Senate Code Rebuilds Illinois Pay Plan Clash in Senate
Senate Democrats pushed aside Gov Thompson bonding plan for Build Illinois. They advanced a largely pay as you go proposal before a House Senate conference. Critics warned delays and higher costs while supporters cited saving over 2.5 billion in interest and fees.
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Illinois
Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Senate Democrats
James R. Thompson
House
Philip J. Rock
Doak Park
Phelps vote riles GOP as coal bill heads to governor
Page Two reports friction in GOP over Phelps vote while a federal bonding plan for Build Illinois totaling about 248 million dollars is advanced. Democrats reshape the agenda to steer general revenue funds toward the program.
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Illinois
Reagan Cancels Vacation to Monitor Lebanon Hostage Crisis
President Reagan gave up his Fourth of July trip to California to remain in Washington and watch the TWA 847 hijacking in Lebanon. Spokesman Larry Speakes said the move reflects concern over 40 Americans held by Shiite Muslims as a videotape shows some hostages answering questions. Letters from five Illinois captives noted they were well as family members await updates.
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Reagan
California
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Lebanon
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Larry Speakes
Donald Regan
Speakes
Beirut
U.S
Weather Today and Tonight Forecast
Sunny conditions prevail today with clear skies across the region. Tonight will be fair with light winds and mostly dry weather for overnight hours.
Index Regional B7 Lottery A2 Calendar B9 Opinions Bs Classified D18 People A4 Comics AD5 Spectrum A6 Deaths BS Sports C11-14 Horoscope A5 TV A5 Landers A6 World A2
Index page list of regional sections including lottery calendar opinions classifieds society features sports and world briefs. Highlights include upcoming lottery drawings, calendar events, personals, comics and profiles with brief notices across sections.
Making hay Carbondale weather timing tips
A farmer notes two days of sun are rare and rain lowers hay quality. After a cold front with low humidity and no rain forecasts, the optimal window for cutting, curing, and baling hay arrives.
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Carbondale
Illinois
Frank Yates
Chester Johnson
Work saves two in 10-foot sewer manhole incident
Mike Marten of SIUC Physical Plant led a crew including Billy Jones and Bob Cox to revive two unconscious coworkers Joel W. McPherson and Carl Helt after exposure to dead air and heat in a sewer manhole south of the high rise. They improvised a snorkel from garden hose sections, used a large apartment fan with extension cord, and coordinated with ambulance crews to extract the men. McPherson, 62, and Helt, 41, were treated at Memorial Hospital and released. Keller, 45, attempted to reach McPherson but was forced out.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Joel
Mike Marten
Westwood Hills
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Marten
Joel W. McPherson
Carl Helt
James D. Keller
Memorial Hospital
McPherson
Helt
Southern Hills
U.S. 51
Keller
Billy
Cox
Jones
Jackson County
Siuc Physical Plant
Bomb threats disrupt flights at major airports
More than 400 on a 747 were delayed for hours after a bomb threat forced an unscheduled stop at O'Hare. An Austrian jetliner Rome Vienna with 65 aboard returned to Rome after Vienna office received a threat. DC-9 secured at 9:15 p.m. in Vienna. Heathrow evacuated an Air India 747 bound for New York after an anonymous threat.
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Vienna
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Heathrow
New York
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Tokyo
Narita
Fire destroys three West Frankfort downtown buildings
A blaze in the 500 block of West St Louis Street destroyed the Union Professional Clinic, Union Pharmacy and an unoccupied house in West Frankfort near downtown. One firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation at UMW of A Hospital as crews from multiple towns fought the blaze late Monday night. Hospitals took precautions to block smoke while air intakes were closed and nearby phone service was interrupted.
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Kay Herstedt
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Union Professional Clinic
Union Pharmacy
West Frankfort
Tom Aaron
A _ Hospital
West St. Louis Street
Illinois 37
UMW
Bill Palmer
Palmer
CIPS
Frank Sauka
Global airports tighten security after multiple hijackings
After four hijackings and other terror incidents, airports worldwide increased security while officials warned perfect security could paralyze air travel. Europe’s Common Market discussed safeguards without specific measures, and IATA prepared an emergency session in Montreal as Heathrow and Paris beef up patrols and staff vigilance.
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Luxembourg
Europe
International Air Transport Association
Airlines’ Trade Organization
Montreal
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Paris
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