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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1981
Page
1
Readers are invited to nominate their fathers for Father of the Year contest. Write a 500 word or less letter including both names addresses and phone numbers. Postmark by May 29. Entries go to Father of the Year Southern Illinoisan Box 2108 Carbondale IL 62901.
The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy and warmer conditions tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows mid-50s. Saturday remains variable cloudiness with possible showers and storms and highs in the low to mid-70s. Illinois forecast calls for fair cool weather Sunday through Tuesday with highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s and lows in the upper 40s to low 50s.
President Reagan hints at compromise on his three-year 30 percent tax cut as the House unanimously backs a $688.8 billion 1982 budget blueprint. Gramm and Latta craft the plan, with Democrats defecting to support Reagan's package, while Senate action looms and shifts toward bipartisanship.
The House approved a 689 billion dollar fiscal 1982 budget, generating mixed reactions. Simon and other Illinois Democrats condemned the bill citing higher inflation and tougher conditions for the needy, while Michel praised the measure as a national step forward. The final vote was 253 to 176 with most Illinois lawmakers voting along party lines. The budget sets broad caps for defense and domestic programs and will be refined in subsequent itemized appropriations. Illinois Democrats supported one version from Obey while others backed the CBC sponsored measure.
Negotiators for the United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association met five hours in Washington as violence flared at coalfields. Shootings cut power to a non union mine in Kentucky, trucks damaged in Ohio and West Virginia. Police arrested two men on vandalism charges and sought others. UMW and operators signaled possible talks continuing into the weekend, with hard bargaining anticipated.
Police Chief L B Hunter personally delivered notices to six apartments and two businesses in the Dunston Building warning the collapse could be instantaneous and directing barricades on South Market Street. City officials threaten demolition action if repairs are not completed by May 15, with authority to file in circuit court and place a lien to recover demolition costs.
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