Defective welds halt traffic on I-24 bridge in Kentucky
Inspections show 24 of 30 welds in the I-24 bridge arch and arch-tie areas are defective. Crews replace gusset plates with stronger T plates while radiation and ultrasound tests, plus expert review by Lehigh University’s John Fisher, seek causes. Repairs and extended costs loom as the bridge remains shut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Wooderstate
Bri
Southern Illinois
Peete Aoe
Paducah
Crawford Construction Company
Dlinois Department of Transportation Engineers
Jerry Mount
IDOT
Law Engineering Testing Co
Atlanta
Bob Phillips
Law Company
Nashville Steel Company
Nashville
Tenn
Phillips
Robert Caussey
Randall White
John Fisher
Lehigh University
Pennsylvania
Mount
Fisher
Law Testing Company
Charles G. Cook
Kentucky Department of Transportation
Division of Bridges
Frankfort
Cook
Federal Highway Administration
Frank Hare
FHA
Homewood
Brookport
Hare
Ethacoal Pilot Plant Discussed in Marion Meeting
A meeting in Marion discussed building a pilot plant at Southern Illinois Power Cooperative south of Marion to produce Ethacoal, a synthetic fuel from coal. Al Mavis of the Illinois Department of Agriculture chaired the gathering attended by federal and state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Marion
al Mavis
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Southern Illinois studies fuel from farm waste and coal
Milo Thurston of Pulaski, SIPC board, urged using waste energy from the cooperative steam plant. Officials note plants are 40 percent efficient, 60 percent lost as heat. A study examined distilling ethanol from waste heat, enabling Ethacoal via low grade coal with ethanol, a process discussed by Leonard J. Keller of Methacoal Corp in Dallas at Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavis
Milo Thurston
Pulaski
Sipc Board of
Methacoal Corp
Dallas
Texas
Leonard J. Keller
Marion
Logan to coordinate 38 unit student development program
Logan College has been designated by the U S Office of Education as the coordinating college for a 38 campus student development program serving 38 community colleges. Rep Paul Simon’s Washington office confirmed the designation and a similar grant amount to last year is expected while the college prepares seminars workshops and conferences for participant colleges and consultants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. A. Logan College
U.S. Office of Education
Carbondale
Paul Simon
Washington, D.C
Robert Tarvin
Logan College
Pre-trial set in Perry County board suit over political dismissals
Six former Perry County employees sue Democratic county board members Vic Provart and Tom Moss alleging political removals based on party lines. A Nov 9 pre-trial conference before Judge James L. Foreman in East St. Louis will address back pay, reinstatement, and potential insurance coverage disputes involving American Druggists Insurance Co. and local agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Board
Perry County
U.S. District Court
James L. Foreman
East St. Louis
Vic Provart
Tom Moss
County
Democratic Party
Moss
Ron Shirk
Bruneau
American Druggists Insurance Co
Cincinnati
Carbondale
Mitchell
Brandon
Lloyd Middleton
Don Mitchell
Dogs in Herrin pound get reprieve
Herrin mayor Mario Ottolini announced a postponement of disposal for 15 dogs held at the city pound. The Illinois Department of Agriculture had ordered closures, and Ottolini said the dogs will be moved to the Southern Illinois Humane Society to be put to sleep, not shot, with state seven day holding rules noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Pound
Mario Ottolini
Ilinois
Taylor
Ottolini
Southern Illinois Humane Society
Jackson County
Minnie Lewis
Colp Road
Allen Industries
Mrs. Lewis
King Louis XV fund aids Kaskaskia Island pupils
Island school on Kaskaskia receives about one third of its $71,000 operating budget from a historic commons endowment. Since 1911 court rulings redirected profits to an escrow fund for a nonsectarian school, with current annual income around $22,000 plus $6,400 rent and $15,000 in low risk interest. The program supports 18 students with salaries for three teachers a cook and a bus driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Kaskaskia Island
King Louis XV
France
Louis XV
Immaculate Conception
Illinois Comptroller
Kaskaskia School Fund
Randolph County
Cae 1
Waldo McDonald
The
Commons
Kaskaskia Board of Escrow
Springfield
Emily Lyons
Island
Kaskaskia School
Mrs. Lyons
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Butch Nevious
Logan
Keller
SIPC
Joe Jines
Harry Homan
Murphysboro
Lake Murphysboro
Big Muddy Bow Club
U.S. Supreme Court
Elrod
Burns
Cook County, Ill
Provart
Winton Bigham
Bigham
Place Agency
Pinckneyville
Bliss Agency
Bloomington
Bliss Claims
Wallace Bruneau
Herrin
Kaskaskia
Island Pupils
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