Thompson renews plea for taxes to aid Chicago transit
Governor Thompson again urged a 1 cent sales tax increase and higher liquor taxes as a long range fix for the Chicago area mass transit crisis. He faces GOP opposition and some Democrats who doubt the plan’s sufficiency. The proposal would exempt food medicine and farm and business equipment and aims to fund the Regional Transportation Authority through a broader tax package.
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
General Assembly
Thompson
Springfield
Regional Transportation Authority
Robert Mandeville
Senate Finance Committee near vote on Reagan tax cut plan
The Senate Finance Committee moves toward a final vote on Reagan's three year across the board income tax cut plan. It approved relief for working couples and IRA expansion, while defeating a Democratic one year alternative. The panel also softened the marriage penalty and debated tax free accounts for retirement savings.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Reagan
George Mitchell
Dmaine Mitchell
Sen
Bill Bradley
Dn.j
Democratic Alternative
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Finance Committee
Reagan Takes Budget Fight on the Road
President Reagan plans three speeches in six days to push tax and budget cuts. He starts with an address in San Antonio to the Jaycees, endorsing his program. A Los Angeles speech to the California Taxpayers’ Association follows, then a weekend at his Santa Barbara ranch and a Denver NAACP convention appearance on the return trip.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
San Antonio
Texas
U.S. Jaycees
Los Angeles
California Taxpayers’ Association
Santa Barbara
Calif
NAACP
Denver
Carbondale Lawyer Seen As Elections Board Chair
Phil Gilbert a Carbondale attorney and former state official is expected to be elected chair of the Illinois State Board of Elections next week. The eight member board informally agreed to tap Gilbert for the $25 000 yearly post making him the first chairman from outside northern Illinois. Gilbert 32 has served since 1978. the board oversees election conduct and campaign disclosure enforcement in the state.
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Mike Lawrence
Southern Illinoisan
Springfield
Phil Gilbert
Carbondale
State Board of Elections
Gilbert
Northern Illinois
James R. Thompson
John G. Gilbert
Illinois Board of Higher Education
University of Illinois
Loyola University of Chicago
Gail Boyer
Marion
Michael J. Hambler
Chicago
John Countryman
DeKalb County
Oldest Marion house eyed for Illinois Historic Site List
The 130-year-old house at 514 S. Market St in Marion, built about 1850 by Willis Allen, is recommended by the Illinois Historic Advisory Council for the state list and possible National Listing. If approved, a bronze plaque may be placed, indoors or outdoors, to honor the site.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Bernard
Rebecca Paul
Williamson County
S. Market St
Paul
Illinois Historic Advisory Council
Utica
Illinois
David Kenney
Pauls
South Market Street
State Historial Society
State Historical Society
Willis Allen
Illinois General Assembly
Allen
John A. Logan
Robert Ingersoll
Weather outlook warm humid tonight with possible storms
The National Weather Service forecasts warm, humid conditions tonight with possible showers and thunderstorms and a low in the 70s. Thursday will be partly sunny with highs in the upper 80s, followed by fair conditions Friday and Saturday and partly cloudy skies Sunday with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Petition targets SIU sabbatical pay headed to statehouse
Carbondale resident Charles McCaughan has gathered near 1,000 signatures on a petition to stop fully paid sabbaticals for SIU-C administrators. He plans to push the issue before the Illinois General Assembly if SIUC does not respond, citing former Vice President George Mace’s sabbatical at a $50,000 salary and ongoing contracts.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University
Illinois General Assembly
Carbondale
Charles McCaughan
McCaughan
SIUC
George Mace
Mace
Charles Hindersman
General Assembly
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
House
George Ryan
Kankakee
Siu-C
Siuc Board of Trustees
C. Thomas Busch
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Chicago Transit
National Broadcast Editorial Association
Senate
Congressional Budget Office
Eugene V. Rostow
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Carbondale High School
J. Phil Gilbert
SBE
Kinney
Williamson
Ann Landers
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