Perry jail proposals crushed by 20 to 1 margin
Perry County voters rejected two financing measures for a new jail and a criminal justice center by wide margins. The jail plan at 2.05 million dollars failed 5,010 to 272, and the justice center at 1.6 million dollars lost 5,023 to 197. The Illinois Department of Corrections could close the current jail if standards are not met.
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Perry
Brad Berker
Southern Illinois
Perry County
Tom Moss
Criminal Justice Center
Illinois Department of Corrections
Moss
Victor Provart
Tly
Swinford wins Herrin mayoral race in tight contest
In Herrin Donald Swinford defeats Mayor Mario Ottolini by 53 votes to win the mayoralty, capturing Ward 4 and three wards overall on the Progress Party slate. Ottolini trailing as Ida Jane Berra wins city clerk, Terr y Hughes takes treasurer, and Ward 2 Alderman Edward Louis Quaglia is re elected.
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Theresa Churchill
Herrin
Donald Swinford
Mario ‘‘Moochie
Ottolini
Swinford
Progress Party
William Bonali
Douglas Cox
Economy Labor
Ida Jane Berra
Terry Hughes
Edward Louis Quaglia
Harry Crompton
Herrin Coalition Party
Joe Camarato
Theodore Bollmann
Jerry McDonner
George Stearns
William Meneese
Bob Hardcastle
Hughes
Herrin Coalition
Marie Propst
JoAnn Kuhnke
McEvers
The
Craig Burke
Isaacs
J.C. Kirk
Dennis P. Johnson
Murphysboro elects first GOP alderman
Murphysboro voters elected their first Republican alderman, Ward 3’s Robert Fenwick, who defeated 20 year incumbent John Wright 170 to 65. Mayor elect Sydney Appleton ran unopposed with 1,691 votes, while Ward 5 Democrat William J. Ryan beat Republican Richard Lee Blackwell 409 to 297. McDowell and others won in Ward 4 and uncontested races.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Robert Fenwick
John Wright
Fenwick
Sydney Appleton
Michael Bowers
Appleton
Bowers
William J. Ryan
Richard Lee
Rick’’ Blackwell
Ryan
McDowell
Weather update foresees cooler, windy night with storms
National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy and cooler weather tonight with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows expected in the upper 40s to lower 60s and Thursday will be partly sunny with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
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National Weather Service
Violent Turn in UMW Strike Sparks West Virginia Clash
As the 13 day nationwide UMW strike intensified, a pipe of violence erupted with shots fired at a West Virginia union organizer and a sidewalk brawl between UMW President Sam Church and Safety Director Everett Acord outside union headquarters. Acord said he could no longer support Church as president.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Washington
UMW
Sam Church
Church
Everett Acord
Acord
Union
Eldon Callen
Huntington
Larry Young
Southeast
Young
Kentucky
Ohio
Harlan County
Ronald Swinson Jr
Harlan
Subcommittee backs coal gas plant funding defeat
The Interior Subcommittee defeated Reagan's plan to cut 45 million for the Perry County coal gasification project in the 1981 budget by a 5-3 party line vote. It then approved moving the funding to 1982, effectively stalling construction while keeping options open. Simon aides expect full committee action and potential talks with Illinois Coal Gasification Group and Synthetic Fuels Corporation officials.
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Evan M. Davis
Reagan
Perry County
House
Interior
House Appropriations Committee
Steve Hull
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Hull
Illinois Coal Gasification Group
Simon
Synthetic Fuels Corporation
SFC
Yates
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ED Greer
Mario
Moochie” Ottolini
Patrick M. McCann
Leonard Williams
Kenneth ‘‘Kie’’ Taylor
William ‘‘Bill’’ Hardwig
Ann Landers
Opinions
Bellaire
Kenneth Ayres
Belmont County
Tion
Subcommittee
Sid Yates
Chicago
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