Region's mine reclamation tour heads through Illinois
A four day Midwest Reclamation Tour and Review Aug 14 17 will showcase mine reclamation work in Southern Illinois and adjacent states. About 90 coal company representatives officials and scientists visit Peabody Coal near Marissa and Harrisburg Southwestern Illinois and Consolidation near Cutler and Pinckneyville plus reclaimed recreation areas and a SIU Carbondale revegetation project. The Aug 4 kickoff at Carbondale with an 8 PM talk by Edgar Imhoff of Interior opens the event, open to the public. details from the SIUC coal center.
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Illinois
Coal Company
Midwest
Peabody Coal Co
Marissa
Harrisburg
Southwestern Illinois
Consolidation Coal Companies
Cutler
Pinckneyville
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Western
Kentucky
Indiana
Carbondale Holiday Inn
Edgar Imhoff
U.S. Department of Interior
Office of
Region III
Siuc Coal Center
Free firewood to cut own in Shawnee Forest area
Forest Ranger Ben Wyatt announces free use permits for marked trees in Shawnee National Forest near Murphysboro. Cutting is for personal use only with a permit carried at all times. Oak, hickory, locust, elm and maple available. dry road access advised. area about 3.5 miles south of Murphysboro.
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U.S
Ben Wyatt
Shawnee National Forest
U.S. Forest Service Office
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Wyatt
Busloads of nonunion machinists arrive at Mount Vernon plant
Four busloads of non-union machinists were brought to two General Radiator Corp. plants in Mount Vernon as strik ing workers observed. Local 1417 members have been on strike since February after rejecting a contract 145 to 84. Company officials said they would hire non-union craftsmen. Observers noted three buses to one plant and one to the other. The union faces a court order limiting pickets at the gates. clerical staff members, not under the order, watched.
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General Radiator Corp
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Wilson named Denver police department staff psychologist
Kenneth G. Wilson a 38 year old from Carbondale will join the Denver Police Department as the first full time staff psychologist on Sept 1 He has taught at Southern Illinois University Carbondale since 1973 and served as a part time police psychologist for Carbondale for about two years He also taught in the basic police training program for two and a half years at the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission In Denver he will provide individual counseling to officers and families screen applicants and assist with in service training His salary is set at 26000 dollars annually
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Kenneth G. Wilson
Laurel Drive
Carbondale
Denver, Colo
Wilson
Southern Illinois University
Greater Egypt
Bridge repair stalls as river flood delays work
An Illinois Department of Transportation project to widen and repair a bridge over Mary's River on Illinois 3 south of Chester is hindered by high water. Crews cannot drive support pilings into bedrock, delaying completion until next year as the Mississippi River remains high throughout the summer.
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Mary’s River
Illinois 3
Chester
Illinois Department of Transportation
Mississippi
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