Gregory joins hunger strike for ERA in Springfield
Gregory arrives Saturday to support seven women on a 44 day hunger strike for the Equal Rights Amendment. He began a total fast late Friday and will fast five days with no food or water. The former comedian, an SIU Carbondale alum, has been on only water since Wednesday and will resume drinking after five days in Springfield.
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Dick Gregory
Springfield
Gregory
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
House OKs delay in state school aid payment
SPRINGFIELD AP Gov James R Thompson wins House and Senate approval to delay a 126 million dollar school aid payment until July to improve cash flow. Thompson calls it a bookkeeping move while critics warn districts may never see the funds again and raise questions of fiscal responsibility.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Gene Hoffman
Elmhurst
House
Senate
David Fields
Thompson
Hoffman
Chicago
John Matijevich
North
Rep
Douglas Kane
Kane
Robert Mandeville
Gas tax hike rejected in House
The Illinois House voted 89-45 to dump a bill raising gasoline tax from 7.5 to 11 cents this July and to 12 cents in 1983, and license plate fees from 18 to 26 dollars for small cars and 30 to 44 dollars for large cars. The measure would have funded road repairs but offered no Chicago area mass transit aid. a nearly identical Senate bill remains pending.
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Springfield
Illinois House
House
Senate
Michael McClain
D-Quincy
Clarence Neff
R-Stronghurst
Chicago
How they voted on Illinois gas tax proposal
SPRINGFIELD Here is how House members from Southern Illinois voted on a proposal to raise the state's gasoline tax and license plate fees to fund road construction and repair. FDR: Reps. Wayne Alstat, R Vergennes, and Robert C. Winchester, R-Rosiclare. AGAINST: Reps. C L McCormick, R-Vienna, James F. Rea, D-Christopher, and Bruce Richmond, D-Murphysboro. NOT VOTING: Rep. Ralph Dunn, R-DuQuoin.
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Springfield
Illinois
FDR
Wayne Alstat
Rvergennes
Robert C. Winchester
Rosiclare
C.L. McCormick
Vienna
James F. Rea
D-Christopher
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Ralph Dunn
R-Duquoin
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