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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1981
Page
1
Francis Hughes, 25, an IRA hunger striker, died Tuesday in Maze Prison Belfast officials said. Hughes was serving a life term for the March 1978 murder of a British officer. The death marks the second hunger strike fatality reported.
The Reagan administration proposed sweeping changes to Social Security, punishing early retirees and rewarding longer work. Highlights include raising penalties for those retiring before 65, preserving full benefits at 65, and trimming taxes. Also cut dependent and windfall benefits, tighten disability criteria, and delay COLA increases to save billions through 1986.
Circuit Judge Robert Howerton denied a temporary restraining order sought by Norge, a Magic Chef division, to stop striking workers from blocking plant access. A May 21 hearing on a preliminary injunction was set, while union officials welcomed the ruling as time to prepare.
George Mace, 46, resigns as vice president for university relations at Southern Illinois University Carbondale to become an executive consultant with the American Council on Education. He will take a one year leave starting June 15, keeping current SIU-C salary. no ACE salary. He may return after the leave, but aims to influence national higher education policy.
The National Weather Service predicts cloudy and warmer conditions tonight with a low in the upper 40s to low 50s. Mostly cloudy Wednesday with a 60 percent chance of rain and a high in the upper 60s to low 70s. The extended forecast calls for showers Thursday and partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday, with highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s and a low in the 40s.
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