Fatal death probe edges closer to solution in Cutler case
Perry County deputies await a pathologist report to determine Russell W. Bixby's cause of death after his body was found along a Streamline Mine road northwest of Cutler. Coroner Frank Maxton notes signs of a possible struggle and a broken pair of glasses, with no robbery evidence, while investigators review autopsy results and crime lab findings.
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Brad Betker
Perry County Sheriff's Deputies
Cutler
Russell W. Bixby
Perry County
Frank Maxton
Bixby
State Crime Lab
Myer
Percy
Maxton
Bondi to ask new trial in slaying
Bondi seeks a new trial in the murder of his wife Genevieve Bondi. Circuit Judge Bruce Irish granted a continuance to allow transcripts for a retrial motion, with sentencing postponed. Bondi, 28, was found guilty December 3, 1980, after a trial in Franklin County.
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Bondi
William R. Bondi
West Frankfort
Bruce Irish
Genevieve
Franklin County
Carroll Owens
Seattle
Wash
Murphysboro district buys old Bunny Bread store for space
Murphysboro Unit District 186 trustees approved buying the vacant Bunny Bread store at Ninth and Chestnut for 20000 dollars to create storage and possibly move the meeting room. Superintendent Bozarth outlined plans while noting ongoing head lice issues with 22 students excluded and 117 known cases district wide. Insurance limits were raised to 3 million for lawsuits and 6 million for umbrella coverage with updated annual premiums.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Murphysboro
Ninth and
Chestnut Streets
Ernest Bozarth
Bozarth
Health Department
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Tindall Insurance Agency
Tindall Insurance
Testimony Begins in Mine Riot Trial in Harrisburg
The first of up to 41 prosecution witnesses testified Tuesday in the consolidated trial of 12 Saline County men charged with taking part in the Aug 18 1981 Kerr-McGee Coal site attack near Galatia. Kerr-McGee guards and local police named Jerry Barter Gary Beltz Mark Brothers Aubrey Duncan Raymond Kanady Larry Owen Tom Patton George Popetz James Rouse Randolph Stricklin Gary Thaxton James Woods in a case of disorderly conduct and mob action. The case before a 10 woman 2 man jury aims to wrap by Friday.
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Harrisburg
Saline County
Kerr-McGee Coal Corp
Galatia
Kerr-McGee
Jerry Barter
Gary Beltz
Mark Brothers
Aubrey Duncan
Raymond Kanady
Larry Owen
Tom Patton
George Popetz
James Rouse
Randolph Stricklin
Gary Thaxton
James Woods
Byrd Shovels Snow and Ends Up Looking Like a Snowman
Joe Bill Byrd of Murphysboro on the east side was out shoveling Tuesday's snow, the season's first appreciable fall. The 3 to 4 inch coating slowed traffic and left Byrd nearly resembling a snow figure after finishing.
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Joe Bill Byrd
Murphysboro
Southern
Illinois
Doubts linger on Walnut Street church relocation and hotel project
Assistant to the city in Carbondale debates the fate of Walnut Street Baptist Church and surrounding parcels as the downtown hotel convention center project moves forward. City officials expect federal land acquisition funds by month end, with offers awaiting release and relocation questions unresolved for Rev. Arthur E. Farmer and about 600 parishioners.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Walnut Street
Carbondale
Arthur E. Farmer
Farmer
E. College St
Carroll Fry
Stan Hoye and Associates
University and Illinois Avenues
Walnut and
Monroe Streets
Elm Streets
Fry
U.S. 51
Illinois 13
Ex Carterville man seeks energy from magma wells
Ex Carterville resident John L. Colp, a Sandia Laboratories researcher, discussed tapping magma for energy at a San Francisco Geophysical Union event. He described drilling into Hawaii's Kilauea Iki lava lake, progress to 130 feet, and the potential to generate 1,000 megawatts from magma pools at scale. A pilot plant could cost 50 to 100 million dollars over ten years, likely funded by private oil firms if federal support fades.
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Ben Gelman
Southern
Route 1
Carterville
University of Illinois
University of New Mexico
Texas A. and
M. University
San Francisco Chronicle
Kilauea Iki
Kilauea
Hawaii
Big Island
Colp
Sandia
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