Legally blind biker 71 logs 3200 miles coast to coast
Thomas Dickey a 71 year old legally blind former Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty member completed a 3200 mile coast to coast and mountain crossing ride in 38 days from Palo Alto to Amherst. He trained with a tandem partner and avoided alcohol for two months before the trip.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Thomas Dickey
Carbondale
Dickey
Mojave Desert
Illinois
Amherst
Mass
Palo Alto
Calif
San Francisco
Needles
Flagstaff
Ariz
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Liberal
Kan
Independence
Bloomington
Ill
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
The
Rehabilitation Institute
Fran
Amherst College
Dairy Queens
California
Cave-in-Rock
Ohio River
Injunction issued on grain dealer in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Agriculture won a permanent injunction against Jerry W. Hayes of Batesville Arkansas for buying grain in Illinois without a license. A separate suit seeks a temporary and permanent injunction against Cletus Leible and Perryville Feed and Produce Inc. for unlicensed grain dealing. Judge William South set a July 14 hearing for the Leible case. Hayes allegedly weighed 12 000 bushels at Dillinger's Feed Store and paid about 50 cents above market price.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Illinois
William South
Jerry W. Hayes
Batesville
Ark
Thomas Jennings
State Division of
Dillinger’s Feed Store Inc
Carbondale
Jennings
Hayes
Agriculture Department
Cletus Leible
Perryville Feed and Produce Inc
South
State Agriculture Department
Leible
Perryville Company
Jackson County
Missouri
Arkansas
Herrin mayor cuts liquor fee plan for clubs
Herrin Mayor Donald Swinford proposes a revised liquor license plan ahead of July 13 council vote. The maximum fee drops from 1000 to 850 dollars for clubs with 1.50 dollars per member up to 850, plus Sunday opening time expands to 12 30 p m. Existing license remains 700 dollars yearly for all establishments. Three council members oppose the rise.
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Herrin
Donald Swinford
Swinford
Herman “Babes” Garavalla
Edward Quaglia
Harry Crompton
Murphysboro transit expands as riders lag behind
Murphysboro Transportation Co Inc extends service nearly a year after launch. Owners Bryant and Graff added routes Murphysboro to Carbon dale and Chester, plus new rural Jackson County senior citizen services four days a week. A new bus improves comfort, and federal grant hopes target Carbondale residential routes. One way fares: 1.00 Murphysboro to Murphysboro Carbondale and 1.35 Murphysboro to Chester.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro Transportation Co. Inc
W.E. Bryant
Raymond Graff
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Chester
Menard Correctional Center
Graff
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Jackson County
Ava
Dowell
Elkville
Grand Tower
Makanda
University Mall
Murphysboro talks extend two months after pact ends
Murphysboro city employees including laborers and police are working without a contract more than two months after the old deal expired. Negotiators say talks continue with no rancor though a restless mood emerges. Salary remains the main sticking point as officials plan to resume discussions after the July 4 holiday.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Frank Eovaldi
Eovaldi
Sydney Appleton
Appleton
Mark Kennedy
Lavern Porter
Kennedy
Porter
Explosives plant closes temporarily at Wolf Lake
Trojan explosives plant in Wolf Lake shuts for four to six weeks due to high inventories and low sales. Plant manager Robert Levan says re opens around August 3 with all 68 workers recalled. Trojan, a division of IMC Chemical Group, cites slow building trades and a coal strike as factors. An Anna Quarry spokesman says no layoffs yet amid slow business.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Trojan
Wolf Lake
Robert Levan
IMC Chemical Group Inc
Levan
Anna
Ewing boy burned by gasoline fire at house blaze
Theresa Churchill reports a 9-year-old Ewing boy Harold Frey was severely burned when companions tried to ignite trash with gasoline at the Kimmel residence. The blaze gutted the rear of the home as Benton and Lesser firefighters spent over two hours controlling the flames. Harold, in stable but fair condition at Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital, received immediate aid after his arms and chest were burned.
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Ewing
Harold Frey
Jerry and
Linda Frey
Cardinal
Ted
Brandon Kimmel
Brian Brooks
Kimmel House
Benton
Darrell Kimmel
Drug Evidence Destroyed in Williamson Jackson Union Counties
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group agents led by Delaine Edwards destroyed seized drugs and paraphernalia in four counties during investigations over the past year. The Thursday disposal at the Morgan Police Department range involved items valued at about 51 000 dollars, most previously used as court evidence.
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Southern
Morgan Police Department
Carbondale district to hire Springmore principal
Carbondale Elementary School District will advertise in house for a new principal at Springmore School next year to replace Marvin Gerber who will leave. Robert Mees resigned as program director to take a superintendent post, and Gerber has taken another job, leaving no principal or director. The board trimmed staff, recalled teachers, and approved a boundary change for 19 kindergarten students with transfers planned to keep groups together. A bid from Illinois Computer Mart for an Apple II computer at 3181 dollars was approved to support a new math curriculum.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Inhouse
Springmore
Marvin Gerber
Gerber
Robert Mees
Mees
Michael Altekruse
Altekruse
George Wayne
Charles Tolbert
Pam Glowers
Letha Wilde
George Edwards
David Byrd
Winkler
Edwards
Illinois Computer Mart, Inc
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