Creditors sue Illinois agriculture dept over Murphysboro elevator case
Forty creditors including farmers and Consol idation Coal Co sue the Illinois Agriculture Department officials for damages exceeding 498 240 dollars plus punitive damages. The suit accuses officials of neglecting licensing and financial reporting duties during 1976 to 1978 at the Murphysboro elevator and a Metropolis operation. It cites licenses, bonds, training, and hearing failures as key missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Illinois Agriculture Department
Consolidation Coal Co
Robert J. Williams
John R. Block
Raymond Lett
Direc
Agriculture Department
Illinois
Cedure
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Tri-State Grain Co
Metropolis
Tri-State
Murphysboro Elevator
Wood
Jackson County
Aetna Insurance Co
Raymond Montgomery
Montgomery
H.D
Playgirl Centerfold Subject Delights Female Eyes at DuMarco
Jeremiah Shastid, 28, a Washington native and Vietnam veteran, star of a women-only burlesque at DuMarco Night Club, performs with two partners. He plans to end the act after this year to pursue oceanography and marriage, earning about $200,000 yearly from his show and Playgirl centerfold work.
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Playgirl Magazine
Jeremiah Shastid
Jeramiah
DuMarco
David Immen
Jeremiah
Washington, D.C
Vietnam
Dom Deluise
Bahamas
Jeramiah Shastid
Playgirl
SIU Carbondale Students Hold Peace Rally For Hostages
About 30 SIU Carbondale students gathered at the campus forum to pray for the release of American hostages in Iran without violence. The event, organized by the SIU Veterans Club, featured clergy remarks urging nonviolent solutions and drew a small turnout amid finals and cold weather. An Iranian student noted hope for a peaceful resolution despite tensions between the two nations.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Iran
Campus Free Forum
Siuc Veteran’s Club
Leonard Goering
Tricia Karris
Ms. Karris
Matt Wilcox
Germany
Jim DeManuele
Congregation of Passion
Newman Center
America
Good News from Southern Illinois in the 1970s
A roundup highlights positive local milestones in Southern Illinois from 1971 to 1979. Notable items include first babies of the decade in Carbondale Marion and Murphysboro. Silver Beaver awards for Gerald Bailey and Wesley Neville. Roy Patton honored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Woody Lee leading the Illinois Education Association. renovations of Marion’s Orpheum Theater. a Benton marble championship victory. Pinckneyville’s American Thresherman Museum dedication. John Cook saving a drowning boy. Paul Cook’s lemonade stand philanthropy. and Opal Maynard’s Herrin art show.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Dorothy Madlone Dangbar
Edgar Dangbar
Alto Pass
Marion
Brian Keith Fairbanks
Billi Fairbanks
Christopher
Murphysboro
Claude Black
Gerald Bailey
Herrin
Wesley Neville
du Quoin
Boy Scouts of America
Bailey
Neville
Woody L. Lee
Murphysboro Township High School
Southern Illinois University
Danville High School
Lee
Illinois Education Association
Opal Maynard
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Art Society
Celebrity Boats to Expand Benton Plant and Workforce
Celebrity Boats Inc. of Benton will expand its plant by about 30 percent, growing the workforce from 12 to over 50 by early June. Vice president Riley Pope notes 60 dealers added recently, with 190 boats sold after shows in Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta. The firm makes glass fiber runabouts family and waterski boats from 14 to 21 feet, and the new capacity will be 175000 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celebrity Boats Inc
Benton
Riley Pope
Pope
Dallas
Chicago
Atlanta
Celebrity
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Illinois Agriculture Officials
Ann Schottman Knol
The
Tor Leland H. Woodburn
Tom Crawford Jr
James Oaken
James Larson
Paul Wood
Mary Dailey
Jim de Manuele
Siu-C
Ben Gelman
Byline
B.G
Roy Patton
West Frankfort
Rend Lake Conservancy District
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Department of the Army
Patton
Guy E. Jester
Conservancy District
Engineers Corps
Illinois Department of Conservation
D and M Upholstery Co. of
Creal Springs
Orpheum Theater
Town Square
Marion Cultural and Civic Center
van Cliburn
Robert Merrill
Julie Harris
John Moore
Douglas School
Moore
American Thresherman Association
Museum of Early
Pinckneyville
John Cook
Tower Rock
Grand Tower
Cook
Nobel Eugene Mezo
Mississippi River
Paul Cook
Southern Hills
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Paul
Carbondale Women’s Center
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