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Page A4 Decatur, Illinois, Tuesday, September 22, 1987 -Central Illinois- Exports bill loses key provision providing a tax break for export trading companies. Export companies provide market research, transportation, insurance and similar services to businesses in lall By ANTHONY MAN Springfield Bureau Chief SPRINGFIELD Sen. Penny Sevems, D-Decatur, said Monday she is pleased Gov. James R. Thompson has backed her effort to increase exports, but does not know if she will accept his changes.

Over the weekend, Thompson gave partial approval to legislation designed to increase exports by helping export trading companies. But Thompson deleted the measure's main incentive: a provision that might have allowed large corporations to escape state income taxes for two years. Senate Bill 1 is designed to spur shipment of Illinois products to other states and countries by enhancing promotional efforts and "Frankly, I'm just glad that he endorsed SB 1 Sevems said. "I was delighted that the governor endorsed the bill and endorsed the concept of export trading companies and their value to the When the legislation passed, Sevems said costs of the program would be "negligible." But in his message accompanying the recommended changes, Thompson said the potential cost to the state was great and said adding tax breaks is unaffordable in a time when the state has financial problems. The cost of a new program is difficult to determine, Severns said.

"It's impossible to arrive at any kind of exacting figures," she said. Severns noted that Thompson has been vetoing most legisla tion that costs money this year. Republican critics warned that companies currently doing business in the state could set up export trading companies just to avoid paying taxes. But Severns said'program rules would have prevented any abuses. The legislation gives added support to the state's existing efforts to promote Illinois-made products.

Programs in the agriculture and commerce departments and the lieutenant governor's office would be expanded. The substance of the measure is somewhat different from the proposal introduced in January. It was rewritten in a Senate committee and recommended for passage with support from both parties. Severns' bill then passed the Senate 57-1. terested in ex- Penny Sevems porting their goods from Illinois to other states or nations.

The legislation was the central economic development bill for the freshman senator, who said she did not know Monday if she would ask her colleagues to accept or reject the governor's changes, which must come before the General Assembly during its fall session. Sangamon County officials also charged Brown with several offenses relating to the chase. In June, Brown was found mentally unfit to stand trial. However, a report from the Andrew McFar-land Mental Health Center in Springfield indicated he was able to work with his defense attorney. A physician said he was a chronic paranoid schizophrenic and advised he remain hospitalized.

Brown is the man who had about 300 containers of chemicals in his rural Blue Mound home in an unrelated incident. The containers were discovered after his house caught fire. A man charged with leading police on a chase through Macon and Sangamon counties on May 1 is to be tried Nov. 16. Kevin G.

Brown, 36, of rural Blue Mound, has pleaded innocent to charges of criminal damage to property, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, and fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. Brown was stopped east of Springfield after being chased for about 90 minutes. He traveled west in the eastbound lanes at speeds ranging from 5 to 90 miles per hour. He also is accused of damaging a police squad car. Brown trial set Nov.

16 Herald Review 4th Annual Fashion Show Tricky work Seated on a bosun's chair hanging out the side of the Citizens National Bank building, Stan Songer of Songer Painting and Decorating scraped and painted a pipe on Monday. (Photo by Doug Gaumon) Court upholds assault laws with sexual penetration of their victims. The accused rapists contend that under the current law, judges must construe the word force "in its broadest sense possible and include every notion of force imaginable." But Justice Daniel Ward said in the court's opinion, "Common sense tells us that the legislature did not intend the creation of a new definition of force and one so broad that it would include all conceivable notions of the word." The law defines force as "when the accused threatens to use force or violence on the victim or on any other person, and the victim under the circumstances reasonably believed that the accused had the ability to execute that threat, or when the accused has overcome the victim by use 'Of superior strength or size, physical restraint or physical confinement" Polly Poskin, head of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said the organization is "very pleased with the decision because it means the Supreme Court applied the historic standard to the definition of 'force or threat of Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1987 7:00 PM at Kirkland Fine Arts Center Millikin University $7.00 ADULTS s5. 00 STUDENTS (with I.D.) and children 18 and under.

By MARC D.ALLAN Herald Review Springfield Bureau SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws governing criminal sexual assault, overturning a Marion County decision that found the statute vague and overly broad. The decision also restores charges against three Fayette County men accused of rape. The high court rejected arguments that the definition of force is unclear and could mean force used during sexual relations between consenting adults. The decision stems from the case of John Haywood, who was charged with displaying a knife and using force while committing rape. Marion County Circuit Judge E.C.

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