Perry coal gasification funds await Carter approval
The Perry County coal gasification plant awaits President Carter signature after the Senate backed a House plan to fund two demonstration plants. The Perry project would cost 600 to 800 million dollars, with 45 million appropriated to start construction. If approved, DOE may fund about half the total cost, with details to be negotiated next spring.
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Perry Coal
Carter
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Senate
House
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Perry
Illinois Coal Gasification Group
Ohio
Simon
Steve Hull
Hull
Department of Energy
DOE
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Linos
Johns Uses Campaign Funds For Personal Loans
Springfield Senator Gene Johns faced new disclosures showing his political committee lent him at least 2,700 dollars between 1977 and 1978, with 1,700 loaned as unreported funds and a 1,000 loan on January 2, 1978. Attorneys say repayments are forthcoming, while the board schedules a rehearing for December 22 on disclosure violations.
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Mike Lawrence
Mike Briggs
Southern Illinoisan
Springfield
Gene Johns
Marion
State Board of Elections
Johns
Elections Board
John Keith
Keith
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois
Medical Political Action Committee
Rupert Borgsmiller
Senate Democratic
Associated Firefighters of Illinois
Illinois Education Association
Ture
Borgsmiller
Christian County Democratic Central Committee
Carter signs Alaska wilderness protection bill in landmark act
President Carter signed a historic conservation bill protecting 104.3 million acres of Alaska. The measure creates 43.6 million acres of parks and 53.8 million acres of wildlife refuges, plus forests and wilderness areas. It aims to balance resource use with preservation amid energy concerns.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Senate
Alaska
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
House Interior Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
California
House
Good Evening Weather Forecast Overview
The National Weather Service calls for clear and cold tonight with teens as the low. Wednesday will be mostly sunny and cold with highs in the 30s. The Illinois outlook shows a warm spell Thursday followed by a cold Friday and Saturday with rain chances, highs in the 50s Thursday and 40s to low 50s Friday and Saturday lows in the 30s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Market rates stall Carbondale mortgage bond plans
A flooded bond market and rising rates slow Carbondale’s plan to issue mortgage revenue bonds to finance private single family homes. Council heard Mathews and Wright estimates that high rates would block mortgage origination, with bonds trading around 11 to 12 percent and mortgages at 12.5 to 13.5 percent. The plan, tied to housing incentives for low and moderate income residents, could fund up to 200 homes under a $10 million program.
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Tom Woolf
Carbondale
Mark Ludlow
Wall Street
Matthews and Wright
Savings and Loans
Ludlow
Council
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Williamson County
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Steeleville
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Howard
ED Greer
Laurie Moon
Westmore Shopping Center
Ann Landers
Lech
House-Senate
Russell Long
D-La
al Ullman
D-Ore
North Almond
West Main
North Poplar
West Jackson Streets
Carbondale Savings and Loan Assocition
John Womick
Murdale
University Avenue
West Mill Street
West Grand Avenue
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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