Simon and Gray push for Carbondale railroad funds
U S Sen Paul Simon seeks 5 million for Carbondale railroad relocation in fiscal 1986, arguing the project is in good standing and already heavily invested. Rep Ken Gray proposes 10 million by reallocating 5 million from highway funds and 5 million from other relocation projects, aiming to shield the effort from Reagan cuts. Both plan to press different routes, hoping to keep the project alive in Congress with backing from both chambers.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Ken Gray
Simon
D-Makanda
Gray
Dave Carle
Reagan
Carle
Senate Subcommittee On Transportation
Senate Appropriations Committee
Federal Highway Fund
Patrick McCaffery
McCaffery
House Public Works and Transportation Committee
Carbondale weighs extra funds for rental rehab loans
State deadline in June prompts cities to decide on a second round of rental rehabilitation grants. Carbondale received 80,000 last year to fund 16 to 20 units, with funds potentially set aside in a revolving loan fund after repayments. City committee endorses seeking additional money despite no track record.
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Arbondale
Cit
Carbondale
Don Monty
Monty
Dale
Vietnamese refugee recalls fall of Saigon and exile
Phan, a former ARVN intelligence chief, marks ten years since becoming a criminal in his homeland. Now 47, he lives in Carbondale learning English, seeking money to free his family as memories of torture, hunger, and imprisonment mirror The Killing Fields. He was cast adrift when Saigon fell and a refugee boat carried him toward Malaysia in 1983.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Phan
Carbondale
South Vietnamese Army
ARVN
United States
Saigon
Bill Pham
New York Times
Dith Pran
Pran
Malaysia
Refugee recounts escape from Vietnam to Carbondoale shelter
Phan, who spent a year in Bidong refugee camp where conditions resembled a prison, arrived in Carbondoale three months ago under Baptist Student Center sponsorship. He recalls a brutal retreat through jungle work, sustaining a missing left pinky tip, scant rice rations, and a near four month escape after Saigon fell, while his family perished in an ambush.
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Bidong
Carbondale
Baptist Student Center
Phan
Saigon
Reagan budget clears Senate by one vote
The Republican Senate narrowly approved the White House budget package 50 to 49 amid lobbying by Senate leader Bob Dole. The plan, aimed at reducing the deficit by 1986 and by nearly 300 billion over three years, faces possible amendments before final approval.
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Reagan
Senate
New York Times
Washington
White House
Bonn
Bob Dole
Kansas
Dole
Sen
Lawton Chiles
Florida
How They Voted on Budget Proposals in 1980s Debate
The deficit, now above 200 billion dollars, would drop to about 100 billion in 1988 per Reagan administration projections. A key test is a vote on an amendment to limit Social Security cost of living increases. Democrats led by Robert Byrd hinted at blocking the measure, saying Republicans refused to allow a Social Security amendment.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Reagan imposes full embargo on Nicaragua trade
President Reagan ordered a total U.S. embargo on trade with Nicaragua and moved to deny U.S. access to Nicaraguan airliners and flag vessels. He abrogated a 27 year old friendship treaty and said actions respond to Nicaragua’s alliance with the Soviet Union. The move follows a rejection of aid to the Contras by Congress and tensions over Managua’s rejection of peace talks and the Sandinista government. Aero nica, the Nicaraguan airline, would see U.S. flights suspended.
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Bonn
West Germany
Reagan
Nicaragua
U.S
Central America
Soviet Union
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Congress
Tass
Daniel Ortega
Moscow
Honduras
Managua
Bayardo Arce
Sandinista Directorate
Reagan Administration
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force One
Europe
White House
House
United States
Sara Lee Porter
Aeronica
Miami
House poised to seat controversial Indiana congressman
The Democratic majority plans to seat Frank McCloskey in Indiana 8th District after a recount supervised by a Democrat task force. Republicans vow to obstruct, predicting a locked chamber, while Speaker O Neill seeks to keep business moving as they clash over the contested seat.
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Washington
House
Indiana
Frank McCloskey
Rick McIntyre
Newt Gingrich
Rga
Thomas P. O’neill
D-Mass
McCloskey
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Snati
Alton Coleman
Coleman
Dwight Nale Phan
Alan Dixon
Guy Vander Jagt
R-Mich
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