Carbondale eyes land options for downtown hotel convention center
Carbondale council authorized City Manager to start optioning 26 parcels on Dec 15 for a planned 10 story 230 room hotel with a 1,500 to 2,000 person convention center and a 350 car parking garage. Project cost now estimated at 11 million with HUD backing and a $15 million revenue bond plan.
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Carbondale Council
Oks
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Donald Monty
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Stan Hoye and Associates
Hoye
Holiday Inn
Marion
University and Illinois Avenues
Walnut and
Monroe Streets
Elm Streets
Fry
Mitchell
Carbondale Convention Center Inc
Gas price surge pushes Carbondale over budget
The Southern Illinois paper notes Carbondale faces a $15,000 over budget for gasoline in the 1979-80 fiscal year as prices rise and consumption exceeds projections. Diesel and unleaded costs also outpace allocations, prompting a citywide budget review and a push to adjust the May budget.
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Tom Woolf
Carbondale
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Randy Jackson
Jackson
Police
Wayne Wheeles
Wheeler
Carroll
Fry
Wheeles
Marion Street
Hines Oil Co
Murphysboro
CIPS rate hike would barely touch Southern Illinois area
Central Illinois Public Service seeks a $35.2 million retail increase and a $10.9 million wholesale rise to fund inflation and environmental projects. ICC decisions due by year end. Only Cairo and Metropolis face minimal wholesale impact. most cooperatives lie outside Southern Illinois. CIPS serves about 300,000 customers in 550 Illinois communities.
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CIPS
Tony Stevens
Ilinoisan
Southern Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service
Illinois
Springfield
Cairo
Metropolis
Illinois Commerce Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ICC
Electrc
Coffeen
Newton
Tragic 11 Month Old Drowns In Kitchen Bucket
Danetta Joy Ortega died after being found head down in 4% inches of liquid in a kitchen bucket in Sparta. Autopsy performed with results due in weeks. no foul play suspected and an inquest is pending. Burial set at Caledonia Cemetery, Sparta, with funeral services at Hill Funeral Home.
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Sparta
The
Hill Funeral Home
Danetta Joy Ortega
Sparta Community Hospital
Danetta
Vernon Dashner
Dashner
Gary McClure
Daniel and
Mary C. Gerlach Ortega
Caledonia
Ava man convicted in income tax case
Ava antiwar protester Bruce C. Chrisman was convicted in U S District Court of failing to file a 1975 income tax return. A jury deliberated less than three hours before the verdict, with sentencing set for Jan 2, 1980 and potential penalties up to a year in prison or a $10,000 fine.
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Don Levener
Springfield
Ava
U.S
U.S. District Court
Bruce C. Chrisman
Chrisman
Jeffrey Weiss
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
J. Waldo Ackerman
John Germerand
Bruce Chrisman
Germerand
Internal Revenue Service
Bakersfield, Calif
West Frankfort Infant Injury Probed at Juvenile Hearing
A 3-month-old West Frankfort baby with a severe head injury faces a closed juvenile hearing at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Franklin County courthouse. Joshua Morgan had been in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon after an admission on November 14. He improved and moved to the pediatric wing as DCFS investigations and State's Attorney Terry Hopkins followed up.
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West Frankfort
Franklin County
Joshua Morgan
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mount Vernon
Joshua
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Terry Hopkins
Cambria to meet with park grant officials in Springfield
Cambria Village Board will meet Department of Conservation officials on December 13 in Springfield to review the village's application for a 75 percent grant to buy 8.5 acres beside the current 1.5 acre park. If purchased, a second grant for park facilities may follow.
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Cambria Village Board
Department of Conservation
Springfield
Roy Adams
Carterville
Adams
Vergennes to survey residents on sewer plan
Vergennes officials plan a door to door survey led by Ray Doerr and others to gauge support for a new village sewer system. Federal funds would cover 85 percent, with residents paying about 15 percent. Costs range 500000 to 600000 total. individual hook up could be 6 to 12 dollars monthly.
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Vergennes
Ray Doerr
Mike Russell
Jack Bastien
Donald Wisely
Doerr
Environmental Protection Agency
Jackson County Health Department
Camarato Elected Chairman of Herrin Planning Commission
Joe Camarato of 301 S. 18th St. was elected chairman of the Herrin Planning Commission Monday, succeeding Dorothy Rancilio as secretary. Building Codes Inspector Frank Hubbard noted the officers’ election was the sole business conducted.
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Joe Camarato
S. 18Th St
Herrin Planning Commission
Dorothy Rancilio
Frank Hubbard
Area Officials Plan Energy Independence Declaration
Mayors county commissioners and township supervisors will sign a Declaration of Energy Independence at Rend Lake Community College on December 15 at 10 a.m. The meeting titled Coal Now for a Strong America aims to present the signed declaration to House and Senate members to hand carry to the White House.
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Southern Illinois Inc
Rend Lake Community College
America
John J. McCarty
SII
House
Senate
White House
Stolen Watches Linked to Carbondale Trailer Suspect
Mr and Mrs Dale Bowers of Herrin identified two watches stolen in a October burglary of their home. Jewelry silverware and coins were recovered from Shirley Jean Lawson s trailer at Carbondale Mobile Home Park. Lawson faced two theft charges on November 23 after a search warrant allowed entry to her trailer. Williamson County Detective Unit said victims back to 1975 are being contacted to trace held items in Jackson County.
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Dale Bowers
Herrin
Jackson County
Williamson County
Shirley Jean Lawson
Carbondale
Lawson
Reagan supporters in Illinois form 24th District committee
Reagan backers claim strong area support for Illinois in the 24th Congressional District of Southern Illinois. State Rep. Donald Totten said the campaign is months ahead of four years ago, with an official appearance planned in Williamson County and a Feb luncheon at Marion Civic Center. The district’s 24th committee includes Reps Friedrich and Watson and several former officials, with county chairs and coordinators named across the region.
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Illinois
24Th
Southern
Donald Totten
Reagan For President Committee of
Totten
John Venardos
Alton
Reagan Campaign
Southern Illinois
Marion
24Th District Committee
Velma Whitson
Rick Justice
Centralia
Whitson
Wil
Liamson County
Republican Women’s Club
Justice
Williamson County
Marion Civic Center
Gerald Ford
Reagan
Dwight P. Friedrich
Frank C. Watson
Greenville
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Galatia
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Marion County
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Jim Mick
McLeansboro
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