Cutler residents back plan for coal gas plant
About 120 residents attended a DOE led hearing in Cutler to hear the Illinois Coal Gasification Group proposal. Project manager Robert Eby said 400 to 425 permanent jobs could result plus 100 maintenance posts, with most openings for local workers trained on site. DOE aims to fund one of two advanced coal gasification efforts, with Illinois or Ohio chosen late 1980. The plan forecasts a mid 1983 start and a 1986 demonstration end, potential expansion to full size if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern
DOE
Ohio
Robert Eby
Morris Eaton
Greater Egypt
Famersy 3 and Development Commission
Cutler
Merle Miller
Eby
ICGG
Tom Rheinecker
Rheinecker
James Malcolm
Illinois
Klemens Baczewski
Petroeum
Baczewski
Williamson airport board OKs hangar for commuter line
Williamson County Airport authority approves constructing a hangar financed by revenue bonds for a private commuter airline led by Gene Dezendelet. The plan envisions service from Williamson to St Louis with initial flights and potential links to Mount Vernon, aiming for seven daily departures within four years while Ozark Airlines maintains current routes. Pricing and exact routes depend on public stock sales and multi-community cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
St. Louis
Lambert Field
Williamson Dons Airport Authority
Gene Dezendelet
Dezendelet
Air Illinois
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Williamson Board
Mount Vernon
Max Firebaugh
Gene
Firebaugh
Ozark Air Lines
Williamson
Ozark
Ozark Airlines
Airport Authority
Dee Rodd
Miss McNeill ends bid to represent Illinois in Miss America
Shanna McNeill abandons her bid to represent Illinois in the Miss America Pageant on Sept 8 after injuries from a glass door accident. Her doctor says her cast won’t be removed until Sept 3 and piano practice should wait until Sept 10. She seeks a settlement over prizes and is contesting pageant officials’ claims she is emotionally unstable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Miss McNeill
Miss Illinois Pageant Board
Horwitz
Atlantic City
Illinois
Richard Schiller
Peter Daleiden
Tonight
Chicago
Pageant
Lee Enterprises opens Springfield news bureau
Lee Enterprises forms a three person bureau in the Illinois Capitol to serve The Southern Illinoisan Herald and Review Decatur Star-Courier Kewanee Quad City Times. The unit will begin in October led by Mike Lawrence with Mike Briggs and Don Sevener joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Capitol
Springfield
Lee Enterprises Inc
Lee
James E. Burgess
Capitol
Southern Illinoisan
Herald and Review
Decatur
The
Intelligencer
Edwardsville
Star-Courier
Kewanee
Quad-City Times
Davenport
Iawa
Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers, Inc
Carbondale
Ardsville
Lindsay-Schaub
Illinois Capitol
Mike Lawrence
the Times
Mike Briggs
Lawrence
Don Sevener
Lindsay- Schaub
Sevener
Campaign funds in short supply for 1980 Illinois races
Southern Illinois legislators report small carryovers after 1978 1979 filing period. In the 59th District and 58th District races, Williams and Johns show heavy outlays with modest or negative carryovers, Winchester far ahead with over 15 000 balance. Several incumbents run near break even while others report deficits and limited reserves as they plan early fundraising for the 1980 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Illinois Board of Elections
Springfield
Illinois
Bob Winchester
Sen. Johns
George A. Williams
Marion
James Thompson
Republican State Central Campaign Committee
Williams
State Committee
Johns
Winchester
Rossclare Republican
Jim Rea
Christopher
Harris
Rea
Bruce Richmond
D-Murphysboro
Vincent Birchler
D-Chester
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quin
Union Hill lagoon battle heads to court over pollution order
In Circuit Court, Carbondale seeks enforcement of a stop pollution order against Union Hill developer Egon Kamarasy. City lawyers urge contempt or fines for pumping muddy lagoon water into Cedar Lake watershed, while IEPA notes maintenance and upgrading delays and possible variances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Egon Kamarasy
Cedar Lake
Carbondale
Kamarasy
Union Hill
John Womick
Bill Green
Marion Epa
Byron Marks
Marks
EPA
Womick
Broom
Cedar Cedar Lake
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Mt. Vernon
Cache
Illinois 13
Reed Station
Een
Illinois State Police
Reed
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Schmidt Trucking Co. of
Salem
Bill Branson
Shanna
Lee Enterprises
Ken Buzbee
Herschel Kasten
Hoyleton
Buzbee
Katen
Kasten
Board of Elections
Bill Harris
Thomas McSwiggin
IEPA
McSwiggin
Pollution Control Board
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