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The Daily Egyptian, June 29, 1988 Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC June 1988 Daily Egyptian 1988 6-29-1988 The aiD ly Egyptian, June 29, 1988 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_June1988 Volume 74, Issue 163 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, June 29, 1988." (Jun 1988). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1988 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in June 1988 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Daily Egyptian Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Wednesday, June 29, 1988, Vol. 74, No. 163, 20Pages Tax hike doomed; but pay hike is possible By Susan Curtis used his line item veto to cut 4 and Richard Goldstein Tax hike death percent. or $750 million, from StatfWrilers the budget for higher detailed Gov. James R. Thomron's education. The University budget was cut $4.3 million. tax increase prop(1S8 has -Page 5 failed. but statE> university Madigal, held a press con­ employees may silll receive a ference Tuesday and said "the 5 to 7 percent pay raise, a peopk" of Illinois killed the University lobbyist said. Thompson said, Brown added. tax proposal. Madigan is the Thompson Tuesday gave up Sanders said that even only legislative leader who on his attempt to gain a tax thou:;h talk of a tax increase actively opposed a tax in­ crease. :..ike. He blamed Soeaker of the has ,~eased in Springfield the l:fouse Michael Madigan for its appropriation bills for higher If ThQmpson's tax prcposal aelnJse. eG.lcation contair $81 million has been defeated, it would "The tax debate IS over" in new money for state mark the second vear in a row Keith Sal'GelS, head of 'a University empio.V'ee ~ay he has attempted a tax in­ committt-e wluch :s lobbying raises. He said he thinks that crease and failE'd. for money for S(.3.te univer· will be reduced to between $50 Thompson said he will not and S65 million before the bills sities. said. support new revenues from a 1 Vice Chancellor James are presented to Thompson for tax hike until next spring. Brown ~aid. "There's nothing approval. He said none of the The proposal would have we can aD but accent the will of money is for new programs. raised the personal income tax the legislators and poiitical between 2.5 and 3.5 percent officials. " Thompson has said he will and the corporate income tax 4 "It is a real tragedy to the reject a bloated budget if the to 5.6 percent ud would have University community" if the legislature does not pass a tax created $18 million dollars for tax proposal is dead as increase. Last year, Thompson the SIU system. .....en Ewan ...,. ' .....1 10 h .. new-found friend. M8gg", • Government files civil suit duck ............ husbsnd arM for ..... dlsconrlng tbst It had. broken whip- to gain control of Teamsters Carbondale residents WASHINGTON ~LPIJ - In Ronald Reagan in both the 1980 a slashing mo'. f' against Tearnste-rs' history and 1984 presidential elections. corruption Ln the Teamsters U.S. Atorney Rudolph union, the government went to -Page 11 Giuliani, who filed the com­ turn duck Samaritans court Tuesday to wrest control plai..lt, said at a New York By Kim..., Clsrlle spend feeding ourselves, " of the 1.7 mill;on-member Staff Writer Mrs. Evans said. organization from officials it ting president of the Team­ The Evanses', both 72 and claims are !>ound to the Mafia. sters. issued a statement in Sticks and .stones may break residents of 1516 E. Gary A civi: suit. filed in New Montreal in which he called your bones, but it was a rock Drive. spotted Maggie Wed­ York and announced by the the suit "a \~cious attack ... a that broke Maggie'!' wing. nesday night as she swam in Justice Department, charges shameful attempt to destroy a Maggie is a young duck, one the lake with one of her wings mobsters and top Teamsters aemocratic union." of many that Byrl Evans aDd stickiDg out of the water. As .1fficials have used murder. "It marks the lowest point of his wife Helen feed every night she came on land to eat, her ':)eatings and bribery to turn a Republican administration behind Steagall Hall on wing was dragging on the :he unica Into a majcr asset of in attacking the working men ~mpusLake. ground. organized crime in America. and women of America. ... It Gu~ says with Meese's team "The young kids sta~ at "When I saw her wmg was Weldon Mathis. general won't be tolerated," said in action it'll be hard to tell the halls think the ducks are dragging, I said 'Helen we're