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State leaders wary of Thompson budget plan
In Springfield, legislators from both parties dispute Gov. James R. Thompson’s $14.17 billion budget and his proposed tax hikes. Adlai Stevenson III denounces the plan as procrastination while Senate President Rock and House Democrats criticize school aid cuts and reliance on borrowing. Thompson defends no new taxes but pushes a liquor tax and an insurance tax to fund the plan.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Jimmy Carter
Stevenson
U.S
Senate
Philip J. Rock
Oak Park
Rock
House
Michael J. Madigan
Chicago
GOP
James “Pate
Philip
Elmhurst
George Ryan
Akankakee