Area farmers urge keeping elevator audit requirement
Testimony before an Illinois House subcommittee in Carbondale Monday supported retaining the annual CPA audit for grain dealers while opposing higher bond requirements. Witnesses cited past elevator bankruptcies in Gallatin and Jackson counties as evidence audits help detect problems early and protect farmers, with calls for FDIC-like protections and stronger dealer license notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Illinois
Gallatin
Jackson
Illinois House
Carbondale
CPA
Cal Skinner
Crystal Lake
Williams
Bob Williams
Gallatin County
Charles Young
Route 1
de Soto
Murphysboro
Young
Mount Carbon
Federal Deposit Insurance
Charles Hish
Ridgway
FDIC
Hish
Richard Davidson
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Agriculture Department
Davidson
Jim Oaken
Bureau of
Oaken
Harry Harper
Harrisburg
Benton city council debates union representation for police fire
Benton declines to recognize the Laborers International Union as bargaining agent for police and fire employees but narrowly authorizes the city attorney to draft a resolution naming the union as sole representative for 17 officers, firefighters, and dispatchers. Mayor Brown and Commissioner Piecy vote no citing existing spokesmen and merit-board grievance procedures. Patrolman Bain leads. Public health and safety commissioner Seymour defends workers' right to a stronger voice. The council approves budget levies totaling 413685 for city use through April 30, 1980 and items including retirement, pensions, and city services. Police chief Eubanks goes on disability. Raymond Bain becomes temporary chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Saxenmeyer
Benton City
Laborers International Union
Leland Brown
Kenneth Piecy
Merit Board
Henry Gauwitz
Gauwitz
Raymond Bain
Public Health and Safety
Jack Seymour
Water Department
Bill Webster
Salem
International Union of Operating Engineers
Washington
Webster
Benton
Benton Youth Board
John Phelps
West City
Kenneth Eubanks
Seymour
Eubanks
Marion Junior High opens amid unfinished interiors in Marion
Marion Junior High School welcomed 600 seventh and eighth graders as workers rushed to finish classrooms, shops, library shelves, and the cafeteria. Some rooms lacked desks and books while painters and electricians completed the spaces. Principal Herman Graves oversaw a two hour first day before full operations start next week. Construction by August 1977 faced delays due to equipment delivery and wiring, while interiors show varied colors and carpeting. A gum warning appeared on a desk as students entered the new building on West Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley E. Johnson
Marion Junior High
West Main Street
Marion
Herman Graves
A.C. Storme
Carbondale panel may stay in business after housing report
Carbondale’s Ad Hoc Task Force on Changing Population may be asked to continue work after presenting 150 unit low and moderate income housing proposals for Lewis Lane and 97 units for the city, plus revisions to the Housing Assistance Plan. The council will review findings and options at the Sept 10 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Coucil
Carbondale Elementary School District 95
Helen Westberg
Hans Fischer
Ted Braun
Braun
Lewis Lane
Jackson County Housing Authority
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Taxes spoil state industrial climate according to Bunny Bread founder
Illinois offers rich resources and a favorable climate but high workman’s compensation and unemployment taxes hinder industry, said Jack Lewis of Bunny Bread Bakery Co. at a Southern Illinois Inc. meeting in Carrier Mills. He noted Illinois ranks high in payroll costs and lost manufacturing jobs, urging reform and a state committee to push changes in the workman's compensation law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Bean
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Bunny Bread Bakery Co
Jack Lewis
Bunny Bread
Anna
Carrier Mills
Southern Illinois Inc
Lewis
SII
Indiana
Conference of State Manufacturers’ Associations
Contiguous States
Chambers of Commerce
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Bruce Richmond
Richmond
Dan Lemmons
du Quoin
Bu Quoin
Leif Gar
Dolly
Joe Jines
Bill Branson
Brian Murfin
New Marion Junior High School
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