Carbondale probes police handling of cash from heist
Carbondale investigates how about $1,800 in cash mailed to the police after a Mack’s Big Star burglary was not returned or explained to owners. The money was placed in an evidence locker then a bank safety box, with officials labeling the probe routine and no proven wrongdoing yet.
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Carbondale
Robert Grupp
Southern Illinoisan
Mack’s
Big Star
Ralph Brandon
Alan
Brandon
John Womick
Carroll Fry
Fry
Mack
Big Star Food Center
Jackson County
Don White
Howard Hood
Arizona
Sheriff White
James Nesler
White
Hood
George Kennedy
Mack Jones
Richard Kelley
Kelley
Eastgate
Jones
Kennedy
Womick
Bradon Lockwood
Pat
Lockwood
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Neal Eckert
Illinois Senate battles on after 164 roll calls for president
After 164 roll calls the Illinois Senate remains deadlocked in a three way race for president. Thomas Hynes Terry Bruce and Harold Washington lead in a feud reflecting Chicago versus Downstate blocs with Republicans backing David Shapiro. House actions pause on choking risk notice and a credit card bond bill for traffic violations.
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Springfield
Chicago
Richard Daley
Illinois
Senate
Daley
Richard H. Newhouse
Thomas Hynes
Terry Bruce
Olney
Harold Washington
Hynes
Bruce
Washington
David Shapiro
Amboy
House Judiciary Committee
Jobless rate dips as labor force declines nationwide
Unemployment fell to 7.3 percent in January from 7.8 percent in December after a sharp drop in the labor force, with weather and statistical factors cited as partial causes. Observed declines by groups include adult men and women, teens, whites, minorities, and farm workers amid regional variations.
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Washington
Labor Department
Illinois
Illinois Department of Labor
Bloomington-Normal
Quad Cities
Rockford
Champaign Urbana
Groundhog Prediction Questioned Amid Illinois Weather
Weather observer Ed Brewald reports Carbondale records a 47 degree high and 29 degree low with a forecast of low 40s and clear skies. Another cold spell looms with overnight lows around 15 to 10 degrees through Saturday and Sunday.
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Punxsutawney
Phil
Pennsylvania
National Geographic Society
Washington, D.C
Rrewald
Southern Illinois
Weather forecast reads cold and variable through midweek
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low in the upper teens. Saturday, partly sunny and colder with highs in the mid to lower 30s. Sunday, fair and very cold. Monday and Tuesday, partly cloudy and warmer with lows from zero to 10 above and highs in the 20s. Tuesday night into Wednesday, lows 12 to 22 and highs in the 40s.
Singspiration and Glee Club Concert Highlight Weekend Calendar
The Southern Illinoisan calendar lists a SINGSPERATION in Roy alton and a glee club concert in Carbondale as special weekend events. Marion Mayor Robert Butler did not file a disclosure form in his 1976 campaign for a legislative seat, per records.
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Royalton
Carbondale
Marion
Robert Butler
Union County Sees Unemployment Jump in December
Unemployment in Union County rose to 11.8 percent in December from 9.7 percent in November amid a larger labor force. Jackson and Perry counties fell while Randolph held steady. Four county area averaged about 10.9 percent, with preliminary data noting possible final adjustments.
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Union County
Illinois State Employment Service
Randolph County
Jackson County
Perry County
David Koch
State Employment Service
Murphysboro
Koch
Novemer
Perry
Williamson
Franklin
Mike Wessel
Harrisburg Re
Saline
Johnson
Vessel
Wessel
Coal severance tax proposal gains Senate hearing
A bill introduced by Senator Gene Johns, Democrat of Marion, to levy a coal severance tax could cost electrical users about 17 million dollars annually. The item appears on page 14.
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Senate
Gene Johns
Marion
Carter era news and consumer briefs lead Nation recap
The Nation highlights a reprieve for a convicted murder suspect aiding Amy in the White House, mentions tax rebate emphasis in the President’s economic plan, and notes Carter’s first fireside chat lacked specifics. It also previews loan rate information, tintype photography business growth, a Lutheran church service in Carbondale, and SIUC’s track visit amid Illinois title bid. Illinois State upsets Las Vegas Nevada 88 to 84 at home.
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Urbana
Illinois
Illinois State
Las Vegas-Nevada
Page Joe
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