Scraping for pennies and a severance tax
SEN GEN JO HN S plans to amend his latest coal severance tax proposal to keep the 5 percent sales tax on coal. The move aims to protect Illinois coal counties from mining losses while a 20 cent per ton severance tax remains hypothetical. Gov Thompson wavers on support, amid industry uncertainty and Reagan funds hold. Illinois already pays severance taxes to other states. advocates say pennies beat nothing as coal reserves dwindle.
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Sen
Gen& Johns
Illinois
Johns
James Thompson
Thompson
Letters Motorcyclists Dress Right
Open letter to Southern Illinois riders urging helmet use and protective gear. warns qudracycles share roads, notes about 60 percent of crashes blamed on drivers, and urges caution for both riders and automobile operators. Signed by C G Jerry Reynolds Carterville.
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Jerry
Reynolds Carterville
Pinckneyville bands thank community for support
The Pinckneyville Band Parents Organization and band directors express gratitude for loyal community support of junior and senior high bands. The junior band purchased timpani saxophone rifles flag poles flag covers and flag material. The high school band chartered buses for Champaign field events and parade and bought 40 new uniform blouses.
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Southern Illlinoisan
Pinckneyville Band
William Smith
David Vroman
Champaign
Color Guard
Rifles
Flag Corp
St. Louis Cardinals
Letter to editor questions 55 mph limit and bias in speed debate
Ernest Morgan of Herrin challenges the Southern Illinoisan editorial opposing higher speeds, proposing a personal survey of peers and recounting a dangerous encounter with an on duty officer. He argues many drivers need interstate travel and cites Wyoming’s failed bill and a hostile tax rider as factors. He claims enforcement irregularities and personal peril on the road.
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Southern Ilinoisan
Illinois
Wyoming
Restoring Foreign Relations Glory Under Percy
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee under Chairman Charles H. Percy pursues a cooperative, Reagan-aligned path with Haig and Baker, foreshadowing a selective return to influence. Officials foresee conflict only if a major issue challenges the executive, echoing Fulbright era tensions but with a bipartisan approach and expanded, ideologically mixed membership.
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Richard Whittle
Congressional Quarterly
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Percy
Kureh
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
U.S
Vietnam
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Filbright
Sparkman
Senate
Reagan
Johnson
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State Department
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Haig
Soviet Union
Church
el Salvador
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Paul E. Tsongas
D-Mass
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Christopher J. Dodd
D-Conn
Braska
Israel
Pell
Pat M. Holt
Holt
Reagan faces political risk as polling drops after eight weeks
A Gallup poll shows 59 percent approval for President Reagan after eight weeks, with 24 percent disapproval by last week. Leonard Silk notes the decline follows big spending cuts, while Peterson warns the program risks deep political trouble, pushes for oil stockpile funds and a gasoline tax, and predicts budget gaps could widen by fiscal 1982 and beyond.
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Leonard Silk
New York Times
Gallup
Reagan
Women’s Economic Forum
New York
Nixon
Peterson
Social Security
Office of Management and Budget
FBI
CIA
Congressional Budget Office
Congress
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Tsongas
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Dodd
Joseph R. Biden Jr
Delaware
John Glenn
Ohio
Biden
Paul S. Sarbanes
Maryland
Edward Zorinsky
Charles Percy
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