undecided vote holds MX fate in Senate showdown
The divided Senate nears a decision on MX missile funding with a 42 42 AP tally and 16 undecided senators. Reagan campaigns for the weapon while key figures like Specter Evans Humphrey Long McMathias Rockefeller and Goldwater loom. If MX funds pass, House votes follow. if not, deployment ends.
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Senate
Reagan
U.S
Soviet Union
Associated Press
Alan Cranston
California
Congress
Fred Werthheimer
Common Cause
White House
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Daniel Evans
R-Wash
Gordon Humphrey
R-N.h
Russell Long
Dla
Charles McC Mathias Jr
Rmd
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Goldwater
Minuteman
Nebraska
Montana
House
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House Armed Services Committee
Geneva
Switzerland
Johnston City council races focus on sewers
Johnston City voters face eight candidates for five council seats in the April 2 election. Ward 3 and Ward 4 races feature incumbents and challengers tied to labor or community action. Key issues include completing sewer extensions, city beautification, drainage, street programs, and flood control.
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Holly Kee
Southern Illinoisan
Johnston City
Ray Dare
Robert Cobb
Davis Mallory
Dare
Labor Party
Davis
Skip
Mallory
Community Action
Cobb
Newton Street
Don Beers
Vernon Kee
Community Action Party
Beers
Beers & Mitchell
Police Merit Board
Jim Mitchell
Robert Savant
Gary Bandy
Johnny-Bob Moore
Moore
Inland Mine No
McLeansboro
Revenue HQ leaks mar new Springfield building
After more than ten years and seventy million spent on the Willard Ice Building, natural rain leaks through an angled skylight in the atrium. Revenue officials withhold about $380,000 from the contractor until fixes are made and consider legal action.
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Springfield
Department of Revenue
Willard Ice
Revenue Department
Gary Skoien
Devel
Christopher Downen
Harold Croft
Thompson in Tokyo markets Illinois to Japanese investors
Governor James R. Thompson led a 160 member Illinois trade mission in Japan and urged mutual investment, saying Illinois will invest in Japan as Japanese firms invest in Illinois. He opened the first American state trade office in Shenyang and touted Illinois high tech links with traditional manufacturing.
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Tokyo
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Thompson
Orient
Japan
Tokai University Club
Hong Kong
China
Shenyang
Liaoning
California
New York
Suntory
Toshiba Machines
Three vie for Johnston City mayor
Johnston City's three mayoral candidates focus on completing the west side sewer project as key to growth. Harry Hancock proposes general obligation bonds funded by users, Virgil Harris seeks federal or state grants, and Robert Savant would apply for grants and urges full-time mayoral supervision. All emphasize sewer completion and city efficiency.
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Holly Kee
Southern Illinoisan
Johnston City
Harry Hancock
Community Action Party
Virgil Harris
Labor Party
Illinois
U.S
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Frankfort
Robert Savant
Harris
Hancock
Water Department
Savant
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Yoichiro Yagi
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Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd
America
Williamson County Housing
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Johnston City Ward
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Jackson St
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Railroad
Marion
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Royalty
ST. Thomas
St. Louis
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Intercontinental Hotel
Europe
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