Senate rebuilds Build Illinois pay plan
Senate Democrats used their majority to bypass Gov. James R. Thompson’s bonding plan for Build Illinois and push a largely pay-as-you-go version. The $1.3 billion public works program moves toward passage, with a House Senate conference likely. Republicans warn it delays projects and shifts costs to taxpayers, while Democrats argue it saves more than $2.5 billion in interest and fees.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Senate Democrats
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Senate
House
Philip J. Rock
Doak Park
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Thompson
Prescott Bloom
R-Peoria
Page Two Phelps Vote Riles GOP Over Bond Plan
The GOP protests a page two report on Phelps vote while Democrats reshape the agenda with roughly 248 million in bonding for Build Illinois and reallocating general revenue funds to support the measure.
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Illinois
Reagan cancels vacation to monitor TWA hijacking
President Reagan ends his July Fourth vacation at the California ranch to stay in Washington and oversee the Lebanon hostage crisis after reviewing the current situation. Spokesman Larry Speakes said the delay reflects concern, not a quick solution, as 40 Americans remain captive on TWA flight 847 hijacked June 14.
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Washington
Reagan
California
TWA
Lebanon
White House
Larry Speakes
Donald Regan
Speakes
Beirut
U.S
Weather Today Sunny and Tonight Fair
A sunny day gives way to fair conditions tonight across the region. Highs and overnight temps not provided in the excerpt. No rain expected, light winds possible from the northeast.
Index Regional B7 Lottery A2 Calendar B9 Opinions B8 Classified D18 People A4 Comics AS Spectrum A6 Deaths B9 Sports C11-14 Horoscope A5 TV A5 Landers A6 World A2
Index style listing across sections shows regional lottery results, calendar items, opinions, classifieds, and society notes. Includes people profiles, comics, spectrum coverage, obituaries, sports pages, horoscopes, TV listings, landers column, and world briefs.
Making hay in wet spring slows Southern Illinois farms
Rainy spring hampers hay cutting and curing for Southern Illinois farmers. Retired Carbondale firefighter Frank Yates bales on land owned by Chester Johnson. He notes you are lucky to get two sunny days, as rain reduces hay quality and a dry window after a cold front is the best cutting time.
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Illinois
Frank Yates
Carbondale
Chester Johnson
World airports tighten security after hijackings and crashes
After four hijackings two bombings and a suspected jumbo crash airports boost security worldwide. Europe talks of blocking interference while specific measures unfold as authorities warn perfect security would halt air travel. Officials in London Paris Rome Stockholm Helsinki Athens and Helsinki report intensified patrols checks and staff briefings amid ongoing investigations.
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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
Bomb threats disrupt multiple international flights Monday
Bomb threats forced an unscheduled stop at O Hare delaying over 400 aboard People Express Airlines Boeing 737. An Austrian jetliner Rome Vienna flight with 65 aboard turned back to Leonardo da Vinci after Vienna office threat. DC 4 returned at 9 15 pm security forces surrounded it. Heathrow evacuated and towed aircraft after anonymous threat.
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People Express Airlines
O’hare International
Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
Vienna
Air-India
London
Heathrow
New York
Fire Destroyed Three West Frankfort Buildings in Block Contained
A blaze at 9:06 p.m. Monday razed the Union Professional Clinic Union Pharmacy and an empty house on West St Louis Street near downtown West Frankfort. Fire Chief Tom Aaron was treated for smoke inhalation, hospital staff moved patients away as smoke drifted toward UMW of A Hospital. Fire crews from multiple towns battled the flames until about 11 p.m. All structures were a total loss. Phone service near the fire 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
Rend Lake trustee election bill fails in Illinois Senate
A bill to elect Rend Lake Conservancy District trustees died in the Illinois Senate with only two votes. Sponsor Poshard blamed lobbying by Southern Illinois officials, while opponents noted the measure targeted a single district and questioned its applicability to all districts. House support collapsed as opposition from Sen. O Daniel and Senate President Rock widened the split.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Rend Lake
Conservancy District
Herrin
Mount Vernon
West Frankfort
Benton
Franklin
Jefferson
Pne
Poshard
House
Joyce Holmberg
Rockford
Senate
James Rea
Christopher
Philip J. Rock
Oak Park
O’daniel
Rea
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Chicago
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Stephen Kennedy
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Middle East
Athens
George Papadimitropoulos
Rend Board
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