Enrollment declines threaten Murphysboro 186 teachers
Superintendent Ernest Bozarth announced 13 non tenured teachers will be laid off for the 1981 82 school year due to falling enrollments affecting kindergarten through eighth grade. High school staffing will be reviewed March 10 as the district expects no program cuts.
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Tony Stevens
Murphysboro
Ernest Bozarth
Bozarth
Joe Miller
Murphysboro Education Association
MEA
Miller
Marion landfill liner meets IEPA specs says engineer
Marion officials report the clay liner at the Spillertown landfill may satisfy IEPA requirements for thickness permeability and clay content based on engineer Glenn Clarida. IEPA has 60 days to review Marion’s fourth permit application while four soil borings await inspection and a separate attorney general complaint seeks penalties for alleged environmental violations.
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Marion
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Glenn Clarida
Clarida
EPA
Spillertown
IEPA
Springfield
Terry Ayers
Ayers
Robert L. Butler
Holcomb Foundation Engineering Co
Carbondale
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Jack Parks
Earl King
Attorney General’s Office
Vienna prison smuggler gets added term
Timothy Swanson 22 pleaded guilty to bringing contraband into a penal institution after smuggling 18 small liquor bottles into Vienna Correctional Center Saturday night. Circuit Judge Donald Lowery sentenced him to one year at Menard Correctional Center in addition to his existing burglary and armed robbery convictions. Swanson was serving time at Vienna for burglary armed robbery attempted armed robbery and escape.
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Vienna Correctional Center
Menard Correctional Center
Timothy Swanson
Donald Lowery
Johnson County
Swanson
Vienna Correction Center
Herrin studies ambulance quarters cost
Herrin Volunteer Ambulance Service leaders will research costs and financing to build a permanent ambulance facility at the Herrin Fire Station. The idea drew discussion from city aldermen and the Building Commission, with no decisions made. The commission could issue bonds repaid by the city to fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Herrin Building Commission
Commission
Denzil Walker
Walker
Building Commission
Smoke alarms become mandatory in Johnston City homes
Johnston City voters approved an ordinance requiring at least one battery powered smoke detector in all new single and multiple family dwellings and in existing housing within three years or at a change of occupancy. Electrical alarms may be used if wired. detectors must warn on battery failure and be placed near sleeping areas. Fines range from 5 to 300 dollars per day.
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Theresa Churchill
Johnston City
Bill Stevens
Stevens
Appleton Named Mayor Pro Tem in Murphysboro Vote
Sydney Appleton, the Democratic mayoral primary winner, was unanimously elected mayor pro tem at the Murphysboro city council meeting. He defeated Mayor Michael Bowers in the Tuesday primary and will become mayor May 1 if no write in challenger prevails. The council also moved to prohibit duplexes in the 601 Program subdivision and discussed annexation, HUD bids, and enhanced animal control enforcement with county cooperation.
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Clarence Stocks
Virgil Harris
Johnston City
Don Brandon
Stevens
Labor Party
Harry Hancock
Hancock
Charles E. Ray
H.B. Koplowitz
Sydney Appleton
Murphysboro
Appleton
Michael Bowers
Bowers
David McDowell
Mark Kennedy
Briarwood
Tom Jones
Hickory Street
Simon adviser warns budget cuts hurt Southern Illinois
Joe Bob Pierce of Carterville told the Marion Lions Club that Reagan's budget plan would devastate the region by eliminating Urban Development Action Grants and slashing education and farm programs. He cited SIU Carbondale, unemployment, and county grants as harmed by federal trimming while praising Reagan and criticizing Simon.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Reagan
Southern Illinois
U.S
Paul Simon
Joe Bob Pierce
Carterville
Marion
Simon
Carbondale
Lions
Pierce
Williamson County
Marion Senior Citizens Center
Uncle Sam
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Farmers Home Administration
Perry County
Paul
Lustour Employee Saves Co-worker In Plant Accident
Lustour Corp. pressman Lavern Heiple, 46, was shocked by 440 volts while replacing a motor plug. Co-worker Wayne Attig, wearing rubber gloves, pulled him free and broke the circuit, saving his life as another worker John Thomas Jr. helped prevent a fall. Heiple suffered shoulder injuries and burns. Attig credits quick thinking and luck.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Lavern Heiple
Heiple
Lustour Corp
Murphysboro
Wayne Attig
Attig
John Thomas Jr
Lavern
St. Joseph’s Hospital
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Southern Illinoisan
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de Soto City Park
Illinois
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New Johnston City
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Simon Spokesman
Lions’ den
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