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HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS • 35lt;SWEATHERTonight: 30 percent chance of rain, low In the 60M/VednescMy: jbhance of rain, high around 85. Chdnce of rain Thursday, and Satur-clay, high' in the SOsJfeWih the 6(H.TEMPERATURESHigh Monday wai^;;Jowi|is 61.No precipitation.TUESDAY, SEPT. 1,1992 © Vol. 78, No. 54BUSINESSEconomy’s leading indicatorsStagnant. JllllfPage 5Conipe$|i|^...4.2Records .........a...ComicsLifestyles.............Classified .......12-13\SkLady EaglesEldorado spikers drop home debut.--Sports, Page 6DECATUR (AP) — Illinois Power Co. says it is suspending construction of two scrubbers at its Baldwin Power Station because regulators probably will not let the company recover the cost of the anti-pollution device.The utility said Monday it will continue using Illinois coal at the power station, but in the absence of the scrubbers must use medium sulfur instead of high sulfur coal.Illinois Power said it was disillusioned when the Illinois Commerce Commission recently ruled that it cannot charge customers for some costs related to construe-□ Talks on new UMWA* . s\ “ B r* . rcontract may splinter coalindustry.Business, Page 5tion of its Clinton nuclear plant.“The current uncertainty of the regulatory and legal climate puts us in a position of having to review all of our plans for significant future investment,” said Larry D. Haab, the utility’s chief executive officer.ICC Chairwoman Ellen Craig said she could not comment extensively about the utility because it has requested a rehearing and has filed a motion to prevent the rates imposed by the commission from taking effect.“Of course, we thought what we did on Aug. 7 was a lawful decision,” she said. “Iobviously don’t agree with Mr. Haab’s interpretation of the decision.”The scrubbers being constructed at the Baldwin power plant at an estimated cost of$250 million to $350 million are designed to clean the plant’s emissions of sulfurdioxide, a result of burning Illinois’ highsulfur-content coal.They were being built so the utility can comply with Phase I of the federal clean air standards, which require a reduction in sulfur emissions from coal-powered electric plants.Illinois Power spokesman Craig Nesbit said the utility has spent about $20 millionto construct the scrubbers, with about $65 million in contracts now in place.He said Illinois Power will negotiate with contractors to work out settlements on the contracts.Nesbit said the utility has not decidedwhen construction of the scrubbers will start again. He said the burning of medium sulfur coal will not allow the utility to comply with Phase II of the clean air standards, which takes effect in the year 2000.A decision on the resumption of construction of the scrubbers will be could be made as late as 1996, Nesbit said.Illinois Power serves 500,000 customers in the southern third of Illinois.PARENT PICKET — Parents and students hold their own picket ganize parents is set for 7 tonight at the large ball diamond at Har-Monday at the Unit 3 Central Administrative offices. They are calling risburg Memorial Park. Teachers are striking because they have nofor an end to the teachers’ strike, now in its 10th day. Lynn Towery, labor contract. Negotiations on the new contract have halted in awhoso son, Kevin, will he a freshman this fall at Harrisburg High deadlock over vacancy and transfer language, salaries and insur-School, told reporters that parents should call on school board mem- ance. The Board of Education is calling on the Harrisburg Education bers to reopen stalemated negotiations. “The more the community Association to accept its ‘last and best proposal. More news on howgets involved, the faster this is going to get over with. I don’t think the strike is affecting the football program is in Sports, Page 6. (Cur-they’re feeling enough pressure,” she said. A meeting to further or- tis Winston photo)EdgarKeep hands off census numbersBy ED WHITE Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON — Illinois will lose millions of dollars from federal programs if the government decides to adjust 1990 census figures andgive a boost to the South and the West, warns Gov. Jim Edgar.“Such an additional massive loss of federal funds would seriously weaken our region’s ability to provide needed, basic services to our citizens,” Edgar said.To gauge the accuracy of the 1990 count, the Census Bureau conducted a survey, which pegged the nation’s population at 252.7 million, rather than the 248.7 million it had counted earlier.All of the states would have higher populations if the survey numbers are used. But the South and the West, where much of the migration occurred in the past decade, would get a greater share than the Midwest and the North-And with limited amounts of federal money toIllinois budget officials ex-pect a loss of at least $25 million over the next decade from some large federal programs,such as alcohol treatment, so-%cia! services, community devel-7 *opment and family violence prevention.spread around, the South and the West would get more money from the federal government.Edgar and other Great Lakes governors explained their opposition last week in letters to the Census Bureau. A decision is expected in September.The Southern Governors’ Association, which acknowledges that the region will benefit if the survey results are used, is urging Census Bureau Director Barbara Everilt Bryant to make the adjustment.