Consolidation Coal Sues St Johns Over Village Mining Ordinance
Consolidation Coal Co seeks to invalidate St Johns ordinance banning surface mining within the village and asks the court to exclude about 130 of its 189 acres, including the Burn ing Star No 2 Mine portion, from village limits. The suit follows failed negotiations and threats of an injunction from the village board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
St. Johns
Raymond Halstead
du Quoin
Charles E. Bond
Burning Star No. 2
Halstead
Bond
Rt. 51
Illinois Dept. of Mines and Minerals
Old Ben plans for coal conversion in region with Sohio pilot plant
Old Ben Coal Corp has no immediate plans for a Southern Illinois plant to convert coal to a clean burning solid fuel. A desulfurization liquefaction pilot near Toledo may be built to process 900 tons daily for 550 tons of solid fuel and 600 barrels of low sulfur distillate at an estimated $83 million with government and power company support. If feasible the firm envisions a large 10,000 ton per day plant in Southern Illinois or southern Indiana within a decade, aiming to cut sulfur content and reduce emission controls costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Ben Coal Corp
Illinois
Southern
Indiana
Old Ben
DeWitt Buchanan
Standard Oil of Ohio
Sohio
Toledo
Ohio
Bernie Buttler
Buttler
Buchanan
Oil, Coal, Gas and Transportation
U.S. Office of Coal Research
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Franklin County
Virginia
Trical Power
United States
SIU to reallocate $500000 to cover costs
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale will reallocate an additional $500,000 from its current operating budget for the coming fiscal year starting July 1974. The cut, totaling about $3.2 million in present-use funds, will fund pay hikes price increases and new programs as the Illinois Board of Higher Education approves a $62.8 million operating budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Butler
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Keith Leasure
Illinois Board of Higher Education
SIUC
Leasure
Danilo Orescanin
Orescanin
T. Richard Mager
School of Agriculture
Business
College of Communications and Fine Arts
Education
School of Engineering and Technology
College of Human Resources
College of Liberal Arts
Science
Morris Library
SIU Board of Trustees
Civil Service
H. Lee Hester
Civil Service Employes Council
Hester
Oil shortage halts West Frankfort boat plant
Mark Twain Industries in West Frankfort with 270 workers faces a shutdown over petroleum based materials. VP Fred Claxton cites resin and glass shortages driven by the oil crunch and retailers delaying orders ahead of the boating season. Plant near Park in Franklin County awaits material relief and a potential Dec. 17 halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Mark Twain Industries
West Frankfort
Fred Claxton
Claxton
Mark Twain
Ef Park
Fatal collision at Cobden unit prompts why train didn't switch
The northbound train occupying the main track without authority has been blamed for the Dec 2 head-on crash of two Illinois Central and Gulf freight trains at Cobden. FRA spokesman Joan Sloan said the cause is official but the reason the northbound did not switch tracks remains to be asked of Blah. The survivor, Donald Haack, 25, is in fair condition with burns and a broken leg. Four men were killed, all from Centralia, with bodies recovered over hours to days. Property damage exceeds $1 million.
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Illinois Central
Gulf
Cobden
Federal Railroad Administration
FRA
Joan Sloan
Donald Haack
Mascoutah
Sloan
Haack
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Robert D. Taylor
Centralia
B. Baltzell
Taylor and Arning
Shedelbower
Baltzell
James Johnson
Carbondale
Farner Seeks Republican Sheriff Run in Williamson County
Harold Farner, longtime Williamson County official and former sheriff, announced plans to run again for sheriff as a Republican. He circulated petitions this week after delaying retirement due to his wife’s health and recent death, noting his 13 prior campaigns. Farner, 62, also served on Marion City Council and operated a market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Farner
Williamson County
Farner
Marion
Nurses Attend Memorial Hospital Seminar in Chester
Twenty-one nurses from Southern Illinois joined a workshop Monday at Memorial Hospital in Chester as part of a series sponsored by the Southern Illinois Health Manpower Consortium running November through January. Teresa Solano and Geraldine Pozzuto served as workshop consultants, with local and regional nursing leaders attending.
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Southern Illinois
Memorial Hospital, Chester
Southern Illinois Health Manpower Consortium
Teresa Solano
Memorial Hospital
Left
Geraldine Pozzuto
Direc
Tor
Wayne General Hospital
Orville
Ohio
Lucretia
Red Bud
Viola Lares
Kathy McQuilliar
Evelyn Hecht
Chester
Tripp Files for Sheriff Nomination in Union County
Democratic candidate Mervyn Tripp of Anna filed a petition with the county clerk. Deputy Glenn Rossin was the first to file for the party’s primary, and Republican Larry Tripp, an Anna policeman, filed the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Mervyn Tripp
Anna
Glenn Rossin
Larry Tripp
Petition drive urges Choate to reconsider retirement
About 2,000 Union County residents signed petitions urging Rep. Clyde Choate to reconsider his retirement plan announced last Wednesday. Choate, at his Anna home, said he would deliberate with his family as organizers emphasized gratitude for his service to Union County and Southern Illinois. He noted the filing deadline is Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
Clyde Choate
Union County
Choate
Larry Karraker
Jeop
Karraker
Nan Finch
Anna
Illinois
John Wilson
Gallatin County
William Harris
Williamson County
Bennie Cherry
Franklin County
Powless files to seek Williamson County judge seat
Kenneth Powless of Marion officially announced his candidacy for resident circuit judge in Williamson County on the Republican ticket to fill the vacancy created by Judge A R Cagle's retirement in 1972. Powless, 56, mailed letters to county attorneys seeking support and brings a background as former assistant state's attorney and county state's attorney with extensive community service and Republican involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Powless
Marion
Williamson County
A. R. Cagle
Powless
Toay
Illinois
Lodge
Williamson County Shrine Club
Marion Kiwanis Club
Williamson County Bar Association
Illinois Young Republicans Organization Board
Republican Central Committee
Carbondale council backs citywide health center plan
Carbondale City Council endorsed expanding the Model Cities health program to include the Carbondale Free Clinic once the new Barns Willow Neighbor hood Center opens. Recommendations call for serving all medically indigent and funding around 160000 annually, with a goal to obtain a 50000 federal grant to equip the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Blackburn
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Amadio
Ramadio
Carbondale Clinic
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Doctors Hospital
Council
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Donald D. Marston
Marston
SIU
Bruce Swinburne
Higher Board
Tripp
University of Illinois
Marion Memorial Hospital Board of Directors
Selective Service Appeal Committee
the Elks
Carbondale City Council
N. Marion St
E. Sycamore St
Park Board
Police Community Service Center
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