Tax exempt land in Jackson County rises with SIU growth
Jackson County has about 63 000 of its 386 000 acres listed as tax exempt about 16 percent of land. SIU Carbondale development Kinkaid Lake and Cedar Lake boosted exemptions by around 8 000 acres over a decade. Uncle Sam owns most exempt acreage plus churches schools and government units hold large shares.
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Jackson County
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Kinkaid Lake
Cedar Lake
Heller
SIUC
Shawnee National Forest
Uncle Sam
City of
Carbondale
Mississippi River
St. Joseph
Murphysboro
Memorial Hospital
Kinkaid-Reed’s Creek Conservancy District
Jackson County Housing Authority
Department of Conservation
Southern Illinois
Ananda Marga
YMCA
Huthmacher House
Grand Tower
Huber Boys Home
Resource Reclamation Inc
Makanda
SIU
SIU Foundation
Federal Housing Authority
George H. Lyon
National Forest
Shirley Booker
Jackson
Randolph Counties
Randolph County
Herbert Moeckel
Jacob
Fountain Bluff
Shoemake sentencing set Sept 6 in Benton court
Former Herrin Alderman Thomas Shoemake, who pleaded guilty to extortion in federal court, is scheduled for sentencing at 10 a.m. September 6 in U S District Court at Benton. He admitted receiving a $1,500 payoff in 1972 to extend a cable firm’s Herrin franchise and conspired with ex Mayor John B. McVey to take money and property from firms doing city business for official acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
Southern
Herrin
William Juergens
Shoemake
John B. McVey
Juergens
McVey
William Humphrey
Sandstone Correctional Institution
Minnesota
Humphrey
Safford Federal Prison Camp
Arizona
Wallace Duncan
Herrin Water
Basil Russell
Russell
Sion
Ottolini
Towers Fire Equipment Co
Thomas Shoemake
U.S
Clifford Proud
American LaFrance
Towers
Southern Illinois Cable TV Inc
Proud
Herrin pumpers out Marion stands by shows of money
The Herrin Fire Department keeps an unused $163,788 white ladder truck at the station while two older pumpers from 1957 and 1960 are being repaired. Marion assists with fire coverage as debates over the ladder truck and replacements continue, amid past corruption charges involving former mayor McVey and related contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Fire Department
Herrin
John McVey
McVey
American-LaFrance Fire Equipment Co
Elmira
N.Y
Marion
Lindell Carrasco
Baldwin Piano Center
Johnston City
Laverne Kerley
Carbondale
West Frankfort
Mario
Moochie
Ottolini
Deci
Public Defender seeks injunction over Jackson County board action
Jackson County Public Defender Lawrence Rippe asks the court for an injunction to delay an $1,800 settlement to former investigator Andrew Green while he pursues a quo warranto action. A temporary restraining order blocked payment. a hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Rippe claims board intervention weakens his authority and questions board authority over CETA hires. Green denies misrepresentation and alleges the case reflects internal conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Jackson County
Lawrence Rippe
Jackson County Board
Rippe
Andrew Green
Green
Peyton Kunce
Public Defender’s Office
CETA
State’s Attorney’s
Charles Grace
Legislative Committee of the County Board
Kelley
Board Legislative Committee
Springfield Ceta
Fifteen freight cars derail near Gorham, Missouri
Fifteen cars derailed about 10 miles south of Gorham in Jackson County on Tuesday after a wheel axle failed. The train bound for North Little Rock left Dupo after inspection. No injuries or toxic materials were involved. Cars 25 through 39 carried lime brick mixed food and pipe. Track cleared by midnight. detours via St. Louis. Damage costs not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham
Jackson County
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Harry Hammer
North Little Rock
Ark
Dupo
Hammer
Halsey’s Junction
St. Louis
Missouri-Pacific
Marvin L. Steger
Federal Railroad Administration
Two trips remind residents of De Soto's old days
In a nostalgia piece by Ben Gelman, Inez Gillmore recalls moving a historic De Soto home and details from 1896 1897 life including a doctor family, local trades, churches and trains. Dora Anderson notes two senior widows Irene Wagner and Effie Wallace on a Europe trip, with a Carbondale 1940 directory confirming addresses. The column ends by questioning vandals damaging a Birger Shelton era historical marker along Illinois 13 and whether more markers are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Inez Gillmore
de Soto
Dora Anderson
Puryear
Tenn
Europe
Anerson
Herman Wallace
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Birger
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Merrill Perlman
Lowell Heller
Board of Review
County Aesculatian Society
Ananda Marga Yoga Society
Union County
Marion Pumper
Butch Nevious
Byline
B.G
Dr. House
Irene Wagner
S. Oakland
Fulton E. Wagner
Effie Wallace
W. Sycamore St
Wagner
Wallace
Paris
Louvre
Monaco
Princess
Grace
Liechtenstein
Heidelberg
London
United States
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