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ilunoij lltkcu A2 THE PANTAGRAPH, WIDNf SPAY, FEB. 9. 1983 Bill could put strain on Livingston jail REVENUE hm At 1983 into fiscal 1984, which begins July 1, the governor said. Beyond that, he outlined cuts that will have to be made without new money he Is requesting School aid would drop tun million, be uld, meaning "larger classes, closed schools, toss of special education for the handicapped and no substantial ability to move forward Funding for higher education would be cut by 100 million from this year's level, he uld, which would "cripple" efforts at Job retraining and high technology training, and "force ulary reductions, faculty and staff layoffs, elimination of programs, (andl tuition Increases." State employees would get no pay Increases, he uld, and slate parks would be closed two days a week. Thompson uld he understands taxpayer sentiment of those who think more cuts can be made.

"I can hear some voices raised In Illinois, even I speak, by those who believe themselves to be the 'forgotten Never mind the tax Increases, they wilt uy, 'make the cuts next "'No members of my family are mentally ill or others will uy. These cuts don't hurt "But they will," the governor asserted. "No one who has ever stood at the bedside of an Infant, as I have, crippled for life by blindness or ing extensive new plumbing, and notes that the county is expected to comply with the guidelines by Jan. 1, IU66. The state would have the power to condemn the Jail if It is not in full compliance by then, Sheriff Jones said last month.

Also yesterday, the board voted to forgo, at least for now, any proposals to switch to outside management of Livingston Manor nursing home. The board's nursing horn committee recommended keeping the current setup after examining the alternatives and meeting with Peoria-based group that manages nursing homes, committee Chairwoman Edith Ruppel told the board. She noted that many of the goals of a 1879 "management study" of the home's operation have been met, and that the home'! finances are In better shape than they have been for many years. Board members suggested that the committee determine whether there is a need to Increase the home's 129 person capacity, and, based on an earlier Pantagraph article, recommended that the committee consider building a fence around a deteriorating cemetery behind the home that once served as a "potters' In ether business The board also: DON THOMPSON Parrtogroph Pontioc burtou PONTIAC Passage by the tutt Legislature of bill now before the Houm would force Livingston County to expand lu Jail. County Board members uld yesterday In resolution forwarded to state The bill would prohibit those sentenced to Jail for misdemeanor offenses from serving their sentences in state Department of Corrections facilities.

Forcing those inmates back into the county jail would Increase the Jail's daily population to the point of overcrowding, according to the resolution. State'! Attorney Donald Bernardl brought the matter to the board at the request of Sheriff Robert Jones. Bernard! uld those sentenced to Jail terms longer than three or four months usually are sent to Vandalla Community Correctional Center to serve their time. Keeping those convicts in the county Jail would not only be much more expensive for the county, but would "potentially force an expansion in the county Jail," Bernardl said. The Jail's capacity Is 80 46 men, two women and two male Juveniles.

He said the only alternative to overcrowding would be to pay other counties for placing the excess Inmates in their Jails. The House bill, Introduced Jan. 27, has not been sent to committee for study yet. It is the second Indication in a month that the county may have to consider expanding Its Jail which dates from 1839 or building a new one. An Inspection report issued in January cites renovations that would require replacing the Jail or insult Ptnitenpn ernoio BRAD CLiFT Gov.

James Thompson proposed night. Tax scheme faces uphill battle State to investigate 2 viral disease cases tax hikes in his State of the State peared the governor "turned his back" on doing away with the remaining 2 percent sales tax on food and drugs. He also expressed concern that the tax Increases called for are permanent. That sentiment was echoed by some Central Illinois lawmakers. Sen.

John Maitland, Bloomington, called the speech "courageous," but said that the "tremendous tax increase" proposed would be "going right on the backs of individuals and individual entrepreneurs." He might favor an immediate income tax increase that would "self-destruct" at the end of fiscal 1984 or 1985, he said. Rep. Gordon Ropp, R-Normal, said he, too, worries that passing a big 'tax Increase In a recession could yield the government a windfall in better economic times. Rep. Thomas Ewing, RPontiac, said the Thompson plan is a "pretty bold move" that is "certainly gong to have a reaction back home." Sen.

