Carbondale Plans Water Rate Increase Proposal
Carbondale officials propose an Aug 1 rate hike of 9.1 percent raising the average family bill from 20.52 to 22.39 monthly. The plan aims to restore a balanced restricted use account amid prior negative cash flow and rising costs from line work, chlorination upgrades, and labor. Industrial users face an 11.3 percent jump, with hearings set for March 18 in City Council chambers.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Water Users
Paul Sorgen
Sorgen
Carbondale
Anna
Carterville
Marion
du Quoin
Murphysboro
South Highway
Crab Orchard
Lakeside
Jack Foster
Water & Sewer Services
Carbondale City
City Council
E. College St
Maine couple expect sextuplets after vasectomy scare
Kim Perham, 27, in Kittery, Maine, is eight weeks into pregnancy with sextuplets after her husband Dick Perham, 33, thought his vasectomy would prevent more children. The couple already has two-year-old twins and four girls among the sextuplets are due by Caesarean on July 28 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He had skipped sterility tests, relying on coworkers' assurances. The babies' survival is uncertain, and the family plans a larger home as he works nights at a service station to help.
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Kittery
Maine
Kim Perham
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston
Thompson budget speech divides Southern Illinois lawmakers
Southern Illinois legislators split along party lines over Gov. James Thompson s budget message with Democrats challenging the projections and Republicans praising the plan for education, human services and economic development. Reps and senators weigh potential tax hikes, income tax surcharges and the pace of economic growth as June 30 budget finalization nears.
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Tim Landis
James Thompson
Southern Illinois
Thompson
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Poshard
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Dunn
Congress
Illinois
Rea
General Assembly
China
David Phelps
Charles Wayne Goforth
Phelps
Goforth
Transplant team defies FDA on experimental heart use
Surgeons at the University of Arizona in Tucson transplanted a human heart after an unauthorized experimental Phoenix Heart kept the patient alive for 11 hours. The surgery followed a prior failed transplant and the team faced FDA warnings and potential sanctions. The operation replaced the temporary device with a second compatible heart found after the initial procedure.
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Associated Press
New York Times
Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona
Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Arizona
Jack Copeland
University of Utah
Symbion
Salt Lake City
William C. DeVries
Arizona Hospital
Cecil Vaughn
Copeland
Vaughn
Farm veto likely to hold
President Reagan vetoed an emergency farm credit bill drawing swift reactions from farm-state lawmakers who concede the veto reduces chances of early loans for spring planting. Senate Minority Leader Byrd warned of a long two years if the president stays inflexible. House Speaker ONeill said overrides are unlikely as the Republican Senate would block them.
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Reagan
Congress
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
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