“It’s an issue for the number crunchers, who do this stuff every day, not the politicians,” said Carl Thorsen of the governors’ group. “We feel we should get credit where credit’s due. It’s a high-growth region.”Illinois budget officials expect a loss of at least $25 million over the next decade from some large federal programs, such as alcohol treatment, social services, community development and family violence prevention.Dozens of other programs also use population in their funding formulas.“What may appear to be a technical decision from the perspective of the Census Bureau takes a different guise when the effects of that decision play out in the states,” Edgar said.He said the survey “includes a wide range of sampling errors from state to state.”“The only option at this point is to use the 1990 head count numbers as the base for thedecade and to continue research on adjustment options,” the governor said.Illinois’ 11.43 million population would increase 1 percent to 11.54 million if the survey results are adopted.FATAL CRASH — A onecar accident took the life of the driver of this vehicle. Police were called to the scene at 6:52 this morning after a motorist spotted the car in a wooded area just south of the Ridgway blacktop on Route 142. The car had apparently run off the roadway from the northbound lane, striking a tree before come to rest. There were skid marks at the scene. Two EMTs prepared to remove the lone occupant from the car, while awaiting the arrival of Coroner Wandall Lambert. The accident occurred sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. The identity of the victim was being withheld at press time until the family could be notified. (Scott Hines photo)inBy NICK MARIANO Staff WriterA gray Ford Mustang pulled into the Saline County Jail parking lot Monday afternoon, and right behind it was a county squad car with a fugitive suspected of killing a Carrier Mills man last month inside of it.According to Saline County Sheriff George Henley, 19-year-oldJoe W. Jordan, formerly of Golcon-da, had been a suspect for several weeks, but the sheriffs department along with the Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) kept the information confidential until they had the suspect in custody.Jordan has not yet been charged with homicide, but he was arrested on charges of theft by possession of the Ford Mustang belonging to the murder victim, theft of weapons police believe were used to kill thevictim and residential burglary ofthe victim’s home at 305 Smith Road in Carrier Mills.State’s Attorney Rod Wolf is expected to make and announce his decision on filing homicide charges against Jordan this morning after he meets with officers of both law enforcement agencies.Ralph Thompson, who would have turned 55 Aug. 20, was shot three times and killed Aug. 11 at his home. His body was found covered in a quilt outside his home two days later by a neighbor passing the residence.Police say the car has been identified as Thompson’s car with thevehicle identification number (VIN). Harrisburg Police had pulled Jordan over the night of the murder and had taken down the VIN. When reports of the killing and the stolencar were made public, passengers in the car that night came forward to police and identified Jordan as the driver that Tuesday night.Also, police retrieved the alleged murder weapons in Sikeston, Mo., the same state Jordan was believed to have been staying in with Gary Gene Reed at Reed’s grandmother’s East Prairie home. Reed was arrested on a charge of theft by possession Aug. 17 when he turned himself over to Missouri authorities after learning a warrant had been issued for his arrest.Henley, with three other county officers, at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday with Jordan in handcuffs. They picked him up in Battle Mountain, Nev., on Saturday, Aug. 29.“I’m pleased we got him. I’m pleased we got the car. Now, we can get it through the court system,” Henley said after his return from the six-day trip.Jordan was arrested Aug. 21 by Nevada authorities. Before leaving for the desert state, the sheriffs department had to wait for Jordan to sign a waiver of extradition.He is confined at the White County jail pending $2,700 bond.WELCOME BACK — Returned from Nevada, murder suspectJoe W, Jordan, center, is escorted Monday by Saline County Sheriff George Henley, right, and deputy William Summers to the county jail for booking. He was arrested for theft and burglary. (Nick Mariano photo)
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