Contaminants threaten removal of old ordnance buildings at Crab Orchard
Six former ordnance structures at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge face open burning after Illinois EPA and Olin Corp reach precautions for emission controls. The site near SIU Carbondale could hold TNT, RDX, magnesium, and teflon with asbestos siding. Permits will also cover burning equipment at a former open burning site.
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Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Olin
Orcill
Weatherize cars as cold snaps loom in Murphysboro area
In Illinois 13 127 near Murphysboro Larry White of Whites Sunoco checked antifreeze in Henry Leady s truck as Leady and his son Gene watched. The scene underscores the urgency for residents to weatherize vehicles before the cold weather arrives.
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Larry
White
Sunoco
Murphysboro
Henry Leady
Leady
Gene
Carbondale schools may gain two rooms from low bids
Carbondale Elementary District could add two classrooms at Parrish School as bids for the $653,697 project came in about 26 percent below the $888,000 estimate. The board approved contracts, eyed surplus use, and approved an 8.6 percent property tax levy to fund operations while becoming debt free after final bond payments.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Harold Bardo
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Robert L. Morgan Builders
Murphysboro
Gualdoni Electric Service Inc
H & H Plumbing, Heating and Electric of
Jean McPherson
Karl Bartelsmeyer
Gualdoni
Judy Merritt
Charles Garrison
Sagf Inc
Gordon White
Parrish School
Bartelsmeyer
Long Range
Parrish
Gary Highland
Anita Lenzini
Lewis and Parrish
John Barbie
Illinois coal export worries rise after hot ship incidents
Illinois Basin coal exports surge as 15 hot coal incidents are reported from May to October, mostly involving Illinois coal. An Indonesian freighter with Kentucky and Illinois coal aboard burned as crews abandoned ship. experts cite pyritic sulfur and oxidation, with testing groups forming to improve safe long distance shipping.
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Evan M. Davis
J.G. Eric Chapman
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Pacific Ocean
Coal Age Magazine
Long Beach
Chapman
Illinois
Illinois Basin
Illinois Geological Survey
Neil Shimp
Kentucky
Appalachian
National Coal Association
International Trade Mart
Polish exchange students at SIU Carbondale face family fears
About 20 Polish doctoral students at SIU Carbondale fear for relatives in Poland after borders closed by the government. They worry about food shortages and safety while continuing studies, with limited contact to families and uncertainty over who can travel home.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Halina Abramowicz
Ms. Abramowicz
Wroclaw
Poland
Soviet Union
Abramowicz
Portugal
Abramowiczs
Carbondale
Siu-C
International Education Office
Bary Malik
SIUC
Carbondie
Christopher High School grants early graduation for three seniors
Three Christopher Com munity High School seniors were granted non graduation by the District 38 Board so they can receive Social Security benefits while in college. Superintendent Joe D. Wilkerson said the names will not be released. the students will attend Rend Lake College in Ina starting January and can draw funds through 1985 under a recent Budget Reconciliation Act change.
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Christopher Community High School
District 38 Board of Education
Joe D. Wilkerson
Rend Lake College
Ina
Congress
Wilkerson
Overpass funds approved to cover Carbondale project overruns
The Southern Illinois an A 275000 check was sent from Washington Wednesday to cover cost overruns in the Carbondale U S 51 railroad overpass project. City officials say the extra 165000 will cover engineering and administrative costs through April 1983 with additional IDOT and contingency allocations.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Washington
Carbondale
U.S. 51
James Carney
Federal Highway Administration
Railroad and Utilities Branch
Carroll Fry
Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
James Newton
Eldon Gosnell
Gosnell
Three men await sentencing in central Illinois marijuana case
Convicted Richard Schair of Carbondale and two co-defendants await sentencing in U S District Court Springfield after being found guilty of conspiring to distribute marijuana. The men, 26 and others, were part of a multi million dollar ring. The government seeks revocation of bail. Schair was also convicted on cocaine possession.
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Richard Schair
Carbondale
U. S. District Court
Springfield
Schair
Illinois
Carbondale High to study area black history in 1982
Carbondale High School District 165 approved plans for a $2,590 Illinois Humanities Council grant and $2,640 district match to create a 40 page history of Black citizens of Carbondale based on student interviews. If funded, project runs Feb 1 through June 30.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Illinois Humanities Council
Board of
Carbondale High School
Quincy Career Education Project
Bus Driver Cleared Over Unreported Oct Accident
Du Quoin Unit 300 Board of Education took no action Thursday against Charles Ragland after he admitted not reporting a minor bus accident on October 26. Superintendent Whitecotton said the board was satisfied with his explanation and decided no action. Ragland, a 20 year veteran driver, was involved when his bus allegedly scraped a stopped car while passing. No ticket was issued. district notified of possible suit.
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du Quoin Unit 300 Board of Education
Charles Ragland
Jacob Whitecotton
Ragland
du Quoin
Carterville Board to Sell Life Safety Bonds
Carterville Unit 5 school board voted to sell 375000 in life safety bonds at 10.85 percent with final maturities through 1989. A second meeting set for Dec 28 to formally adopt the bond resolution. Funds fund fire safety wiring and plumbing upgrades district wide.
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Carterville School Board
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinois
Carterville Unit
Robert Mees
McCowan
Mees
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The
Olin Corporation
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Marion
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Technical Careers
Heidi Hanson
Jepa Air Pollution Enforcement Division
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
James Redden
Technical Systems Corp
Refuge
Jerry Updike
Joe Jines
Mrs. McPherson
Mrs. Merritt
Bardo
Ocean
Mississippi River
Florida
Freeman United Coal Co
Shimp
SIU
Rafal
Christopher High School
Carbondale High
Dyer McCowan
Cain Bosworth Financial Consultants
Mount Vernon
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