Pay cuts proposed in Benton city budget crisis
Benton City Council seeks wage, benefit rollbacks after a year burning through 98000 more than revenue. Laborers and Operating Engineers unions to meet for possible mutual agreement while council considers department cuts, service fees, and potential layoffs to balance the budget.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Benton City
Charles Webster
Laborers International Union
Operating Engineers Union
Laborers Union
Kenneth Lampley
The
Lampley
Webster
Leland Brown
John Seymour
Brown
Seymour
Franklin County
West Frankfort
Herrin
Elmer Gregory
John Tedeschi
Tedeschi
Weather forecast for Illinois with cooler nights and warm days
The National Weather Service predicts fair and cooler conditions tonight with a low in the low 60s. Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warm with highs in the mid 80s. The Illinois forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Thursday through Saturday with a chance of showers Friday and Saturday. Highs will be upper 70s to upper 80s and lows in the 60s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Simon's district intact in new remap proposal
A remap proposal by House Speaker George H. Ryan would keep Rep. Paul Simon in largely the same district, adding Kaskaskia Pope Seminary and Wilberton townships in Fayette County. The map retains multiple Southern Illinois counties and projects a 14 8 Republican edge in the state delegation. Ryan said the plan has a good chance to become law with approval from both chambers.
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Paul Simon
Carbondale
Kaskaskia
Pope, Seminary
Wilberton
Fayette County
Simon
George H. Ryan
Kankakee
Jackson
Alexander
Bond
Clinton
Franklin
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Jefferson
Johnson
Marion
Massac
Monroe
Perry
Pope
Pulaski
Randolph
Saline
Union
Washington
White
Williamson
Illinois
House
George Ryan
Ryan
Chicago
Illinois House
Senate
Reagan Budget Clears Senate Panel 19-0
The Senate Budget Committee voted 19-0 to send a 39.6 billion 1982 spending cut package to the floor, aligning with President Reagan. The measure would trim over 200 federal programs, mainly in welfare, food stamps, unemployment, and public service jobs, with a path to a 1984 budget balance.
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Washington
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Senate
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Domenici
Budget Committee
Congress
House
GOP
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Democrats
Reagan tax lobby gains Senate support for tax cuts
President Reagan began a personal lobbying push for his three year tax cut plan, winning endorsements from some Senate Democrats while facing lingering resistance from House Democrats led by Mayor Dan Rostenkowski. Republicans and Democrats foresee possible modifications to win passage amid broader spending cut battles.
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Steven R. Weisman
New York Times
Reagan
Senate
Russell Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Long
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Democrats
Congress
White House
Sen
David Boren
Oklahoma
Boren
Max L. Friedersdorf
Friedersdorf
Daniel D. Rostenkowski
Rostenkowski
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Tribune Co to Buy Cubs in $20.5 Million Deal
William Wrigley says he will sell the Chicago Cubs to the parent company of the Chicago Tribune for 20.5 million dollars. Wrigley owns 81 percent of the club's stock. The sale covers all assets, with proceeds in escrow and Tribune assuming all liabilities. Board, National League, and stockholders must approve via proxy statement.
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Chicago
William Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Tribune
Wrigley
Cubs’ Board of Directors
National League
Haig Says U S to Lift China Arms Restrictions
Secretary of State Haig announced the Reagan administration will loosen arms sale limits to China removing the muni tions list ban. A Chinese army official will visit Washington in August to discuss possible purchases, with U S and Chinese leaders stressing Sino American ties amid ties to Taiwan.
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Peking
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Reagan
China
Washington
U.S
Haig
United States
Congress
Deng Xiaoping
Communist Party
Zhao Ziyang
Zhao
Taiwan
Deng
Great Hall of the People
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