Illinois funds Sangamo cleanup amid federal plan confusion
Illinois Senate approved 2 million for Sangamo Electric dump site at Crab Orchard Refuge as part of Build Illinois. EPA officials question state funding since federal Superfund cleanup is already planned. IEPA denies liability and cautions about setting a precedent for joint federal state actions.
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Southern
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
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Sangamo
James R. Thompson
Illinois
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Gaither
IEPA
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Kanerva
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Senate Democratic Committee
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Judith Erwin
Senate Democratic
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Texas businessman charged over Harbin hotel fire deaths
Richard S. Ondrik of Houston was formally arrested and charged with causing the Swan Hotel fire in Harbin that killed 10 people on April 19. He was detained after transfer to a police detention center, while his attorney seeks local Chinese counsel.
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Peking
Texas
Harbin
Richard S. Ondrik
Houston
Robert Goodwin
Ondrik
Hong Kong
Energy Projects, Southeast Asia Ltd
Alan Eng
Goodwin
Washington
China
Associated Press
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Minimum payment to stay warm under proposed law
A chart analyzes a four person family where monthly income equals annual income divided by 12. The required payment is 12 percent of monthly income, determining the minimum amount a family must pay to stay warm under the proposed law.
Thompson signs 12 percent winter utility plan hopes to curb shutoffs
The General Assembly sent a bill to Gov James Thompson to require low income utility customers to pay at least 12 percent of monthly income from December through April. If unpaid, debt carries into summer months with a fifth added monthly. The plan targets those at 125 percent of federal poverty level, about 8200 for a single person and 12400 for a family of four. SCAM backs the measure with hopes ICC will set up the program for 1985 86.
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General Assembly
James Thompson
Southern Counties Action Movement
Nick Rion
Rion
Thompson
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
House approves Pentagon budget bill with troop ban
The House voted 278 to 106 to pass a Pentagon budget bill freezing next year’s authorized defense spending and banning the use of U S combat troops against Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. The measure caps a broad security debate, with a conference panel to resolve differences with the Senate.
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Washington
House
Pentagon
U.S
Nicaragua
Senate
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Reagan
Berri doubts plan as hostages face Lebanon moves
In Beirut Shiite leader Nabih Berri casts doubt on a key step of his plan to hand Americans to a Western embassy for release. France rejects conditional freedom. Switzerland weighing a Beirut embassy transfer while seeking guarantees. Syria says it seeks a suitable solution amid hijack crisis involving 39 hostages.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Nabih Berri
Berri
Israel
TWA
France
Switzerland
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Roland Dumas
Stitute
Stephan Nelsen
Foreign Ministry
CBS News
Damascus
Syria
U.S
Open Meetings probe targets Marion leaders and airport board member
Williamson County State's Attorney Charles Garnall probes possible Open Meetings Act violations by Marion City Council members and Williamson County Airport Authority board member Leroy Linck. Investigators focus on a Monday night ice cream session at Marion Truck Plaza where Linck spoke with Mayor Robert Butler and Commissioners Connell Burress Hancock. no business was said to occur.
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Williamson County
Charles Garnall
Marion City
Williamson County Airport Authority Board
Leroy Linck
Garnall
Marion Truck Plaza
Linck
Marion
Robert Butler
Robert ‘‘Dog
Connell
Henry Burress
David Hancock
Butler
E.E
Doc’” Jeter
Airport Authority
Garnati
Williamson County Board
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