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Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1972

Page

12

Indictment in Illinois interstate highway bids case

A federal grand jury indicted nine construction firms and four officers from central Illinois on criminal antitrust charges for allegedly submitting rigged bids on Interstate 74 projects. Named firms include La Neil Construction, O'Neil Brothers Construction, Champaign Asphalt, Shoemaker Bridge, A. V. Walker Construction, Simmons and Co, Culbertson Construction, Neil Lentz Construction, and Shappert Engineering. Individuals named are B. J. La Bouche, Donald Walker, Lee H. Sentman Jr., and Frank M. Shappert. A hearing was set for January. In London, census figures show women slightly outnumber men in Greater London, with 108 women per 109 men overall. Only the 15-25 age group shows 38% of women married.

Danville Ilinois Michael Lavinson U.S. District Attorney's Office la Neil Construction Co. Inc O’neil Brothers Construction Co Champaign Asphalt Co Champaign Shoemaker Bridge Co Urbana A. V. Walker Construction Co Mattoon J, IL London Greater West Midlands Britain

Nine Illinois Firms Indicted in I-74 Bid Rigging Case

Nine central and northern Illinois construction companies face indictments on bid rigging tied to Interstate 74 projects. Four company officials are charged. officials from major firms reserve comment citing insufficient details while noting no known work in District 9 counties such as Jackson Williamson Perry Union Johnson Franklin Saline Gallatin Hardin Pope and Pulaski.

Illnois Danville Central Illinois E.T. Simonds B.T. Simonds Construction Co Carbondale Interstate 57 Franky Nutty Clearing Co., Inc Vienna J.D. Barter Construction Co Harrisburg James Renton Jackson, Williamson Perry Union Johnson Franklin Saline Gallatin Hardin Pope Mbse Pulaski Alexander

Army corps cites study path for 12 foot channel from Cairo to Chicago

The U S Army Corps of Engineers urged against more feasibility studies for a 12 foot navigation channel from Cairo at the Ohio River up to Chicago via the Illinois Waterways and the Mississippi. Maj Gen Ernest Graves said a full survey and report to Congress should be pursued, with cost estimates near 520 million dollars and a plan to examine the combined routes from Cairo to Chicago.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Minneapolis-St. Paul Cairo Ernest Graves Congress Ohio River Grafton Illinois Mississippi River Minneapolis Graves Chicago Greenland

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