Roger Sommer, R-Morton, said his "obvious inclination" is to vote against the new taxes, but he'll wait and see. Rep. Sam Vinson, R-Clinton, said he still has to balance the effects of address last raising business taxes on the business climate versus what Is considered an adequate level of state services. Rep. Judy Koehler, Henry, said she opposes the increases because people's ability to pay now is low.

Sen. Dick Luft. DPekin, who, as Mrs. Koehler, is from an area considered heavily opposed to tax increases, called the governor's plan "unbelieveable" and said he is a "definite 'no'" on any income tax increase. He is keeping his options on a gasoline tax open.

The rally in the rotunda brought together a coalition of groups, and was coordinated by the Chicago-based Illinois Public Action Council. Among the 500 or so people who gathered were a Bloomington husband and wife, Mike Matejka and Karen Sandhaas, of 8214 W. Oakland who made 10 gallons of soup for a bread-and-soup line that was part of the rally. The people at the rally, said Matejka, are "very much the forgotten people of Illinois." including the elderly and poor. "This is the group not usually organized or heard from." Allocated up to $75,000 In "upfront" money for initial expenditures on the county's rural reference system.

The entire amount will be reimbursed by the federal government after the system Is installed along county roads. Appointed Gene McBroom to the Farmers Cooperative Drainage District and David Bailey to represent the County Board on the Pon-tiac Area Planning Commission. last year outnumbered deaths 620 to 388. Heart disease led the list of killers in 1981, the most recent year for which statistics are available, she said. That disease claimed 151 lives, the same as in 1980, while cancer killed 77 people, down from 85 the year before.

Diseases effecting the main part of the brain and its blood vessels were next with 43 deaths, followed by accidents, which claimed 16 lives. An area of concern has been suicides, she said. The number of those increased from one in 1980 to six in 1981. Coroner Keith Von Qualen said yesterday the number of suicides remained at six last year, although county mental health workers bad worked at bringing down that number. Thirteen cases of syphilis and 10 of gonorrhea were reported to the public health department, but no cases of herpes were reported, she said.

That by no means indicates herpes does not exist in the county, but that no cases have been reported to the department. She said she has received numerous requests for information on the disease. She told the board that screenings for scoliosis, curvature of the spine, have been extended to all county schools this year following a pilot program last year in Pontiac Grade School District 429. Immunization clinics in the schools have been dropped in favor of monthly clinics at the department's headquarters at Torrance Avenue in Pontiac and summertime clinics in outlying towns. The number of animal bites reported last year climbed to 178 from 180 in 1981, but the number of rabies investigations dropped from 35 to 10, she said.

However, the number of rabies vaccinations climbed from two in 1981 to four in 1982. Women, Infants and Children, a federal supplemental food program instituted last year, has assisted nearly three times the number of clients originally anticipated, she said. WIC's clients totaled 286 last year, and the program currently has a caseload of about 225. Of the 286, 133 were children and the rest were pregnant women or recent mothers. brain damage, who can only whimper and reach out a hand In hope and trust, could uy these cuts would not hurt all of us." The transportation tax package is designed to match local dollars to come to the state from the 5-cent per gallon federal tax to be imposed April 1.

Details of that program will be outlined later. According to the Bureau of the Budget, a revenue shortfall of $3(0 million still faces Illinois by June 30. The tax package proposed by Thompson would not take effect in time to remedy this year's situation, but Thompson did said he may use authority of a little-used law to borrow some of the money which must then be repaid within a year. Bureau of the Budget Director Robert Mandeville said earlier that the amount being anticipated could be about $190 million. Other options to reduce the shortfall are to draw down an expected year-end balance of $200 million, or implement another round of budget cuts.

