GM&O Wins Refund in Jackson County Tax Settlement
The Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad will receive 41466 in refunds after protests against 1961 and 1962 Jackson County tax bills. Negotiated with State's Attorney William Ridgeway, the case centers on valuation discrepancies between 100 percent state assessments and township assessments at 45 to 55 percent. Final terms allocate 21087 to the railroad and 4716 to the county, with further adjustments possible on the assessment issue. State aid implications for nearby school districts may follow if valuation changes affect educational funds.
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Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Jackson County
William Ridgeway
State Dept. of Revenue
State Supreme Court
Upstate
Oon
Ridgeway
Monroe Deming
Murphysboro Increases City Tax Levy for 1964-65
Murphysboro council approved a tax levy raise to 148,420 for 1964-65, up from 144,160, with 82,220 for general purposes and 66,200 for special services. Salaries rise for police to 27,600 and fire to 22,500, street workers to 20,320, plus 1,000 for a municipal election. pension funds also increase to 15,000 for fire and 15,? for police. library levy remains 12,700 and band to 1,000. The city dissolves its working cash fund into Social Security and Illinois Municipal Retirement. The levy year runs May 1, 1964, with total expenditures about 23,420.
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Murphysboro
Illinois
Fire at Technical Tape warehouse could cost up to $1 million
A Thursday blaze at a 56,000 square foot Technical Tape warehouse, part of the Sangamo complex leased from Crab Orchard refuge, damaged gift wrap stocks and electrical gear. President Paul Cohen warned losses may reach $1 million plus inventory value. production was knocked out temporarily as water damaged the facility and a separate fire hit the production building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technical Tape Corp
Ordill
Sangamo Electric Co
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Paul Cohen
Jerry Sauler
Carbondale
Sauler
Cohen
Insurance
Sangamo
Technical Tape
Central Illinois Public Service Co
CIPS
Power Company
Regional Fire Tests Future of Ordill Industrial Park
A Thursday blaze destroyed most of Technical Tape Corps 1964 gift wrap plant in the Ordill area of Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge. The 56,000 square foot asbestos building burned quickly. investigation underway on the cause. Nearly 200 employees may return, and Industry park plans hinge on water sewer rail access and private land outside the refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Tatarsky
Technical Tape Corps
Ordill
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Technical Tape
Sangamo Electric Co
Orcill
Jobs Corps
Flaming Wreck Auto Crash Kills Three
Three people died in a flaming crash on a bridge west of Benton early Saturday. Victims were Arnold Cocke 35 of near Thompsonville Ruth Pierson 64 Buckner and Grady Pierson 32 Crete. Three others were hospitalized in Franklin Hospital Benton with burns and injuries. Police report the crash occurred at 2 15 a m on Rt 14 at the Big Muddy river bridge three miles west of Benton. Franklin County Coroner Eugene Dorris said the Parks auto was eastbound and struck the railing before exploding.
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Benton
Arnold Cocke
Thompsonville
Ruth Pierson
Buckner
Grady Pierson
Crete
Franklin Hospital
Robert Parks
Robert Pierson
Gladys Pierson
Cocke
Parks
Pierson
Rt. 14
Big Muddy River Bridge
Franklin County
Eugene Dorris
Parks Auto
Dorris
Parks’ Auto
Lucy Pierson
Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies
Joseph Hickman
Poulson Freeman
Dorsey Braden
Franklin Cemetery
Ind
Robert
Wanda Winemiller
Beverly van Hoorebeke
Paxton
Pearl Poro
Ruby Boyd
Poulson-Freeman
Ernest
Florence Willett
Ernie
George
Kathryn Carsella
Mae Tenuyca
Geraldine Neathena
Northern
Illinois
Poulson-Preeman
Liberty Cemetery
Mr. Cocke
Bertha
Rodger
Steven
Dwain
Rodney
Kelly
Gene Schuster
Mt. Vernon
Dale Schuster
Arizona
Charlotte Schuster
Virginia Allen
Arson Not Ruled Out In Fire At Ordill Warehouse
FBI probes a fire that gutted a 56000 square foot Technical Tape Corp. warehouse in Ordill. Paul Cohen cites arson, while state fire marshals favor spontaneous combustion. Investigators deem electrical systems non‑responsible. Three separate Thursday fires, one at 11 a.m., major blaze at 1:30 p.m., another at 5:30 p.m., prompt federal inquiry into a federal land site.
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FBI
Ordill
Paul Cohen
New Rochelle
N. Y
Technical Tape
Cohen
New York
Mehrhoff
Mines and Orient shift notes for Fidelity plants
The document lists mining shifts with plant names Fidelity Burning Star Old Ben Orient Zeigler and Burning Star 2. It records first shift items Burning Star 1 Burning Star 2 Orient 3 Orient 4 Orient 5 Zeigler 3 Zeigler 4 and second shift Burning Star 2.
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Fidelity
Burning Star
Orient
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Gm&o
Iion
Dept. of the Interior
Rt. 13
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Area Redevelopment Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arch Mehrhoff
Refuge
Relige
Zeigler
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