Murphysboro Station Closes After 100 Years of Service
Illinois Central Gulf ends dispatching at Murphysboro depot at 1701 Walnut St after a century of operation. Seven workers affected as dispatching moves to Chicago. local traffic remains unaffected. The Murphysboro line connects St. Louis to Cairo, with Amtrak serving nearby Carbondale.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Walnut St
Murphysboro
Chicago
Charles Richardson
Richardson
Don Houston
Central
Houston
St. Louis
Cairo
Walnut Street
Gm&o
Amtrak
Carbondale
St. Louis and Cairo Railroad Co
St. Louis and Cairo Co
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co
Mobile and Ohio
M and C
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Illinois Central
Illinois
Illinois Central Gulf
Lastour Corp
Jackson
Tenn
Vergennes
Layer proposes inflation tied pay formula at SIU C
Economist and former SIU C president Robert G Layer urged a split of salary rise funds favoring cost of living adjustments when inflation exceeds raises. He cited last year 6 percent inflation and 5 percent raises, proposing two thirds merit and one third across the board when inflation and raises align, with reversals in other scenarios. The budget committee will report by February and President Brandt will decide the final split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Siu-C
Robert G. Layer
Layer
Budget Committee
SIUC
Brandt
Senate
SIU C revisits golf course plan near University House
SIU Carbondale officials again consider a campus golf course near University House as a possible project. No details or funding are set, with hurdles to clear and trustees to consult before any decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siu-C
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Warren W. Brandt
Campus Natural Areas Committee
Gilbert H. Kroening
Tues
Brandi
Jerry Lacey
Mace
SIUC
Lacey
University House
Kroening
Board of
SIU
Carbondale
Logan College to install tornado warning system and expand video distribution
John A. Logan College Carterville board approves an emergency weather warning system to be wired underground for campus wide alerts. The project includes expanding a video distribution system linking classrooms to taped programs via Corbell Electronics for 12777 dollars.
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Logan College
Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
John A. Logan College
Carterville
College Board
Corbell Electronics
Corbell
College
Robert Tarvin
Jury rules boy death homicide in Jackson County
A coroner’s jury ruled the 6-year-old Murphysboro boy’s death a homicide from wan ton and reckless operation of a motor vehicle. It found Peter Thomas Borgia died of a severe brain injury after being thrown from a rear seat when Ottie L. Reeder’s car swerved into the Borgia vehicle. Reeder has been charged with reckless homicide and deemed mentally unfit for trial, transferred to Chester Mental Health Center for psychiatric treatment. he did not attend the inquest.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Navy 15
Peter Thomas Borgia
Peter Borgia
Ottie L. Reeder
Walnut St
Reeder
Chester Mental Health Center
Borgia
Glenn B. Blackstone
Carbondale
Blackstone
Goreville Seeks I-24 Interchange Grant
The Southern Five Planning Commission approved a 1.967 million dollar grant for a Goreville interchange off Interstate 24 and expects a Transportation Department decision by next spring. It also backed a 3.594 million dollar grant for scenic and recreational projects along Illinois 3 in Union and Alexander counties.
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Southern Five Planning Commission
Goreville
Interstate 24
Southern Five
Carl Leivo
U. S. Department of Transportation
Illinois 3
Union
Alexander Counties
East of IC tracks Carbondale changes garbage pickup day
Carbondale residents east of the Illinois Central Gulf tracks will have trash collection on Mondays instead of Fridays as part of a cost cutting plan. Four refuse workers will shift to a 32 hour week Monday through Thursday with eight hours redirected to the street division. The change aims to save over $12 000 annually in the refuse fund. A new $3 25 monthly rate also takes effect with December bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Scott Ratter
Ratter
Teamsters Union
Coope
Drake Named Acting Arena Manager at SIU Carbondale
Gary P. Drake, assistant program director at the SIU Carbondale Arena, is named acting manager succeeding Jimmie Lee Abel. Abel left SITUC in October 1976 after W. Dean Justice resigned, to head a Kansas City convention arena. Drake, 29, has worked at the Arena since 1971 and holds an MBA from SIU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary P. Drake
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Drake
Jimmie Lee Abel
Clarence G
Dougherty
Abel
W. Dean Justice
SITUC
Kansas City
Siucc
Rend board to meet on city's water rate suit
Rend Lake Conservancy District meets in special session to discuss Mt. Vernon suit challenging a 1977 water rate hike. Mt. Vernon seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent cutoffs while a contract interpretation and legality of rate increases are reviewed.
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Rend Lake
Vernon
Kenneth Martin
Campbell
Mt. Vernon
Williamson board sets highway worker talks
Williamson County Board of Commissioners planned talks with Wardell Riggs to settle a strike by twenty highway department workers that began December 1 after walking out on contract expiration. The workers seek health and welfare benefits plus 70 cent raises. the board offered 40 cents for equipment operators and 36 cents for drivers and laborers. Negotiations had halted since November 28 as pickets faced cold conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Humphreys
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Wardell Riggs
Highway Department
Riggs
International Operators Union
Retiring troopers run for sheriff in Southern Illinois
Illinois state police veterans Maurizio and Dobbins announce campaigns for sheriff in Jackson and Williamson counties as they retire. Maurizio seeks Republican nomination in Jackson County. Dobbins seeks Democratic nomination in Williamson County.
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Illinois
William A. Maurizio
Carbondale
Jackson County
Verlyn A. “Bozo” Dobbins
Johnston City
Williamson County
Russell Birkner
Pinckneyville
Maurizio
William Childers
Crime and Corrections Center
Southern
Linois University - Carbondale
Warren Grammer
Murphysboro
Don White
Nomi
Dobbins
U.S. Navy
du Quoin
Russell Oxford
Jerald Kobler
Terry Harmon
Marion
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Butch Nevious
Siuc School of Agriculture
George R. Mace
Expand Video Distribution
Vocational Mining
Learning Resources Center
LRC
Tarvin
Don Brewer
Brewer
Boy
Paul Rieckenberg
Rend Board
Williamson Board
Maurizio, Dobbins
Verlyn A. Dobbins
William M. Maurizio
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