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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1982
Page
3
Tony Stevens reports that Southern Illinois road deaths dropped to the lowest since 1953 with 77 killed in 1981 in ISP District 13, down 31 percent from 1980. Across Illinois fatalities fell 6.5 percent to 1,850, while overall patterns remained otherwise unchanged.
Fatal accidents in 1981 show 62 men and 15 women killed with the male share about four to one. Jackson County led fatalities with 13. Williamson and Franklin followed. I-57 accounted for most deaths, with eight, while most accidents involve a single vehicle leaving the roadway. July and August each logged nine fatalities.
A Saline County jury acquitted Ronnie Ego of Eldorado on charges of disorderly conduct and mob violence linked to the Kerr McGee coal mine attack near Galatia. Twelve co defendants face consolidated trials Monday at Harrisburg, with juries to be selected at 9 a.m. in cases involving disorderly conduct, mob violence, and unlawful use of weapons.
At a Friday hearing Williamson County officials challenged the states method for calculating the 1981 tax multiplier. County Supervisor of Assessments Judy Whitson argued using 1978 to 1980 home sale data distorts values amid inflation and a weak economy. The tentative 1981 multiplier of 1.715, up from 1.5902, was criticized as reliant on peak sale years.
John and Carol Rayburn, Southern Illinois natives, tour the country in a 40 foot trailer to collect stories about what’s good in America. They plan a three year odyssey costing about $200,000 with PBS and books in the works.
J W Peltason president of the American Council on Education spoke in Carbondale on Saturday about higher education facing its severest financial problems since the 1930s Great Depression. He noted tuition costs have surged while federal aid faces cuts, urging calm yet vigorous campus action to inform students and parents of potential effects.
The CBS eight hour Civil War movie The Blue and the Gray based on Bruce Catton’s book features twelve members of Company C of the reactivated 31st Illinois Volunteers filming in Arkansas with Maj. Jim Cox and Capt. Mac McGowan leading the group. The production has a $15 million budget with about half spent in Arkansas and a cast including Stacy Keach Geraldine Page Colleen Dewhurst Rip Torn Julius Harris Sterling Hayden John Hammond and Ebbe Roe Smith. Filming was delayed by the actors strike and is expected to air between March and fall. The article also notes Southern Illinois bald eagles wintering in the region and discusses the eagle’s status as a national symbol, including historical anecdotes about the seals design and Franklin Jefferson Adams.
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