Bloom cites administrative skills for lieutenant governor bid
Peoria state senator Prescott Bloom campaigns across Southern Illinois for the Republican nomination. He recounts a rough travel day involving an air strike disruption and a blown tire, but pressed on to meet GOP county chairs and representatives in Carbondale. Bloom contrasts his conservatism with rival Kenneth Buzbee, noting energy policy differences and downstate roots.
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Evan M. Davis
Prescott Bloom
Peoria
Carbondale
Bloom
East St. Louis
Illinois
Ken
Buzbee
Bloom campaigns on chairmanship and anti regulation stance
Bloom touts his role as chair of the Joint Committee on Legislative Rules and the 26 member watchdog panel as proof of administrative skill. He opposes Health Finance Authority regulations and argues the 1978 law aimed to curb costs has instead raised hospital operating expenses. He defends his restraint from voting against the law’s intent and supports the lieutenant governor’s office as a full time, ready position.
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Bloom
Joint Committee On Legislative Rules
Health Finance Authority
Department of Mines and Minerals
Dave O’neal
Dave
Policeman Finds Treasure While Cleaning Out Desk in Pontiac
Retiring Police Chief Edward Hamilton discovered a long misplaced safe combination. The opened safe yielded more than 1200 in change including pennies nickels dimes quarters and some silver certificates. A 14 carat wedding band was also found and presumed to be used as payment.
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Pontiac, Ill
Edward Hamilton
City Hall
Dale Campbell
Campbell
Millie Bradley
Restraining order may halt Salem water line work
Construction on the 16 mile raw water pipeline from Salem to Carlyle Lake began Monday but a restraining order hearing Wednesday in U S District Court in Benton could halt the project CAPCO Inc an Alabama pipe maker has filed to stop the use of asbestos cement pipe and seeks million in damages from the city and Paoli Inc the contractor Foreman James L will hear arguments for the injunction in Benton Federal Court Tuesday night news brief from Salem Illinois AP reports ongoing dispute over pipeline materials and funding risks delays
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Salem, Ill
Salem
Carlyle Lake
U.S. District Court
Capco Inc
East St. Louis
Ch Sond
CAPCO
Per
Milion Co
Paoli, Inc
James L. Foreman
Benton
Six year old saves drowning sister at home pool
In Mount Vernon Illinois six year old Brandyn Peterson, a non swimmer, rescued his seven year old sister Mychelle from drowning in six feet of water using a lifesaving ring and inner tube. They were playing in an inflatable pool when Mychelle tired and went under. The siblings are from Opdyke. Mychelle was reported to be doing fine at Mount Vernon hospital. In Thebes, Robert Dotson, 31, was charged with murder after the shooting death of Henry Stroms, with authorities arresting Dotson near his home.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
Brandyn Peterson
Bran
Mychelle
Brandyn
Ed Peterson
Opdyke
Alexander County
Robert Dotson
Dotson
Henry Stroms
Thebes
Construction strike talks slated today
Talks scheduled later today aim to end a day-old strike by 600 Operating Engineers Local 520 in a 16 county Southern Illinois area. Workers rejected a pact 2-1 with SIBA. outcome uncertain as talks proceed with SICA and SIBA. Other unions had accepted or pending pacts while projects from Alton to Centralia remained halted.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Jerry Wray
Wray
Southern Illinois Contractors Association
SIBA
SICA
Lock and Dam
Alton
Hollywood Brands
Centralia
Dean Turner
Cement Masons Local 90
Iron Workers Local 392
Madison Counterpenters District Council
Trities Carpenters District Council
Southwestern Illinois Laborers District Council
Coal groups and environmentalists unite on air rules fight
Illinois coal producers join environmentalists before the Illinois Federal-State Coordinating Task Force on Energy to urge Congress to keep scrubber requirements and other Clean Air Act provisions. Pensoneau notes a Midwest industry versus the rest, while advocates push for research and utilities funded scrubber costs.
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Don Levener
Springfield
Illinois
Energy
Taylor Pensoneau
Illinois Coal Association
Pensoneau
Congress
United Mine Workers
Illinois Environmental Council
Washington
James B. Gulliford
Coal Research Center
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois Coal
John Neal
Department
Control Technology Systems Division
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Sandra McAvoy
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