Reagan urges open arms talks with Brezhnev by June
President Reagan pressed the Soviet Union for a response and urged open negotiations by late June on a treaty to curb long range missiles. He offered to place all nuclear weapons on the bargaining table while stressing first cuts would target land and sea based warheads.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Reagan
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Regan
U.S
United States
Eureka College
Illinois
Brezhnev
Congress
Senate
Republican
Braniff Internation Airlines
Carter
Britain
Falkland Islands
Illinois lawmakers end welfare check delay with tax agent pact
Illinois General Assembly reached a compromise to avert delays in General Assistance checks for more than 100,000 recipients. The pact ends a stalemate over 170 tax collectors hired by Gov. Thompson, allowing the Public Aid Department to juggle accounts and fund all but about 80 revenue agents.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
House
Senate
James R. Thompson
Michael Madigan
Chicago
Thompson
Collec
Tors. Thompson
Madigan
Public Aid Department
State Revenue Department
Jeffrey Miller
Pope attack suspect in Portugal arraigned in court
Juan Fernandez Krohn, a 32 year old Madrid native and arch conservative priest, was arraigned in Lisbon on attempted homicide charges after lunging at Pope John Paul II with a 14 inch bayonet during a Fatima ceremony. Police call him a determined man who knew what he was doing, while authorities deem the act isolated.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Juan Fernandez Krohn
John Paul II
Madrid
Fernandez Krohn
Subscriptions and contact details for the Southern Illinoisan
Delivery rates for Sunday through Friday 6.00 per 4 week, motor route 6.50 per 4 week. By mail outside area 75.00 yearly, 85.00 outside Illinois 6 months 40.00 45.00 3 months 21.00 23.00 1 month 7.00 7.75. Postmaster directions and office phone numbers for Carbondale Herrin and Franklin County. Classified advertising numbers listed.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Williamson County
Herrin
Franklin County
Southern Illinoisan
Ill
Reagan Opens Door to Compromise on Social Security
President Reagan signaled willingness to consider congressional ideas to remove Social Security from budget calculations to resolve the 1983 budget impasse. He floated placing a ceiling on future cost-of-living increases while pledging the 7.4 percent boost for all beneficiaries on July 1.
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New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Hinckley inner world linked to Yale massacre and White House attack
A psychiatrist testified that John Hinckley Jr. formed an elaborate inner world identifying with killers and fictional figures. He considered mass shootings at Yale, an attack on the White House, and plans to assassinate Kennedy, with parallels to Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver and other real events.
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Washington
John W. Hinckley Jr
Yale University
White House
House of Representatives
Edward M. Kennedy
William T. Carpenter Jr
Columbia
Hinckley
Reagan
Charles Whitman
University of Texas In
Austin
Whitman
Carpenter
Yale
Jodie Foster
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Dallas
Charter Arms
Mark David Chapman
John Lennon
New York City
Massachusetts
Congress
Miss Foster
Cater
Travis
Next two days decisive in Falklands peace effort
U N Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar warned the next two days will decide the outcome of peace talks to end the Falklands war between Britain and Argentina. He said both sides are closer than at the start and hopes for a final answer today or tomorrow as a cease fire remained unsettled. A 24 hour military lull persisted amid warnings of increasing incidents if no cease fire is reached.
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Associated Press
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Falkland Islands
Britain
Argentina
New York
Morrow
South Atlantic
Benton ministerial group tightens travelers' fund
The Benton Area Ministerial Alliance tightens management of its Travelers Relief Fund to curb repeat requests. The fund, sourced from Easter Sunrise services and donations, provides meals gas and occasional lodging for travelers and supports families until state welfare arrives. Franklin County sheriff's department aids by monitoring cases and alerting the alliance. The First Church of the Nazarene hosted the meeting, and officials agreed to coordinate disbursements through the alliance treasurer or other officers to prevent misuse.
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Jack Williams
Southern Illinoisan
Benton Area Ministerial Alliance
Alliance
Franklin County
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Murphysboro Independent
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Philadelphia
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