Jackson to build jail without bond vote
Jackson County shifts from a bond referendum to a non referendum building commission plan to finance a $5.6 million jail. The board, urged by financial consultants, voted 7-6 to let the county building commission issue bonds and rent the facility back to the county, aiming for better terms amid rising costs and tight money. The move includes site plans near the courthouse and potential sale of a nearby property to the county for $60,000 to facilitate the project.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
County Building Commission
Jackson County Board
Building Commission
Public Building Commission
Commission
City of
Murphysboro
County
The
Scott Marlin
Matthews and
Wright
Marlin
Snow detours drop only a cold shoulder on Illinois
A major early snowstorm veered north of its expected path, delivering a sharp drop in temperatures across Southern Illinois. Ice and slick spots formed on I-64 near Du Quoin as Carbondale’s emergency chief notes the storm’s narrow track limited snowfall to Missouri’s upper region and central Illinois.
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Brad Betker
Southern
Arkansas
Tennessee
Illinois
Piltz
Southern Illinois Rt
du Quoin
Interstate 64
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Missouri
Polish security forces clash with miners. seven dead
Seven people were killed in a clash with striking miners in southern Poland as martial law faced resistance. Hundreds were injured in northern Gdansk street battles amid efforts to suppress Solidarity. Troops with armored units broke into the Gdansk shipyards to end strikes. The army paper claimed Solidarity documents urged soldiers to overthrow officers. Warsaw Radio urged Poles to reject the ruling faction.
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Associated Press
Poland
Gdansk
Warsaw Radio
Solidarity Labor Movement
Zolierz Wol
Nosci
Warsaw
Solidarity
Labor Federation
No increase in taxes tied to Court Club purchase
Carbondale Park District may buy the defunct Court Club behind University Mall with no tax increases to cover operation. The board and 40 residents debated plans, with Whitehead estimating about 500000 cost, offsets from city funds, and annual operation revenues to cover expenses plus a small surplus. The project would create 25 to 31 jobs and run 6 am to midnight eight months, offering tennis racquetball and potential multi use with surrounding 8.8 acres and more land considered.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale Park
Court Club
Park Board
Ken Salas
George Whitehead
Old Illinois 13
University Mall
Whitehead
Larry and
Ann Brown
Champaign
Carbondale Savings and Loan
Savings and Loan
Attucks Park
Hickory Lodge
Tatum Heights Park
Evergreen Park
Dis
Trict
Illinois
William Martens
Cristando’s Inc
Martens
McEwen
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Carbondale
John Stoddard
Lakeland
Springmore
U S may back revised Syrian resolution
United States expected to support a Syrian draft in the UN Security Council declaring Israel's Golan Heights annexation null and void and urging reversal. A Western council source said there is broad agreement on the revised draft, which would consider necessary measures rather than impose sanctions if Israel does not comply.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
Israel
Golan Heights
Western Council
U.S
Washington
Council
Syria
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Robert Crim
Jackson County Building Commission
Russell Elliott
Eugene Chambers
D. Blaney Miller
Kenneth Saul
Kay Blackwell
Mary Nell Chew
Blackwell
Saul
Carl E. Shoaff Jr
Joe Jines
Pat Everly
Faner Hall
National Weather Service
Wit’s End Bridge
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