secretarY'lreasurer and ac· Mathis, whose union supported which team is the Teamst«s. here to throw things at aDd going to have to fix that, .. , Mr. antagonize, but we don't want Evans said. that to happeo," said Mrs. They came back on Thur­ Evaru., a life-long resident of sday with a net to catch her, If possible give blood: Student Carbondale. and to put a homemade splint By Kimberly Clarke Mr. Evans, a groundskeeper on the her wing. After realizing After being sick for about 8 "1 never gave blood. in high StatfWnter at Thompson P:»int for the past it might not hold UP. they months before anyone realized school because of my illness, 15 years, thinks that one of the called a Carbondale what was wrong, said but when I came to college, youths staying at ThompsOil veterinarian who told them Giving as much blood as you Goembel, an attempt was giving blood was a big deal," Point while attending a that ''we were doing the right can, when you can, is some made to transplant a kidney said Goembel. baseball camp here may have thing," Mrs. Evans said. advice Allen Goembel has for from his father. That tran­ Students will have the thrown the rocks that killed "I made that cast out of my everyone. splant failed, and be then was chance to give blood today aDd one duck and broke Maggie's old girdle; I hope it holds up in "I know how important it is put on a "waiting list" until a Thursday in Ballroom D of the wing. the water:' shesaid. to giVE' blood. When I needed it, kidney became available. Student Center. The goal is 720 "We've been comiDg out They released Maggie on it was there for me," said After 10 months, Goembel pints. here for about five years," Goembel. 22, an aviation matched three of the four Tuesday more than 250 pints said Mr. Evans, adding that be :e~nigh~ft!~:.s management major. requirements needed with a were donated at St. Francis and his wife feed the ducks 50 "Go on back to your G(){'mbel had a kidney teenager who was killed in a Xavier Catholic Church in pounds of corn and 20 loaves of boyfriend," Mrs. Evans called transplant when he was 16, and car accident, he said. He then Carbondale and in Mur- bread a week. as Mr. Evans began his ritual. useO about 10 pints of blood in became eligible for the kidney "We spend more money the pr'lCess, he said. transplant. feeding the ducks than we See DUCKS, Pqe 5 r-- I This Morning College of Human Resources to divide I GSPC has student By Richard Goldstein I affairs in mind . and Su.. n Curtis said be has allowed the faculty year will be used to study Social Work is an accredited Staff Writers in the College of Human options for the units in the professional school and must -Page9 Resources to think about college. The fl!.culty of. each therefore maintain certain The vice president for whether it wants to relocate its unit will decide what is in the standards. academic affairs has asked the units to other cl}lleges that best interest of it2 respective ''1bere are places (colleges) academic units of the College would benefit the units. programs, Cuvosaid. we can't go." she said. AD candidates of Human Resources to con­ There only are a few faculty Mary Davidson, director of Detmis Anderson, director of await decision Jsider moving to other colleges. members around now, so no the School of Social Work, said the crime studies center. said - Sports 20 Moving the units could result hard decisions will be made in a meeting of the school's the faculty is "exploring in the dissolution of the until the entire faculty has met faculty Tuesday it was alternatives to maintain the college. in the fall, Shepherd said. discussed what course the college. We're trying to look at ls;:~~~~-- Vice President for Academic Associate Dean Anthony school would follow. it as an ope:. ·endee' ('p Affairs Benjamin Shepherd Cuvo said the conllDg school Davidson said the School of portunity. " Fft~TrooD MUrdol.- 602 S. Illinois 529-3388 ~ (1' Newswrap DENTAL eENO. Eggrolls-80¢ everyday Shrimp & Chinese Vegetables $2.95 =::::: \vorld Ination SWe4'!t R. t;.our Pork $2.75 RKftl.Qryfor Sweet & Sour Chicken $2.85 Dr·~E€~D. Gorbachev says political Beef with Broccoli $2.95 $2.65 Shrimp Lo Mein c.n ......... '-' reform pOlicies have limits 1 MOSCOW (UPI) - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made it clear in his speech Tuesday to the opening session of the 19th Communist Parly conference that there are limits to his policies of political and economic reform and the Soviet Union's toleration of dissent.
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