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.
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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.
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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.
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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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