Craft Fair At SIUC Draws Exhibitors From Six States
The annual Craft Fair at Southern Illinois University Carbondale ran Thursday and today with Mary Avery of Route 1 Makanda and her son Jesse Avery Riechman viewing the exhibits. Sponsored by the Student Center Craft Shop and SIUC Student Programming Council, exhibitors hailed from six states.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Mary Avery
Route 1
Makanda
Jesse Avery Riechman
The
Stu
Dent Center Craft Shop
SIUC
Rainmaker rain dispute hits Illinois farmers over Kentucky rainfall
Southeastern Rain Inc to withhold final payment of 27500 dollars to Atmospheric Inc claiming rain fell in Kentucky not Illinois after cloud seeding. Chairman George Scherrer cites 60 percent yield loss in five counties Saline Gallatin Franklin White Hamilton while Kentucky farms improved. Lawsuits discussed as pilots seeded late or not at all per agency reports.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisand
California
Illinois
Kentucky
George Scherrer
Shawneetown
Southeastern Rain Inc
Saline
Gallatin
Franklin
White
Hamilton
Scherrer
Atmospheric Inc
Southeastern Rain
Atmospheric
SIUC parking violations suit dismissed in Jackson County
A lawsuit on behalf of SIU Carbondale faculty claiming the university cannot deduct overdue parking fines from pay checks was dismissed in Jackson County circuit court. Judge Bill Green gave 28 days to amend the complaint and denied a temporary restraining order and class action status.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Jackson County
Bill Green
Green
Joel Feldman
Goffinet Named Benton Council Nominee to Replace Howard
Benton Mayor Leland Brown will nominate Doyle Goffinet to replace David Howard as finance commissioner who resigned. Howard, 26, plans to enter seminary in Springfield Missouri after serving since March 1979. Goffinet, manager of P N Hirsch and Co, active in Chamber of Commerce, named Man of the Year by the chamber. Approval rests with the council. term ends in 1983.
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O.R. Walley
Benton
Leland Brown
Doyle Goffinet
David Howard
Howard
Springfield
Goffiner
P.N. Hirsch and Co
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Goffinet
Brown
Kidnapped Man Shot After Robbery Near Mount Vernon
A 28-year-old McLeansboro man Gary Shelton is hospitalized in stable condition with multiple gunshot wounds after being abducted near a Mount Vernon disco, robbed, and driven about a quarter mile south. He walked to a nearby residence where police were alerted around 3:20 a.m. Jefferson County investigators said two men carried out the abduction.
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Mount Vernon
McLeansboro
St. Louis
Illinois
Jefferson County
Gary Shelton
Rend Lake College Gets Funds for Repairs in Illinois Plan
The Illinois House approved a 3.2 million dollar package to repair four community colleges including Rend Lake College. The 116 to 14 vote followed cautions on state finances. President Braun thanked lawmakers and expected governor approval while noting ongoing winter risks from aging heating systems and leaks.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake College At
House
James Thompson
Senate
Robert Kelley
Bend Lake College
Bank ordered to buy Murphysboro Grain Elevator for 121000
The City National Bank of Murphysboro must pay 121000 to Joe and Patricia Martin Gamble for the Murphysboro Grain Elevator after a federal court ruling. The Gambles had won title earlier amid a bankruptcy dispute, but the bank retained a security interest and refused to reassign it. The court ordered a forced sale to the bank to satisfy the unsecured debt.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
City National Bank of
Murphysboro
Joe
Patricia Martin Gamble
H.D
Raymond Montgomery
Gambles
William Broom
James Morris
H.D. Montgomery
Montgomerys
Ed Heller
J.D. Trabue
Benton
Broom
Gamble
Sale of WSIL-TV Could Bring Saluki Basketball to Air
Harrisburg broadcaster Mackie Nichols and partners plan to buy WSIL-TV Channel 3 and KPOB in Poplar Bluff. They anticipate FCC approval within days and expect to broadcast SIU Carbondale basketball next year plus possible other program changes. Nichols will run WSIL with Kirby and Wilson in ownership roles and Turner shifting to WEBQ.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Randolph County
Randolph
South Central Regional Planning and Development Commission
Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan and Regional Planning Commission
Insurance Services Office
Coulterville
Wsil-Tv
Ed Bean
Harrisburg
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
O. L. Turner
Effingham
John Kirby
Marion
Robert Wilson
Macauley
Mackie
Nicholas
WEBQ
Saluki
Turner
Kirby
Nicholes
Wilson
WSIL
Poplar Bluff
KPOB
Southern
Murphysboro Viaduct Reconstruction To Finish Today
The Missouri Pacific viaduct over Business Illinois 13 in Murphysboro is expected to be completed today. The project, led by Illinois DOT district traffic engineer Alex Zedialis, closed the street and rebuilt highway pavement and drainage. The viaduct has flooded in heavy rain previously.
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Murphysboro
Alex Zedialis
Illinois Department of Transportation
Herrin Mayor Mario Ottolini Eyes Reelect in 1926 Vote
Mayor Mario Ottolini says he will seek another term in Herrin as filing opens Jan 1926. He cites unfinished projects including 17th Street ditch work, widening Illinois 148 to Illinois 13, and federal housing. Rumors circle other candidates like Jerry McDonner and Alderman Theodore Bollmann. Aldermen seats for Chamness Quaglia McEvers Isaacs and clerk and treasurer posts also up for election.
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Herrin
Mario Ottolini
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
17Th Street
Illinois 148
Illinois 13
Theodore Bollmann
McDonner
Bollmann
Adrian Chamness
Edward Quaglia
Charles McEvers
Cecil Isaacs
McEvers
Ida Berra
William Meneese
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Clair Schneider
ED Greer
Marissa
Steve Weber
South Central Agency
Chester
Sparta
Red Bud
Steeleville
Weber
Herbert Donow
Benton Council
Man
Rend
Kelley
Harry Braun
Bank
Federal Communications Commission
Southern Illinois Cable TV Co
Southern Illinois Cable TV
John B. McVey
Johnston City
Bill Stevens
Thomas Shoemake
West Frankfort
Burl T
Andy’ May
McVey
Shoemake
Stevens
May
Ottolini
Jerry McDonner
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