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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1981
Page
21
An AP report on a WCIA-TV and WMBD-TV poll of 491 Illinois adults shows only 31 percent could identify any First Amendment elements, with freedom of speech most cited at 22 percent. Younger respondents and media source influence awareness, while views split on cameras in courtrooms.
Washington AP The Department of Education faced 2.2 billion in defaulted or delinquent student loans and found its 1100 collectors perform as well as private agencies. Booz Allen & Hamilton said fully comparable cases would show little difference in cost effectiveness.
St Louis aldermen defeated Mayor Conway's drive to buy the excursion boat Admiral along with Huck Finn Tom Sawyer and Samuel Clemens. Aldermanic President Thomas Zych secured authority to seek legal action to prevent taxpayer money erosion in the $5 million revenue bond deal. The plan would have funded ownership and restoration of the Admiral and the three vessels starting next month.
Rep Jon Hinson of Mississippi announces his resignation from Congress effective April 13 after being arrested in a Washington men's room on a charge of attempted sodomy. He cites medical care and self inquiry following weeks of treatment and notes prior scandals including a 1976 arrest and a 1977 theater fire.
Steelworkers at Ford Motor Co Rouge complex approved a 20 percent cut in incentive pay to avert 3,200 layoffs. Of 5,200 eligible, just over half voted Friday by about 3 to 1 in favor, with unofficial tallies showing roughly 2,200 in favor and 717 opposed. Ford warned it might shut parts of the steel operations by April 1 if no agreement.
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