Poll backs strict penalties for drunken drivers not hosts
Media General AP poll finds broad support for harsh penalties for drunken drivers while most Americans reject holding bartenders or social hosts liable. About 15 percent have a family member injured or killed by a drunk driver, and 39 percent support mandatory second-conviction jail terms. Younger drinkers more likely to drive after drinking. women favor stiffer penalties.
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New York
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New Jersey
Veterans memorial design draws select crowd in Carbondale
In Carbondale's Woodlawn Cemetery a small group of about a dozen Vietnam veterans gathered to unveil a model for an Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial. They welcomed a design that uses five black granite walls reflecting visitors, with veterans like Robert Wilson and Bart Smith noting the memorial offers a peaceful, hopeful place to remember fallen comrades and view names. Jerry Lager, architect of the monument, explained his choice of black Indian granite inspired by the national memorial.
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SIU Veterans Club
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Southern Illinois
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Jackson County
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Robert Wilson
U.S. Air Force
Southeast Asia
Wilson
Bart Smith
Harrisburg
Bill Lavender
Breese
University of Illinois Architecture
Lager
Reagan urges new American revolution to overhaul tax code
President Reagan will urge a new American revolution to overhaul the federal tax code. He aims to lower individual rates, cut deductions, and raise the burden on big business, framing the plan as a simple, fair reform to boost the economy. The broadcast from the Oval Office follows a Florida stop at Disney World’s Epcot Center.
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Reagan
Nation
Oval Office
Florida
Disney World
Epcot Center
White House
Larry Speakes
Capitol Hill
Treasury Department
Sixth American kidnapped in Beirut shocks city
Gunmen abducted American University Hospital manager David Jacobsen 54 of Huntington Beach California as he walked to work in western Beirut. He is the sixth American kidnapped in Beirut since March 1984 with no claim of responsibility. Islamic Jihad has claimed prior abductions.
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American University Hospital
David Jacobsen
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Calif
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Iran
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American University of Beirut
Hurricane death toll may reach 25 000 SEE PAGE TWO
A grim forecast suggests the final death tally from the hurricane could climb as high as twenty five thousand, with authorities cautioning the count may rise as more areas are surveyed and relief efforts continue on multiple fronts.
Dixon calls for tighter Defense purse controls on unspent funds
U S Senator Alan Dixon criticized the Defense Department for concealing about 4 billion in unspent appropriations and proposed an amendment requiring quarterly reports to Congress. He spoke in Carbondale during Memorial Day services and warned of broader federal budget cuts hitting state and local programs.
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