southern Illinoisan lists offices in Carbondale and Herrin, dates, and circulation options. It covers second class status, post office details, successor newspapers, and advertising contact numbers.
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Southern Ilnoisan
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Herrin
Ill
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Williamson County
Franklin County
Supreme Court Extends Public Education to Illegal Alien Children
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said states must provide free public education to children of illegal aliens. The decision grounds equal protection under the 14th Amendment, granting undocumented residents access to the same fundamental rights as citizens and legal aliens. Justice Brennan authored the opinion, noting any alien is a “person” under the law. The ruling has regional and national impact on millions living and working in the United States.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
William J. Brennan
Mexico
Census Bureau
United States
GOP names Mrs Rader for U of I board
Former University of Illinois Trustee Jane Hayes Rader of Cobden has been nominated by a Republican party convention to run again for the U of I board. She is one of six nominees, three Republicans and three Democrats, seeking three of nine seats to be filled in November.
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University of Illinois
Jane Hayes Rader
Cobden
U of I
la Grange
Albert N. Logan
Peoples Gas
Chicago
William D. Forsyth Jr
Springfield
George W. Howard
Mount Vernon
Rader
PLO guerrillas hole up in Beirut as Israelis vow stay put
Palestinian guerrilla leaders hold Beirut hostage amid heavy bombardment and a tightened Israeli ring. Arafat resists surrender, asserting refuge in a foreign embassy while Israel pins a bargaining card on Beirut's encirclement.
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PLO
Beirut
Associated Press
Israel
Lebanon
Raphael Eytan
Tel Aviv
Palestine Liberation Organization
Eytan
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Israel Radio
Menachem Begin
United States
Reagan
Begin
U.N
Middle East
Beirut-Damascus
West Beirut
WAFA
George Habash
Stalingrad
Sharon
Baabda
Elias Sarkis
Government settles suit with Air Force whistle blower
Government agrees to promote Pentagon whistle blower A Ernest Fitzgerald and pays 200000 of his legal fees to settle his 1969 firing suit. He will become management systems deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for financial management with duties in cost control and performance measurement. Col Charles Cooper said Fitzgerald will keep a salary of 57500 per year.
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Washington
Pentagon
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Justice Department
U.S
William B. Bryant
Fitzgerald
Air Force
Congress
White House
Nixon
Civil Service Commission
Air Force Secretariat
Air
Charles Cooper
SIU college programs secure renewed Illinois board approval
The Illinois State Teacher Certification Board renewed approval for more than 40 SIU Carbondale College of Education teacher education programs. Dean Donald L. Beggs said the ten year certification follows an intensive 41 area review by a 37 member team, including interviews with professors, students, and local educators.
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Illinois State Teacher Certification Board
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
College of Education
Donald L. Beggs
Illinois
Beggs
Siu-C
Eam
Illinois State Board of Education
Hinckley Fantasies Not Delusions Says Prison Doctor
Prison psychiatrist Dr. Sally Johnson testified Hinckley’s love fantasies about actress Jodie Foster were daydreams not fixed false beliefs. Prosecutors seek conviction for the 1981 Reagan shooting. defense argues insanity. Johnson noted Hinckley was aware Foster’s relationship chances were slim and discussed his interview notes from June 1981. The trial entered its eighth week with a potential for Hinckley to testify in his own defense.
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John W. Hinckley
Sally Johnson
John
Jodie Foster
Hinckley
Reagan
Miss Foster
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