Regional Saturn plant bids flood Illinois towns
Tim Landis reports 72 Illinois communities submit 165 site proposals for a General Motors Saturn plant. Southern Illinois leads with 10 sites including Mount Vernon and Benton. DCCA will forward qualified bids to GM after reviews by state agencies. GM may select 400 acres and 6000 jobs. Local lawmakers push regional site packages and a visiting-business program.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
General Motors
Saturn
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Illinois
Robin Skiles
Dcca Communications Division
Mount Vernon
Bend Lake
Benton
du Quoin
DCCA
Skiles
Glenn Poshard
Ccarterville
CIPS Incentive Rate May Lure Saturn Plant to Illinois
Illinois Commerce Commission approved a 50 percent off peak winter rate for new or expanding industrial plants under CIPS incentive plan. About 200 customers could benefit, with discounts for the first year, then phase out over five years. Several Illinois communities bid to host the Saturn plant as CIPS cites excess capacity.
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Don Levener
Springfield Bureau
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
CIPS
Commission
Philip O’connor
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
General Motors Saturn
Illinois
High Court Rules Shortcuts Permit Faster Executions
Page One Executions notes the 1983 Supreme Court ruling allowing federal appeals panels to deny post ponement requests if underlying issues lack merit. Justice Rehnquist had warned against endless delays, while NAACP Legal Defense Fund cautioned predictions are uncertain as time may drive more executions across 12 states since 1976.
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William H. Rehnquist
Richard Brody
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Supreme Court
Brody
Utah
Florida
Nevada
Indiana
Virginia
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Oil well fraud cases promise prison terms for Olney couple
A husband and wife from Olney plead guilty in a federal oil well fraud scheme. Stephen Tucker, 37, and Sharon Tucker, 43, admitted fraud and using the mail to ship investors’ money across state lines. They allegedly sold shares in non existent wells in Clay and Richland counties to Kentucky investors and diverted over 25 000 dollars for personal use. he faces up to 15 years and she up to 10.
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Benton
Olney
U.S
Frederick Hess
Stephen Tucker
Sharon
U.S. District Court
Hess
Tuckers
Clay
Richland
Kentucky
Tucker
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University Mall
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Herrin and University Mall
Carbondall
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