A Tax Reform Commission appointed by Thompson before the election had recommended that income taxes could be raised with a like drop in local property taxes, and that the remaining two percent sales tax on food and drugs be phased out. Thompson did not back those positions in his speech, but offered some forms of them as options for the Legislature to consider. Garcia's! What's hot and heart-shaped and only comes out on Valentines Day? By DON THOMPSON Pantagraph Pontioc bureau PONTIAC The state Department of Public Health Is planning to Investigate two Isolated cases of the mysterious Legionnaires' Disease which were among the diseases afflicting Livingston County residents last year, the county public health administrator said yesterday. Both cases were from William W. Fox Children's Center for the de-.

velopmentally disabled in Dwight, Public Health Administrator Gladys Kohrt told the County Board. A 13-year-old center resident con-tacted the viral disease in October, and a 17 year-old resident was determined in November to have the disease. Each was sent to Riverside Hospital in Kankakee at the time and the diagnosis of the disease wa made there, Mrs. Kohrt said. Both boys survived the disease and were returned to the center.

Mrs. Kohrt said the county public health department has been unable to determine how they contacted the disease. There were no humidifiers In the rooms at the time, and the air conditioning was not on because it was -winter, Mrs. Kohrt said. Each of 'those artificial environments had been isolated in previous occur- fences of the disease in other areas of the country.

She said she believes the two boys did not share a room. The state health department plans to visit Fox Center to try to find the source of the disease. Also in her report to the board, Mrs. Kohrt said births in the county Slide show slated on nuclear freeze The Bloomington-Normal Nuclear Freeze Coalition will present a slide show entitled "START vs. Stop" at 3:30 p.m.

Sunday at the Normal Public Library, 208 W. College Nor-mal. -I The slide show, which contrasts President Reagan's weapons plan lth the nuclear weapons freezereduction resolution, will be followed by a brief discussion. The public is invited to attend. By BERNIE SCHOENBURO Pantograph Springfield bureau SPRINGFIELD It's going to be a tough fight for Gov.

James R. Thompson to get his new tax package through the Legislature, if early reaction is any indication. Even as Thompson gave his State of the State message yesterday, a few hundred people chanted outside the House doors loudly enough to be heard inside, to protest budget cuts. Most were from East St. Louis.

Frank Smith, city clerk of East St. Louis and chairman of a group called "St. Clair County Coalition for the Preservation of Economic Justice," said he heard the speech, and carried the message outside. "They didn't know," he said. "They thought he was calling for cuts." Actually, Thompson was threatening cuts, deep ones, if his tax package isn't passed.

But many lawmakers and others were still skeptical about the plan to raise up to 12 billion in new taxes next year. House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, said he is not convinced that a tax increase is needed. A temporary tax surcharge may be the best way to go, if needed, he said. Senate President Philip Rock, D-Oak who has said an income tax increase is needed, said com promises would determine the final form of the package. Senate Minority Leader James "Pate" Philip, R-Elmhurst, said he needs to talk to other lawmakers and listen to his constituents to determine his stand.

Some lawmakers said the package will be introduced in the Senate first. Philip said he knew of no sponsor designated yet to carry the legislation. "They haven't asked me," he said. Positive response came quickly from a series of school associations. In a joint statement put out by the State Board of Education, the groups representing elementary and secondary schools said they "unanimously felt that a tax increase is 'desperately needed' to ensure the availability of the necessary revenue maintain and strengthen Illinois' educational system." But a top business lobbying group, the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, panned the proposal.

"This is the worst possible time in our state's economic history to be proposing massive tax increases," stated ISSC president Lester W. Brann Jr. Douglas L. Whitley, president of the non partisan Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, said the Thompson speech was "extremely compassionate," but proposed "a lot of tax increase with very little tax relief and no tax Whitley, who served on the governor's Tax Reform Commission, said it ap The Daily Pantagraph Pub! -shed by vergreen Communications tnc 30) W. Washington St Bloomington, IL 41701 Second-class postage paid at Bloomington, IL (USPS 144760) TELEPHONE (W) tlt-MII NEWSROOM John Hooper, ed David Bill, ed Jim Barnhart, ed Chris Heiser, ed Vi Gilmore, ed Louise Donahue, ed.

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