Murphysboro committee OKs McDonalds Bonds Plan
Murphysboro finance committee recommends issuing 1 million dollars in tax exempt industrial bonds to fund a McDonalds at Jackson Square Shopping Center. Vote 3 to 1 with one absent. committee plans Midwest Bonding Co. as administrator and notes no city liability. Proposal to appear on next council agenda.
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Murphysboro
McDonald’s
Jackson Square
Harry Brawdy
James Scuras
Joseph Bastien
John Wright
Ronald Williams
McDonalds
Browdy
Brawdy
Midwest Bonding Co
Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce
Carbondale
Iran links hostages release to gold and Shah wealth deposits
Iran demands the United States deposit gold and confiscated wealth with the Algerian central bank and offer guarantees for the Shah’s fortune as a condition for hostage liberation. Tehran officials said Washington must move the assets and provide guarantees, with Algeria's intermediaries carrying the final reply.
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Associated Press
Iran
Washington
U.S
Shah
Tehran
Rehda Malek
United States
Tehran Radio
Nabavi
Pars
Ahmad Azizi
Algiers
Weekend Weather Outlook with Cold Overnight Lows
The National Weather Service forecasts fair, very cold tonight with lows near 10 to 15 above zero and diminishing winds. Saturday will be partly sunny and cold with highs in the mid to upper 20s, then Sunday through Tuesday stay fair and cold with highs in the upper teens to upper 20s and lows in the teens.
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National Weather Service
New York May Lose Six House Seats in Reapportionment
A Census Bureau list places New York as the nation’s largest city despite an incomplete 1980 count. Editors of American Demographics magazine project New York state could shed six House seats, a figure higher than earlier expectations, with Missouri possibly dropping one seat.
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Washington
New York
Census Bureau
el Paso
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
San Jose
Calif
American Demographics Magazine
New York State
House of Representatives
Missouri
Jackson County Sheriff acquitted on misconduct charges
Jackson County Sheriff Don White was found innocent on two official misconduct counts at a four day trial. Jurors rejected allegations he exceeded authority by taking jail food and by altering a log and removing a fingerprint card related to his son's arrest. All other charges were dismissed or previously dropped.
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Ann Schottman Knol
H.B. Koplowitz
White
Loren Lewis
Charles Grace
David Watt
Jackson County Board
Grace
Murphysboro
Watt
William Schwartz
Don White
Schwartz
Sheriff's Department
Chrisman
Ava
Mary Alice Hamilton
Ronald Fay Wheeler
Lastour Corp
Linda Marie Holman
Mary Hellen Gasser
Makanda
Lorene D. Jarrett
Anne M. Owens
Elkville
Norris R. Hagler
William R. Eisenhard
Carbondale
Kaye Anderson
Norma Jean Brown
Mary A. Rieckenberg
Campbell Hill
Paul A. Harre
Gretchen E. Worley
Trial costs reveal strain from Sheriff White case
The four day trial of Sheriff Don White on six counts of theft and official misconduct concluded with payments to a special prosecutor and assistants totaling about 2 400 for in court time plus 50 per hour in fees. Jurors and substitutes received 15 a day, plus mileage and meals, while 60 prospective jurors were paid 15 each. Morale costs were discussed as contributing factors in the department with officials noting a cloud over deputies. White plans time off for Christmas shopping as the case left a political mote over county government.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Ann Schottman Knol
Don White
White
Jennie Crawshaw
Circuit Clerk’s Office
William Schwartz
Leonard Robertson
Schwartz
Grace
David Youngberg
Gene Truitt
Elsie Pierson
Pierson
Truitt
Procunier
Illinois Department of Criminal Investigations
Bruce Chrisman
Chrisman
Delib
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Grassy Lake
Ted Collins
Zeigler-Royalton Area
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