Alaska seals debate tests four year treaty extension
A regional editorial argues for extending the 73 year old U S Japan Russia Great Britain seal treaty amid declining fur seal numbers. It cites population shifts from 1.2 million and 3 million year references, debates whether harvests or nets and pollution drive declines, and urges Illinois senators to support continuation while monitoring causes.
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Illinois
Springfield
Washington
Alaska
Arctic
United States
Japan
Russia
Great Britain
Canada
Frank Murkowski
Humane Society of the
Murkowski
The
Humane Society
Build Illinois plan urged to fund a four-lane southern highway
The writer argues Build Illinois should go beyond maintenance at SIUC and sewer upgrades. They propose diverting 65 million from the car tax pool, plus federal gas taxes, to fund a new four-lane Murphysboro to Belleville highway. They claim this would spur regional economic opportunity across Southern Illinois and the Metro East.
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Illinois
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Illinois Senate
St. Clair County
Murphysboro
Belleville
Marion
East St. Louis
Metro East
Anthony Hall
Probation Works Says Judge Richman in Jackson County
Circuit Judge Richard Richman said the myth of probation's failure is unfounded. He cited Jackson County where last year 6 percent of probationers recidivated, meaning 94 percent were successful under the probation system working with the courts.
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Richard Richman
Jackson County
Coal issue stirs Illinois Capitol intrigue
Illinois lawmakers wrestle with rewriting the public utility law as coal interests and consumer groups clash over caps on excess generating capacity and central dispatching. Sen Ralph Dunn and Rep James Rea lead a coal caucus while utilities, coal firms, and the UMW duel over plant closures, costs, and future fuel mix.
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Jim Ludwick
Springfield
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Senate
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Coal
Dunn
United Mine Workers and Coal Companies
James Rea
D-Christopher
Philip O’connor
Illinois Power Co
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Central Illinois Light Co
John Cameron
Illinois Public Action Council
Illinois Power
Clinton
O’connor
Cameron
Commerce Commission
Jay Shattuck
CIPS
Central
Illinois
Illinois Coal Association
United Mine Workers
The
Coal Association
UMW
Uti
UMW and
Aging from Bogart to Reagan in an aging gaze
Russell Baker reflects on aging and identity, recalling his past obsession with Humphrey Bogart and the shift to admiring Ronald Reagan. He jokes about losing his edge, adopting a faux Western pose, and the aging mind chasing famous personas amid a changing era of politics and culture.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
NEW York
Humphrey Bogart
Paris
Victor Laszlo
Finney
Errol Flynn
Groucho Marx
Bogart
Nixon
Frank Sinatra
Charlton Heston
Jerry Falwell
Ronald Reagan
President needs a good rest after European tour
The article weighs Reagan's lengthy Europe trip and associated events, noting fatigue from jet and political strain. It highlights VIP travel, speeches, security, and media scrutiny, while cautioning that his decisions and budget plans face Congress and 1986 election risks. A vacation at the California ranch is proposed as prudent rest.
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Washington
Reagan
Europe
Bergen-Belsen
Bitburg
Bitburg Air Base
Spain
European Parliament
Strasbourg
Portugal
Secret Service
State Department
Air Force One
Congress
Nicaragua
Moscow
White House
Senate
California
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Richard Nixon
NEA
Germany
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