Jackson voters to decide jail and county office funding
Jackson County voters will decide financing for a new jail and county office building after the county board, in a 7-6 vote, rejected bonds via the public building commission. The measure will appear with November school board elections after State's Attorney John Clemons urged a specific price and site to inform voters. The process will proceed with an exact ballot wording by the legislative committee.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern
Illinois
Jackson County
Public Building Commission
Larry Lipe
Lipe
Finance Committee
Douglas Eriksen
Train Hits Truck near Herrin Injures Four
A freight train severed a semi truck east of Herrin sending four people to hospital with various injuries. Driver Ben Bramble of Louisville and train crew members including engineer Marion Miller and conductor John Duncan were treated for injuries while hoses fought blazes from broken liquor shipments on the first engine.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Ben Bramble
Louisville
Herrin Hospital
Bramble
JMC Transport
Jeffersonville
Ind
Marion Miller
Centralia
Burlington Northern Railroad
Mike Wharton
Irvington
John Duncan
New Herrin-Johnston City
Homer E. Ferguson
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Ferguson
Earl May
Luke Shepherd
Energy Fire Department
Carterville
Marion
Zeigler
Freeman Spur
O Neal resigns leaving line of succession unsettled
Belleville Illinois AP Lt Gov Dave O Neal 44 resigns effective Aug 1 citing a bland job he can learn quickly. He began in politics at Fischer's Restaurant and weighs private sector options. His departure leaves the post vacant until 1982 elections and raises gubernatorial succession questions as Fahner and Edgar were appointed.
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Belleville
Ill
Dave O’neal
O’neal
Fischer’s
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Tyrone C. Fahner
Jim Edgar
House Shelves MX Missile Plan In Desert
The House tentatively voted to halt MX mobile missile base plans in the western desert. An amendment blocked Defense Department MX leasing spending until Reagan decides. A separate roll call vote may occur later this week on the $136 billion military spending bill containing MX funding.
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Washington
Desert
House
James V. Hadgen
Utah
Defense Department
Reagan
Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard
D-Tenn
Weather Outlook: Warm Humid Tonight Through Monday
National Weather Service forecasts fair warm and humid conditions tonight with lows in the low to mid 70s. Friday remains mostly sunny and hot with highs in the low 90s. Illinois extended forecast calls for partly cloudy warm conditions Saturday through Monday with a chance of showers.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
SIU C trims fiscal 1983 budget requests modestly
SIU C Carbondale presents fiscal 1983 budget proposals with a 9.5 percent general raise and 2 percent faculty catch-up plus 3 percent civil service catch-up. Last year sought 10 percent raises. Total operating budget is 126.77 million with systemwide FY83 request of 179.65 million and 19.98 million in new state funds, up 12.7 percent without catch-up.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
Board of Trustees
Carbondale
James Thompson
SIUC
Rcent
Siu-Edwardsville
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Jackson
John Clemons
Illinois Department of Corrections
Murphysboro
Harry Brawdy
Joe Jines
Dave O'Neal
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
Lotte
Rts
Illinois Board of Higher Education
University of Illinois
SIU
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