Britt Airways chosen to serve Williamson Airport
The Civil Aeronautics Board selected Britt Airways over Air Illinois to replace Ozark Air Lines at Williamson County Airport. Britt proposes three daily departures to St. Louis and Evansville six days a week plus two on Saturdays, with FAA slot approvals pending. Ozark to stay until Britt can commence, and CAB ordered Ozark to relinquish one slot only after Britt gains the necessary FAA authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Santori
Southern Illinois
Civil Aeronautics Board
Britt Airways
Air Illinois
Williamson County
Airport Board
Ozark Air Lines
Ozark
Federal Aviation Administration
Britt
St. Louis
FAA
Evansville
Ind
CAB
Terri Smith
Lambert
Williamson
Robert
Duncan
al Tingley
Tingley
Roger Street
Street
Walnut Street Church rejects four acre land offer
Walnut Street Baptist Church officials refuse to relocate for Carbondale's hotel project and turn down four plus acres offered by the Budslick family on Chau tauqua Street west of Tower Road. The church stresses it remains downtown and will preserve its present building and site amid eminent domain actions and city plans for a parking garage and convention center. The Budslicks had proposed land as a church site while city aims to close on parcels by June and begin demolition in the South Illinois Avenue blocks. The church reportedly faced offers of 600000 to 700000, with multiple property settlements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois On
Budslick
Chautauqua Street
Tower Road
Budslicks
Jackson County
South Illinois Avenue
Stan Hoye and Associates
Weather forecast summary for the coming days
The National Weather Service notes increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with winds 8 to 15 mph and a 30 percent chance of late showers or thunderstorms. Friday remains windy and warm with isolated storms possible, highs in the upper 70s. Showers possible Saturday and Monday with highs in the 60s and 40s at night, colder Sunday with a high around 50.
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National Weather Service
Empty seats at senior centers in Murphysboro
Willie Deal, 81, watches life from her window as she avoids activities at Murphysboro Senior Citizens Center. A dim room with a piano draped in a spread sets a quiet scene as her sister Tina, 85, sits nearby, shaping a portrait of aging and isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
Willie Deal
Murphysboro
South 6Th Street
Murphysboro Senior Citizens Center
Tina
The Graying of Southern Illinois Scene Narrates Quiet Aging
In a southern Illinois room a woman named Miss Deal speaks softly about aging and indifference to media. She coughs and notes the world feels mean, then asks to turn to Page 5, highlighting a quiet, reflective moment amid local life.
Reagan presses arms stance amid push for nuclear freeze
President Reagan defended not freezing nuclear weapons, arguing a freeze would leave the United States behind the Soviet Union and invite further reductions. He urged Soviet participation in reductions while backing a rival Warner Jackson plan for verifiable cuts. Congress sees mixed support as Byrd voices impatience and aides warn of continuing arms race dynamics.
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Washington
Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Radio
Moscow
U.S
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hatfield
Senate
John Warner
R-Va
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Congress
Warner-Jackson
Jackson
Warner
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Paul Warnke
Warnke
Barbara Roche
St. Louis
Leon Shull
Americans For Democratic Action
America
Henry Kendall
Boston
Union of
Scientists
el Salvador
500 Area Carpenters Strike in Southern Illinois
More than 500 members of the Egyptian District Council of Carpenters began a strike across thirteen eastern Illinois counties after two-year wage agreements with the Southern Illinois Builder's Association and the Associated General Contractors expired at midnight. Arthur Vincent, the union business manager, said talks with the builders resume Monday and contractor discussions are set for April 8. About 25 to 30 union members picketed at four or five locations, with salary as the sole issue. Current wages, fringe benefits, total about $14.45 per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egyptian District Council of Carpenters
Arthur Vincent
Southern Illinois Builder’s Association
Associated General Contractors
Vincent
Building Association
Jerry Brookman
Mount Vernon
Illinois
Mallards seized as evidence in closed season case
Murphysboro Alderman Leonard O. Pullis faced federal charges for possessing and transporting mallard ducks during the closed season. A March 15 notice alleges he had 13 freshly killed migratory ducks at about 4 p.m. The case involves possession and transport of migratory game birds during the closed period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ann Bailey
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Leonard O. .Pullis
Pullis
Alderman Charged After Birds Seized Near Murphysboro Park
Alderman Pullis faces charges after birds were seized near Murphysboro City Park in a case tied to violence. He could not be reached for comment and is set to appear at 9 30 a.m. April 22 before Magistrate Kenneth J. Myers in US District Court in Benton. Pullis was appointed to the council in 1977 to fill an unexpired term and was elected in 1979, working as a self employed construction worker.
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Big Muddy
Murphysboro
Pullis
Kenneth J. Myers
Benton
J Council
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Marion
Baptist Church
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
Rts
Jerry Caroline Knop
Steeleville
Senior Citizen’s Center
Southern
Leonard O. Pullis
Mallards
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