Suspected green helicopter linked to cattle thefts across Southern Illinois
Reports from Gray Truck Stop and several counties describe a lightless green helicopter sighted at night in Cobden Vergennes and Boskydell with no cattle thefts confirmed. In nearby Thompsonville Franklin County, about 105 Angus cattle were stolen from the Wigand farm over two incidents. Local officials note cattle branding and a 15 cent brand registration law, with two brands registered in Perry County.
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Illinois
Rt. 3
Rt. 149
Sheriff’s Office
C. E. Braden
Cobden
Braden
Boskydell
Hollie Craig
Craig
Vergennes
Ozark
Johnson County
Hardin County
Alto Pass
Union County
John Wigand
Thompsonville
C. Richard Swope
Franklin County Farm Extension Advisor
Bob Hiller
Hiller
Perry County
Legislature to Hear Strip Mine Reclamation Friday in Marion
A state legislative hearing on strip mine reclamation is set for Friday at the Marion Holiday Inn at 9 a.m. The five member committee will discuss pre law reclamation programs and topsoil preservation after on site inspections of SIU Carbondale and Argonne task force testimony.
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Marion Holiday Inn
Southern Illinois
Illinois
A. T
Tom’”’ McMaster
Oneida
Harold Stedelin
D-Centralia
Kenneth Boyle
SIUC
Eric Zimmerman
Ralph Carter
Argonne National Laboratories
L. S. Weber
Illinois Coal Producers Association
al Grant
Peabody Coal Co
Charles Hendricks
U.S. Forest Service
Thomas Glover
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Charles Sandburg
Fulton County
Peabody
Will Scarlett
Southwestern Coal Corp
Perry County
Russell T. Dawe
State Dept. of Mines and Minerals
James Nowlan
McMaster
Nowlan
Quick action averts major fire at Zeigler gas station
Service station attendant Zoltan Perry quickly shut off the pump switch, grabbed a fire extinguisher, and extinguished flames after a faulty electrical short caused a pump explosion at Swall's Texaco, 408 S Main St, Zeigler, preventing a larger blaze. Fire Chief Robert Partee called the rapid action decisive.
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Zeigler
Swall
Texaco
S. Main St
Robert Partee
Partee
Zoltan Perry
Austin seeks GOP nomination for 24th district seat
John F. Austin a Washington County grain and livestock farmer announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 24th district now held by Rep. Kenneth J. Gray. A former State Department of Agriculture official and Air Force lieutenant colonel, he previously ran for the nomination in 1968 and 1972 and seeks business and citizen participation in government.
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John F. Austin
Washington County
Kenneth J. Gray
West
Frankfort
Austin
Lively Grove
State Dept. of Agriculture
Air Force
Sai
Anna Fair official Norman Bauer champions youth at Anna Fair
Norman Bauer of Anna chairs the junior department of the Anna Fair where Union and Johnson County youths exhibit livestock, arts and crafts. His wife Barbara helps as superintendent. The program offers 200 plus classes with $2,383 in premiums, rewarding participation and record keeping while Bauer balances TWA flights.
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Wanda Barras
Southern Illinoisan
Norman Bauer
Anna
Bauer
Union
Johnson Counties
TWA
New York
Europe
Barbara Bauer
Norman
Johnson County
Bauers
Berrien County
Lou
Tim
Beth
David
Murphysboro School District 186 anticipates 4 percent budget rise
Murphysboro Unit 186 proposes expenditures of 3.546 million for the new year, about 147 thousand more than last year, with income of 3.356 million and a 190 thousand gap covered by fund balances or loans. Superintendent James Blackwood notes salary increases under negotiation with the Murphysboro Education Association, and classes begin Tuesday despite no 1973 74 contract yet.
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Murphysboro Unit
James Blackwood
Unit 186
Murphysboro Education Association
Illinois
Educational Fund
Building Fund
Transportation
IMRF
Inquest Rules Woman murdered in Carbondale trunk
Jackson County coroner's jury finds Colleen Battaglia 22 murdered by unknown person or persons in the trunk of a car used in an Elkville Bank holdup. Autopsy cites penetrating gunshot wounds to both pulmonary arteries. Jury urges continued investigation. In a separate inquest Yoshihiro Ohya dies July 2 in accidental drowning at a Cambria strip pit.
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Colleen Battaglia
Carbondale
Jackson County
Harry Flynn
Robert Goro
Yoshihiro Ohya
Ohya
Cambria
Union County cave-in halts $5 million gas storage project
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. abandoned a planned underground gas storage facility near Lick Creek in Union County after a cave-in halted excavation six weeks from completion. Officials cited natural rock conditions and noted labor strife and vandalism preceded the decision. insurance covers losses with figures unavailable.
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Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Houston
Tex
Union County
Lick Creek
Armando DeLeon
Texas Eastern
DeLeon
Mixup grants SIU-C EPA operating permit by default
The SIU-C physical plant received an EPA operating permit after a 90 day lapse in action on re application. EPA officials said the permit was issued by default due to a procedural mixup with the application, creating a temporary fix while SIUC seeks long term emission solutions.
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Siu-C
EPA
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
State Environmental Protection Agency
SIUC
M. Paul Schmierbach
Carterville
Marion
Keith Conklin
Springfield
Conklin
SIU
STUC
Daniel Walker
Sions
Danilo Orescanin
Orescanin
Gene Peebles
Rend Lake College in So. Illinois adopts mining program
Rend Lake College will hire three instructors from Old Ben Coal Co Freeman Coal Co and Inland Coal Co at nine dollars per hour for a new mining technology program starting this fall. The board also backs a 1973 74 shelter care grant request of eighty four thousand dollars for expanded basic education and training in Benton Mt Vernon Lesser and McLeansboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rend Lake College, Inc
Southern Illinois Mining Companies
Gram
Old Ben Coal Co
Freeman Coal Co
Inland Coal Co
College Board
Illinois Junior College Board
Benton Shelter
Benton
Mt. Vernon
Lesser
McLeansboro
Firearms training session at Marion Federal Prison range
Wilbert Barney of the security police force demonstrates proper stance with a hand gun during a training session at the Marion Federal Prison firing range. Instructor O. Karl Squibb of the Salem police leads, with Dr. Michael Bragg observing. A course for law enforcement personnel from 27 Southern Illinois counties runs Wednesday and Friday and will be held again August 29 30. Sponsored by the Southern Illinois Regional Criminal Justice Training Program and funded by the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. Enrollment information from Greater Egypt Regional Commission Carbondale 549 3306.
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Wilbert Barney
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Marion Federal Prison
O. Karl Squibb
Salem
Dr. Quoin
Michael Bragg
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Regional
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Greater Egypt
Criminal Justice Planning and Development Commission
Carbondale
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Gray
Anna Fair
Mich
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Butch Nevious
Murphysboro
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Tulsa
Oklo
Congress of Independent Unions
International Operating Engineers, Local 318
Laborers
International Union of North America
Southern Illinois District Council
Tional Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Washington
de Leon
Fenix
Soisson
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John Stewart
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