Living with the safe budget cuts in the South
Southern Illinois reports the personal toll of Reagan era budget cuts on residents like Mrs Kendall and Mrs Bridgewater, who lose food aid and heating assistance as incomes shrink. The piece argues cuts favor the wealthy and defense while harming the truly needy and local services.
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Reagan
Carrie Davis
Treasury
Donald Regan
Mildred Bridgewater
David Stockman
Mary Kendall
Regan
Stockman
Davis
Bridgewater
Kendall
Southern Illinoisan
United States
American People
Poe
South
Pentagon
Southern Illinois
Inflation fears keep economy down strategy for growth
The analysis argues high interest rates stem from tight money, ongoing deficits, inflation expectations, and political risk. It urges easing monetary policy modestly while pursuing fiscal support to cut rates and avoid a prolonged downturn, noting debate over Fed targets and Reagan deficits amid housing and auto sector vulnerabilities.
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Leonard Silk
New York Times
Federal Reserve Board
Reagan
Fed
Senate Banking Committee
Paul A. Volcker
Wall Street
Willard C. Butcher
Chase Manhattan Bank
Irwin Kellner
Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Co
Benjamin Friedman
Harvard University
Ft Wayne Kids Build Sandbag Dikes in Flood Standout
Indiana towns faced one of the worst spring floods as thousands of Ft Wayne children spent holiday hours fortifying sandbags to protect their city. TV crews noted the work was selfless, not for cameras, highlighting enduring Midwestern community pride and neighbor helping values.
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Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Jim Hickey
ABC
America
Midwest
Marion
Herrin
Southern Illinois
Coalition forms to push coal slurry pipeline in Congress
A new Alliance for Coal and Competitive Transportation ACCT unites utilities construction and consumer advocates to win 1982 support for eminent domain backed coal slurry pipelines. They argue lower costs and more jobs while rail rates rise, but opponents worry water rights and railroad impact. Reagan opposes federal eminent domain for slurry lines.
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Judy Sarasohn
Congressional Quarterly
Congress
House
Senate
Alliance For Coal and Competitive Transportation
ACCT
Jmiane Penal Interocte
Northeast
Midwest
Reagan
Kennedy
If You Ain't Registered Dont Ask
Editor urges voter registration to avoid post election gripes. NAACP Carbondale branch supported a high school bond issue that failed due to tax concerns and unregistered voters. The letter warns nonregistrants lose options, urges registration before voting in primaries and general elections.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
NAACP
Reagan
America faces need for strategic minerals amid global rivals
Lawrence Radcliffe argues the U S reliance on scarce minerals from Russia Britain Canada and others threatens industry amid rising prices and potential cartels. He warns against cozying with dictators while urging open honest dealing for steel aerospace batteries and electronics supply.
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Southern Illinoisan
OPEC
Russia
Lawrence Radcliffe Marion
Governor rethinks funding for local drug enforcement group
In Illinois, critics urge Governor Thompson to restore funding for the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group after warnings that abolishing the unit would cripple local drug control. SIEG reported cocaine seizures topping three million dollars and 117 drug-sale arrests in a four county area in 1981, signaling vital service.
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Thompson
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
SIEG
Hospitals say they do not receive subsidies
Editor letters argue Memorial Hospital does not receive government subsidies for Medicare and Medicaid care. The writer contends the government buys services but pays well below the cost, asserting hospitals are not subsidized compared with other sectors.
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Webster
Health Board Criticized Over Probation Decision
A Jackson County Health Department administrator placed on probation is defended by a staff member who argues the board acted on incomplete information. The letter contends the department did not intend to duplicate food service inspections in nursing homes and hospitals and urges the Health Board to support leadership and pursue constructive progress.
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Southern Illinoisan
Health Board
Jackson County Board of Health
Jackson County Health Department
Board of Health
Health Department
State Health Department
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