National debt ceiling hike pushes U S past one trillion
The Senate approved a bill raising the debt ceiling from 985 billion to 1.079 trillion. President Reagan is set to sign as the nation nears a new fiscal year. Illinois senators Percy and Dixon split on the vote amid party divisions.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
Reagan
America
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Russell Long
D-La
Lim
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Alan J. Dixon
Percy
Dixon
CSBO votes for own salary schedule at SIUC
CSBO members voted 105 to 8 for a salary schedule proposal and against the university administration plan to distribute an 8 percent across the board raise. The bargaining group represents about 720 workers on the SIUC campus with roughly 150 to 200 dues payers.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois and Civil Service Ba Pagoa
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
CSBO
SIUC
CSBC
City holds line on lot bidding for Louis Siefert Subdivision
Murphysboro City Council committee recommends no changes for now in the way bids are conducted on the Louis Siefert Subdivision lots. The project uses 97,000 city funds and a 300,000 Farmers Home Administration loan, to be recouped from selling 30 lots.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois and Murphysboro City Council
Louis Siefert
Farmers Home Administration
Public Improvements Committee
David McDowell
Rabid Skunk Attacks Dogs In Percy Area
Officials in Randolph County monitor results after a rabid skunk attacked three dogs near the Victor Jeremiah residence in southwest Percy. Rabies administrator Dr. R. E. Linders will wait 7 to 10 days before deciding on a quarantine. eight dogs, six at the Jeremiah home, have been killed to prevent spread. Residents urged to call 443-2021 to report sightings or unusual animal behavior.
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Percy Area
Percy
Randolph County
R. E. Linders
Sparta
Ned
Victor Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Linders
Animal Control Office
Southern Illinoisan Subscription Rates and Contacts
The Southern Illinoisan lists delivery and mail rates for 18 county and Illinois areas, with 4 week carrier and motor route options. It provides office contact numbers in Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion and classified ad lines, plus a post office box address.
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Southern Illinoisan
N.llinois
Carbondale
Ill
SIS
Mupapsoo
Ifree Press
Herrin Dailier
Murphysboro
Indepen
Illinois
Mysboro
Herrin
Marion
Illinois Supreme Court rules cocaine a narcotic for penalties
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld labeling cocaine as a narcotic for law enforcement and penalties. It overturned an appeals ruling that cocaine was not a narcotic, affecting McCarty’s 3 year sentence for selling 5.7 grams to an undercover agent. The decision cited potential violence and drug harm as bases for the legislature’s classification. The case also touched on a Cook County bid to re sentence two men for alleged cocaine amounts above 30 grams.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Sangamon County
Danny Joe McCarty
McCarty
4Th District
Illinois
Thomas J. Moran
High Court
Cook County
Solidarity splits as it weighs Polish worker law
In Gdansk the Solidarity congress faces a split over a government worker management law. Members censured Lech Walesa and two presidium leaders 348 to 189 for violating union democracy, while defending the need to act before the Sejm session. Walesa pledges a strong, independent movement with new leadership after adjournment.
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Gdansk
Poland
Solidarity Congress
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Union
Congress
Sejm
Solidarity
Leading Economic Index Drops Again in August
The government's Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell 0.5 percent in August, marking the third decline in four months. The index, a forecast of future trends, had slipped 1.7 percent in May and 0.8 percent in June, rose 0.4 percent in July, with July's figure later revised from a 0.1 percent decline.
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Washington
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