Fifty flee Chester hotel fire
An early morning blaze at the Grand View Hotel in Chester forced about 50 residents to evacuate from the main lobby as smoke spread through the building. Damage was limited to the floor and a stairway with no injuries reported and an arson investigation underway. Carl W. Scarber, 20, was arrested for aggravated battery after allegedly striking a police officer during evacuation.
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Grand View
Chester
Carl W. Scarber
Richard Clausen
Randolph County
State St
Provart Again Heads Perry County Board
Victor Provart of Pinckneyville was elected chairman of the Perry County Board for a second time as he completes his third term. Tom Moss, the other Democrat, stepped aside due to a night shift work schedule. The board also approved a $5 increase in fines for traffic violations once the new Motor Vehicle Code bond schedule takes effect, with counties set to receive a $5 share per violation.
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Brad Betker
Southern
Moss
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp. Streamline Mine
Gerald Sims
Chester seeks federal aid for new road
Chester City Council moves to obtain federal Urban Aid status for a new road linking the Palestine Road area to Illinois 150 and to open work by July 1982. A related budget hearing considers about 75 thousand dollars in federal revenue sharing for parks, library, city band, police, a city office computer, and a city station wagon.
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Tony Stevens
Chester
Three Springs Lodge
Stanley Maciejski
Palestine Road
Illinois 150
Maciejski
Frank Derickson
Ed Fisher
Du Quoin approves 30 dollar weekly raises for 1982
Du Quoin council adopts a 1 875 296 08 budget for 1982 with no across the board raises. Officers and supervisors will gain at least 30 dollars a week, about 10 percent for a 40 hour week, while other increases align to maintain equity. The budget projects roughly 12 percent over 1981 spending. A resident complains of odor from a ditch on Winters Avenue as sewer work continues. officials say a broken sanitary tile may be the source and will be repaired when weather allows.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan du Quoin
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong
David House
Winters Avenue
House
Pinckneyville OKs building at fairgrounds
Pinckneyville City Council authorized the American Thresherman Association to build a 30 by 80 foot storage structure on leased land at the Perry County Fairgrounds. In other business, the council will pay the rate study engineer $1,000 upon completion and extended New Year’s Eve hours to 2 a.m. for Knights of Columbus Moose Lodge Eagles Lodge and Gambit Lounge.
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American Thresherman Association
Pincneyville
Perry County Fairgrounds
City Water and Sewer Service
Knights of Columbus
Moose Lodge
Eagles Lodge
Gambit
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Provart
Perry Board
Koret
Wick
Two University
Mali
Sian Park
Ave
Herri
Herrin
Norelco
Sunbeam
Presto
Barker Brothers Games
Hamilton Beach
RAZOR
Santa Claus
SASS
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Oks
Fairgrounds
Harkes
RCA
VFP
Ees
Aruba
Sat
Sun
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