Petition demands ouster over late Jackson County tax bills
Petitioners with about 730 signatures asked the Jackson County Board to remove the supervisor of assessments over errors in tax bills from the past two years. The board referred the matter to the Computer and Tax Review Committee, citing widespread complaints and rising bills.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Jackson County Board
Lowell Heller
Mittee
Chester Higgerson
Walnut St
Murphysboro
We the People
Higgerson
Board of Review
Campbell Hill
Ben Dunn
Susan Casey
Gary Hartlieb
Tax bills due out July 1 next year
Jackson County tax bills for 1977 are scheduled to be mailed by July 1 as outlined by the assessment and planning committee. The timetable sets deadlines for property books, township factors, and certified assessments to move toward a 33 percent assessment rate by 1978, with emergency measures approved to handle protests and staff shortages.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Board
Lowell Heller
Illinois Dept. of Local Government Affairs
Department of Local Government Affairs
Susan Casey
Heller
Jackson County Adopts Rules for Ambulance Service
Jackson County boards approve a suite of ambulance service reforms including centralized dispatch plans, a new county office contract at University City in Carbondale, and probationary testing for new personnel. Sheriff Don White may host a central dispatch. Browne reinstated on probation after review of hiring procedures.
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Jackson County Board
University City
Carbondale
Jackson County
Sheriff’s Office
Gary Hartlieb
Ilinois University-Carbondale
Murphysboro
Hartlieb
Carbondale Police
Memorial Hospital
Don White
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff’s
Ambulance Committee
Legislative Committee
Cameron Browne
Siuc Health Service
Browne
Recount Sought in Circuit Clerk Race After Narrow Lead
Norman Neel, challenger in Mount Carmel, asks Circuit Court for a recount in 16 precincts of the circuit clerk election. Unofficial results showed incumbent Gracie Stence re-elected, but a later discovery count placed Neel ahead by five votes.
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Mount Carmel
Norman Neel
Circuit Court
Gracie Stence
Neel
SIU-C names Arthur Sussman top lawyer at $41,000
Arthur M. Sussman was approved as SIU Carbondale’s new legal counsel at a $41,000 annual salary, making him the fourth highest paid employee on campus. He will report to the president and replaces John W. Huffman, whose contract work continues at a lower rate.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Siu-Carbondale
Arthur M. Sussman
SIUC
Carbondale
C. Richard Gruny
John W. Huffman
Huffman
Sussman
Warren W. Brandt
Frank E. Horton
Hiram H. Lesar
School of Law
Jenner and Block
Chicago
Brandt
Cornell University
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Harvard Law School
Harvard
Legal Aid Bureau
New York City
U S. Army
Judge Advocate General’s Corps
Army
County Receives $170180 From Federal Revenue Sharing
Williamson County received a $170 180 check today from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service under the federal refuge revenue sharing act. Twenty five percent of receipts goes to local government, with seventy five percent shared by Carterville Unit Five and Marion Unit Two school districts and twenty five percent to the county highway department.
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Williamson County
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Allen Cobb
Carterville Unit
Marion Unit
Brewer named director of service enterprises at SIU Carbondale
Carbondale native Melvin C. Brewer 58 was approved as director of service enterprises at SIU Carbondale with a $23 000 annual salary. He previously served as assistant director of the unit since 1969 and joined SIUC in 1968 as service supervisor.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Edwardsville
Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
SIU Carbondale
Melvin C. Brewer
SIUC
Ser
Service Enterprises
Siu-C
Warren E. Buffum
Buffum
SIU Edwardsville
Jack
Hirschowitz
School of Medicine
Springfield
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Sidney Matthews
Morris Library
Siue East
Williamson County bears major share of probation cases in nine-county circuit
Williamson County has the largest proportion of probation cases in the nine-county First Judicial Circuit at 32 percent, though costs are based on county population. Jackson County has 29 percent of population but 27 percent of cases. The circuit reports show 1,418 on probation district wide, with 447 in Williamson.
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Williamson County
First Judicial Circuit
Jackson County
Williamson County Board
Robert Chase
Metropolis
Chase
Richard Carter
John Clayton
Chese
Mercace County
Williamson
Alexander
Alexander County
Carter
Union County
Johnson County
Pope
Pulaski
Saline
Massac
Union
Pepe
Hardin
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Jackson County Board of Review
E. G. Jewell
Bill Kelley
Kelley
Judicial and Law Committee
United States Forest Service
Sheriff Department
Forest Service
Bill Munson
Kimmel
Munson
Illinois Central Gals Railroad
ICG
Ed Greer
Horton
Lesar
Siuc School of Medicine
SIU
J. Roy Elliott
University of Tennessee
Fredrick H. Hamilton
Hamilton
Ohio University
University of Pittsburgh
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