Marion housing chief accuses council of meddling in site picks
Marion Housing Authority chairman George Corky Williams blasted Mayor Butler and city council members for interfering with site selection for a federally subsidized low income housing project. He said seven of 22 proposed sites were rejected despite council input, while HUD and developer Cooper will decide the final placements.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Housing Authority
Robert L. Butler
Marion City Council
George “Corky
Williams
Housing Board
Bob Cooper
Harrisburg
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Cooper
Federal Register
Hughes
Durham
Adolph Flack
Homer Askew
Edmund Morrissey
Godfrey
Morrissey
North Market Street
North State
North Logan Street
Park Lane
North State Street
Butler
Logan Street
Housing Authority
Explosive bullet used in aborted assassination
Washington AP reports President Reagan shows satisfactory recovery after an assassination attempt. Doctors say a special explosive bullet could have detonated at any time. District of Columbia policeman Thomas Delahanty underwent surgery to remove the explosive bullet fragment. Brady remains in critical condition with improving consciousness as Reagan meets aides.
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Washington
Reagan
FBI
Ed Gooderhand
District of Columbia
Thomas Delahanty
Delahanty
Burrell Jefferson
White House
Dennis O’leary
George Washington University Hospital
Roger Young
James S. Brady
Brady
State ag officials expand role in Illinois surface mining
Illinois Department of Agriculture officials led by Director Larry A. Werries toured Perry County mines and pressed for greater IDOA involvement in surface mine regulation. They highlighted Captain reclamation as advanced and criticized Burning Star No. 4 for late topsoil recovery, with Frank urging more resources and closer scrutiny during permit reviews.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Perry County
Larry A. Werries
Natural Resources Division
James Frank
Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District
Werries
Consolidation Coal Co
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp
Cutler
Southwestern
Soil and Water Conservation District
Burning Star No. 4
Frank
Sparta
Chapin
Jim Frank
Agriculture
Idoa
U.S. Interior
James Watt
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Interior
Mines and Minerals
Weather outlook and Mother of the Year contest notice
The National Weather Service predicts showers and thunder storms tonight and Saturday with locally heavy rain, windy and warmer tonight then cooler Saturday. Sunday and Monday will be partly cloudy and cooler with scattered showers possible Tuesday. Also a Mother of the Year contest invites letters explaining why one’s mother should win dinner for two, due April 17 with entries to Southern Illinoisan Carbondale.
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The
National Weather Service
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Ill
Portrait of a Murder Victim Marie Azevedo
Friends describe Marie Azevedo as quiet, independent, and deeply devoted to her four children. She vanished March 25 after dropping her youngest at a Carbondale babysitter, was later found shot in her car near a rural area, with investigators awaiting crime-lab results. Authorities say robbery is unlikely, no motive yet, and multiple agencies continue reviewing leads as services were held.
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Southern Illinoisan Friends
Marie Azevedo
Mrs. Azevedo
Ron
Nancy Stout
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Stouts
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Stout
Pauline Tomlinson
Pine
Azevedo
Amy Mills
India
Ann
White
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Social and Community Services
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Council
Robert ‘‘Dog
Connell
Henry Burress
J. W. ‘‘Dubber
Larry
Joe Jines
Ann Landers
Area Woman’s Slayer
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