Senate Pushes PAYGO Build Illinois Plan Against Bonding
Senate Democrats used their majority to sidestep Gov. Thompson’s bonding approach and push a largely pay-as-you-go Build Illinois outline. The plan, a $1.3 billion public works program, faces a House Senate conference, with Republicans warning it delays projects and harms taxpayers. Debate touched on federal deficits tax impact and interest costs, while supporters cite job creation and infrastructure rebuilding.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Senate Democrats
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Senate
House
Philip J. Rock
Doak Park
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Washington
Dawn Netsch
Chicago
Prescott Bloom
R-Peoria
Page Two Phelps Vote Riles GOP In Illinois Build Illinois Bond Plan
Republicans criticized a Phelps vote as Democrats reshaped the weekend plan to include about 248 million in bonding for Build Illinois. The package would funnel general revenue funds to the initiative and head to the governor.
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Illinois
Reagan Cancels Vacation to Monitor Lebanon Hijacking
President Reagan scrapped his Fourth of July California ranch getaway to remain in Washington and oversee the TWA 847 hijacking in Lebanon. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the move follows the current crisis as 40 Americans remain in captors hands. Letters from five Illinois hostages were read to a Beirut reporter, with three of them later seen on a videotape answering captor questions.
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Washington
Reagan
California
TWA
Lebanon
White House
Larry Speakes
Donald Regan
Speakes
Beirut
U.S
Weather Today and Tonight Forecast Summary
The forecast calls for sunny conditions today with clear skies. Tonight should be fair with light winds and no precipitation expected.
Hay cutting hindered by heavy spring rainfall in Southern Illinois
Large rainfall this spring slows hay cutting and curing for Southern Illinois farmers. Retired Carbondale firefighter Frank Yates custom bales for area farmers on land owned by Chester Johnson.
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Illinois
Frank Yates
Carbondale
Chester Johnson
Airports tighten security after hijackings and crashes
In London and across Europe authorities boost security at major airports after a string of hijackings and the Air India crash. Ministers from ten EU states met in Luxembourg to discuss measures but gave no specifics. Airports in Paris Rome Stockholm Helsinki Athens and London report intensified patrols, checks, and staff briefings as investigations into the Tokyo Narita and Beirut incidents continue.
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London
Luxembourg
Europe
International Air Transport Association
Airlines’ Trade Organization
Montreal
Air-India
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Tokyo
Narita
Heathrow
British Airways
Paris
Air and Border Police
Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
Middle East
TWA
Athens
Greece
Beirut
Stockholm
Sweden
Civil Aviation Authority
Peter Baltzar
Helsinki
Finland
Finnair
George Papadimitropoulos
Bomb threats trigger evacuations at three international airports
More than 400 passengers aboard a People Express Boeing 747 were delayed after a bomb threat forced an unscheduled stop at O’Hare. An Austrian jetliner on Rome-Vienna's Rome leg returned to Leonardo da Vinci Airport after Vienna warned of a threat. An Air India 747 bound for New York was evacuated at Heathrow when a threat was received.
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People Express Airlines
O’hare International
Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
Vienna
Air-India
London
Heathrow
New York
West Frankfort blaze destroys three buildings near downtown
Firefighters fought a Monday night blaze in the 500 block of West St. Louis Street that destroyed the Union Professional Clinic, Union Pharmacy and an empty house. West Frankfort Fire Chief Tom Aaron was treated for smoke exposure. Hospital staff moved patients as smoke drifted toward UMW of A Hospital. Fire departments from multiple towns fought the fire until about 11 p.m. and authorities reported phone service interruptions in the area.
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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 Savka
Rend Lake trustees election bill dies in Senate
A measure to elect Rend Lake Conservancy District trustees failed in the Illinois Senate with only two votes. Sponsor Poshard blamed Southern Illinois lobbying, while opponents including Sen. O Daniel argued the single-district scope and special inter city water role justified opposition. House support was strong but waned in the Senate.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Rend Lake
Conservancy District
Herrin
Mount Vernon
West Frankfort
Benton
Franklin
Jefferson
Poshard
House
Joyce Holmberg
Rockford
Senate
James Rea
D-Christopher
Philip J. Rock
Oak Park
O’daniel
Rea
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Phelps
Riles
Stephen Kennedy
Simon, Dixon
Frankfort
Rend Board
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