Gray confident on airport plan despite Thompson Build Illinois exclusion
Tim Landis reports Gray remains confident Gov. Thompson will back a joint military commercial airport at Scott Air Force Base amid questions about inclusion in Build Illinois. Officials caution no proposal has been presented and a news conference has been postponed, with focus on feasibility and potential separate implementation paths.
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Ly Tim Landis
Southern Illinois
U.S
Ken Gray
West
Frankfort
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Jim Thompson
Illinois
Gray
Thompson
Scott
Susan Mogerman
Ilinois
Mogerman
Air Force
Paul Reynolds
Scott Air
Missouri
General Dynamics audits past unallowable bills as scrutiny rises
General Dynamics chief says a 700 person team is reviewing past billings after admits some overhead costs were improper. A Defense Department audit questioned 63.6 million of a 170 million request for 1979 to 1982. Company concedes 23 million. auditors alerted to prevent future improper charges.
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Washington
General Dynamics
Pentagon
Defense Department
David S. Lewis
House
Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee
Lewis
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Williston B. Cofer
Armed Services Subcommittee
Fatal accident spurs light at Marion crossroad
A 74 year old Herrin woman, Floy Ladd, died at the Skyline Drive and Illinois 13 intersection in Marion after her car entered the path of a station wagon driven by Susan Appuhn. The crash intensified pressure for a traffic signal, with IDOT planning a June bid to install the light. Blue Cross officials and local leaders had long pushed for the signal citing a dangerous corner amid growing industrial traffic.
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Larry Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Floy Ladd
Herrin
Skyline Drive
Illinois 13
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital of
Williamson County
Ladd
Illinois Department of Transportation
Inter
Blue-Cross
Blue-Shield
Carl Beck
Lowe’s Lumber
Pattin-Marion
Clarida
Illinois
Dorothy Brush
Chamber of Commerce
Blue Cross
Dick O’connell
Chicago
O’connell
Zedialis
Johnson County seeks mercy from tax units over debts
Johnson County commissioners push for forgiveness from taxing districts for about twenty two thousand dollars the state says is owed. County leaders note the sum stems from lawsuits over interest on real estate tax funds and discuss moving funds to an “Interest Earned on Real Estate Tax Fund” account, despite no prior investments. Lee Johnson, Page Three
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Larry Davis
Southern Illinoisan Commissioners
Johnson County
Hope
Sangamon County
Max Casey
Max Ray
Wade Hudgens
Vienna
Hudgens
Ray
Claude Harper
DuPage
Sangamon
Harper
Springfield
Tax overhaul plan favors higher exemptions and fewer deductions
President Reagan has chosen key elements for a tax overhaul featuring a higher personal exemption, lower rates, and fewer deductions for most Americans. He will delay the proposal a week at the request of Senate and House leaders, launching a speaking blitz including a May 28 Oval Office address to push the measure amid budget battles and deficit-slashing pressure.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Oval Office
White House
Larry Speakes
Senate
Robert J. Dole
Robert Michel
Reagan Proposals Target Tax Reform With Three Brackets
The plan calls for three individual tax brackets of 15 25 and 35 percent and boosts the personal exemption from 1090 in 1986 to 2000. It preserves home mortgage interest deduction but would repeal state and local tax write offs and tightens corporate minimum tax.
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Reagan
Special interest PAC money shapes 1984 Senate races
The FEC reports North Carolina’s Senate race topped spending but Illinois rivals Percy and Simon led in special interest PAC contributions. Percy gained about $1.1 million, Simon over $897,000, ranking Nos. 2 and 5 in PAC money. Helms trailed in PACs at No. 8, Hunt No. 9. Gramm and Doggett led overall PAC totals in Texas. Illinois’ Michel, Rostenkowski, Evans formed top House PAC recipients.
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Washington
North Carolina
Charles H. Percy
Paul Simon
Illinois
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Jesse Helms
James Hunt
Percy
Simon
Helms
Hunt
Senate
Texas
Phil Gramm
Lloyd Doggett
Gramm
House
Bob Michel
Peoria
Michel
Land of Lincoln
Dan Rostenkowski
Chicago
Ways and Means Committee
Lane Evans
Rock Island
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Lambert International
St. Louis
Lagoon
Spectrum Comics
Landers
Carl Beck Inc
Blue Cross iBlue Shield
Lee Johnson
Percy, Simon
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