Securities probe jeopardizes Dura-Plex Steeleville plant plans
Dura-Plex Inc plans a Steeleville manufacturing facility to produce its glass fiber polyurethane paneling and hire about 100 workers but faces a securities hearing March 20 to determine if it may sell unregistered stock in Illinois. The loan, totaling $998,000 from the Farmers Home Administration, hinges on the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Bean
Southern Illinoisan
Dura-Plex Inc
Steeleville
Dura-Plex
James McGath
Securities Division
Illinois Secretary of State’s
Herrin
State Securities Division
Farmers Home Administration
International Panels
DuraPlex
First National Bank of
Norman Torrens
Randolph County
Fmha
Sparta
Torrens
Stevens Point
McGath
Illinois
American Benefits Development Corp
Williamson County Board
Dura- Plex
Berlin
Steeleville Industrial Trust
First National Bank of Steeleville
Carl Bollman
Bollman
Roncone
Secretary of State Securities Division
Shull
Illinois voting shifts in first consolidated election
Area residents in Johnston City Du Quoin and Murphysboro vote Tuesday under Illinois new consolidated elections law. Clerks fear added costs jigsaw ballot maps and more staff while residents must use precincts and watch polling places change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Good People
Johnston City
du Quoin
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Carbondale
Union
Johnson
Franklin
Randolph Couties
Williamson
Barney Boren
Franklin County
Robert Miller
Johnson County
Cletis Morris
Vienna
Morris
Sterling area woman named to SIU board by Thompson
Sterling area businesswoman Crete B. Harvey, active in Republican politics, is reported to be appointed by Gov. James R. Thompson to the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. If confirmed for a six year term, she would replace Wayne Heberer and serve on the seven member board directing SIU campuses in Carbondale Edwardsville a Springfield medical school and Alton dental school. Harvey, 51, said she is unfamiliar with the university system and views her role as a learning process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Briggs
Springfield
James R. Thompson
Crete B. Harvey
Sterling
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Harvey
SIU
Thompson
Southern Illinois University
Ait
Wayne Heberer
Belleville
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Madeira Girls Finishing School
Fairfax County
Miles
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Moore
Lawrence
SIUC
Penguin
U.S
SIU Press
Siu-C
Carbondale
Power line burns Cambria man critically injured in Carbondale
Donald E. Fisher, 57, remained in critical condition at Barnes Hospital St Louis after a boom on a truck contacted a 12 000 volt line while unloading concrete blocks at a Park Lane subdivision site in Carbondale He was flown to the burns unit from Carbondale Memorial Hospital Fisher worked 32 years for Carbondale Concrete Products Inc The accident occurred about 2 15 p m Friday The line was 20 feet 4 inches above the ground and the boom stopped after contact without breaking the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Burns
Carbondale
Donald E. Fisher
St. Louis Hospital
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Fisher
The
Carbondale Concrete Products Co. Inc
Park Lane
James Greer
Greer
James O’daniel
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Expressions: Folk ways in Southern Illinois pamphlet
A new pamphlet ''Expressions: Folk ways in Southern Illinois'' highlights residents in Egypt preserving crafts and arts. It echoes debates on Southern Illinois heritage, referencing Richard Jensen's Illinois: A History and Richard Dorson's Buying the Wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Egypt
Richard Jensen
Illinois
Richard Dorson
Expressions folk arts booklet highlights Illinois residents
A 32 page booklet printed on coated stock showcases area residents and crafts from Southern Illinois. It features Noah Beavers from Elkville, Christ Lutheran Ladies Aid in Neunert, Glen Hise of Omaha, Royalton’s Carpathian Russian Orthodox Church builders, Alto McLain of Equality, Clyde Briggs of Mulkeytown, and many more artisans. Proceeds fund folk art research in Southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christ Lutheran Church Ladies Aid In
Neunert
Alto McLain
Equality
Clyde Briggs
Mulkeytown
K.B. Boyett
Harrisburg
Robert McKennire
Benton
Thomas A. Bonner
Mount Vernon
Lizzie Cox
Shawneetown
Anna Replyuk
Royalton
Dorris Lingle
Ural Pulaski County
Helen Killion
Ava
Southern Illinois Folks Arts Project
Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois Ozarks Crafts Guild
Carterville
Community and Educational Arts Association
Carbondale
Bonnie Krause
Alto Pass
Illinois
Folk Arts Projects
Stone St
Ill
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Secretary of State
Dwayne Fishel
Decatur
Fishel
Saudia Arabia
John Roncone
John Shull
Attorney General
Commissioner of Securities
Wisconsin
David L. Monea
Arnold Marks
American Benefits Corp
Tri-City Investments Corp
Parrish School
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King
Washington
Rick Besaga
Lincoln
Omar Blythe
Joe Yopp
Laura Sutton
Tara Passmore
John Womick
Jerry Lower
Abraham, Martin and
George
Joe Jines
Perry
Winton Bigham
Jackson
Robert Harrell
Boren
Harrell
Fred Blaylock
Blaylock
Sterling Area
Folk Arts
Byline
B.G
Noah Beavers
Folk Musician
Elkville
Glen Hise
Omaha
Gallatin County
Harry T. Moore
D.H. Lawrence
Priest of Love
Ian McKellen
Janet Suzman
Frieda
McKellen
New York
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