Undecided vote holds MIX fate in Senate debate
A divided Senate nears a decision on continued MX missile funding as 16 undecided senators steer outcomes. President Reagan lobbies for the program while House action looms and several key lawmakers shift positions amid a tight 42 42 AP poll split and parallel Geneva talks background.
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Washington
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
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Armed Services Committee
Goldwater
Minuteman
Nebraska
Montana
House
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House Armed Services Committee
Geneva
Switzerland
Leaky atrium mars new Illinois Revenue HQ project
Springfield reports that after more than a decade and 70 million spent on the Willard Ice Building, rain leaks through an angled skylight in the atrium. The subcontractor’s glass frame allows water intrusion during heavy rain, prompting withholding of about 380000 dollars by Gary Skoien until repairs are made and potential legal action.
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Springfield
Department of Revenue
Willard Ice
Revenue Department
Gary Skoien
Devel
Christopher Downen
Harold Croft
Thompson in Tokyo urges Illinois trade leadership
Governor James R. Thompson pitching Illinois as a U.S.-Japanese trade leader to about 100 Japanese business executives at Tokai University Club during a 16 day Orient tour. He opened Illinois first American state trade office in Shenyang and urged Japanese firms to invest in Illinois while promising mutual Illinois investment in Japan.
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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
Ward 3 race in Murphysboro eyes GOP incumbency
In Murphysboro Ward 3, Republican incumbent Robert Fenwick faces Democratic challenger Floyd Hopkins in the only aldermanic contest on April 2. Fenwick touts four years of attendance and leadership while Hopkins emphasizes job creation and downtown development to spur broader growth.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Robert Fenwick
Floyd Hopkins
Fenwick-Hopkins
Leonard Williams
Harry Brawdy
Fenwick
Keough Drive
Illinois 13
Hopkins
Cablevision
Walnut Street
9Th
15Th
Somerset
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Nancy Kassebaum
David Boren
D-Okla
Boren
Ray Doerr
Vergennes
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Jim
17Th
Logan Streets
Dept. of Revenue
Yoichiro Yagi
The
Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd
America
Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Harrison
Robert E. Fenwick
Charlie’s Market
West
Jackson St
North Illinois
Railroad
Marion
New Orleans
Royalty
ST. Thomas
St. Louis
Nassau
San Juan
Air
Cupant
Myrtle Beach
Stan
Intercontinental
Europe
N. Tith St
S. Illinois
Carbondale
Williamson County
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