Reagan on brink of key House victory
Washington AP reports the Democratic controlled House, swayed by Reagan's lobbying, is near approval of a $5 billion package of revisions to a $37.8 billion spending-out bill. The session featured combative Democrats and a 217-210 vote, with leaders anticipating a mostly rubber-stamp passage of the Reagan program.
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Reagan
Jim Wright
Texas
Office of Management and Budget
Senate
David A. Stockman
Bob Michel
Trent Lott
Los Angeles
Senate Finance Committee
House Democrats
Coal official sees relief from mine regulations
Ted Cybularz of Zeigler Coal Company tells Marion Rotary the coal industry may gain relief from tight federal rules, citing new EPA leadership and scrubber tech. He backs House Bill 3471 to ease Clean Air Act enforcement while noting progress in gasification and market expansion.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Zeigler Coal Company
Marion
Ted Cybularz
Des Plaines
Cybularz
U.S
James T. Broyhill
R-N.c
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Area voters oppose budget cuts says Simon in Illinois
Democratic Congressman Paul Simon comments on Reagan budget cuts in Southern Illinois, noting voters resist cuts to handicapped aid and oppose splitting votes. He predicts Reagan wins on the overall package, but cautions about broader tax cut implications and inflation.
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Simon
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Reagan
U.S
Paul Simon
Weather outlook and forecast notes for weekend
The National Weather Service predicts fair conditions tonight with a low around 60. Mostly sunny Saturday with a high in the 80s. Illinois extended forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Sunday through Tuesday with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the 60s. Senate passes open meetings law.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Simon to lead House delegation to USSR and Germany
Paul Simon of Illinois will lead a six member House delegation on the first official U S House trip to the Soviet Union since the invasion of Afghanistan. The group will tour universities in the USSR and West Germany to discuss financing for higher education and language instruction. Meetings with Soviet ministers and German officials are planned and the trip lasts about a week with potential talks with Brezhnev and Schmidt.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
U S. House
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Washington
Carbondale
Paul Simon Simon
Steve Hull
Simon
House
U.S.S.R
West Germany
Defense
State Department
Defense Department
Hull
Leonid Brezhnev
Helmut Schmidt
From police chief to country singer in Illinois
Ray Null, after a decade rising to detective bureau supervisor in Wilton Manors Florida, quits policing. He moves to Herrin Illinois as a quality control foreman and pursues a country music career. He signs with Robbins Music in Nashville after a demo caught Robert Alan Jenkins’s eye.
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Ray Null
Null
Wilton Manors
Fla
Allen Industries
Herrin
Robbins Music
Nashville
Robbins
Robert Alan Jenkins
Kenny Rodgers
WDDD
Marion
WHPI
Illinois
Florida
Pye
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