Marion offers Iowa man job as director of civic center
Marion City Council offers the cultural arts coordinator post to Dennis Bole of Coralville Iowa as second in command at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center. Bole hesitates, may choose other options, and would start no earlier than August 21 if he accepts. Brad Faughn remains in contract until then. Also, public hearing set for Friday on the 1981 82 budget of 15309589, with hospital funds driving a 17 percent rise.
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Marion
Iowa
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion Cultural and Civic Center Board
Civic Center
Dennis Bole
Coralville
Bole
University of Iowa
Bob
Brad Faughn
Faughn
Marion Memorial Hospital
Big coal mine planned near Galatia with multiyear contract
Kerr McGee Coal Corp of Oklahoma City signs a 40 million ton contract to ship 2 million tons annually to Union Electric Co power stations at Crystal City and Machens Missouri. Construction starts soon on an underground mine in northwest Saline County with 130 million tons of reserves. Delivery begins 1984 with peak output and about 700 workers by 1987. Kerr McGee now ships about 12 million tons yearly from Wyoming surface mines.
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Galatia
Kerr-McGee Coal Corp
Oklahoma City
Union Electric Co
Crystal City
Machens
Kerr-McGee
Saline County
Wyoming
Carterville Postmaster Appointed Benton Officer Rogers
The U S Postal Service announced Raymond Dean Rogers as postmaster at Benton. Rogers began as acting postmaster in Mulkeytown in 1963 and was appointed postmaster there in 1965. He became Carterville's postmaster in 1975 and lives in Christopher with his wife Jo Ann and two of their three children.
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Carterville
Raymond Dean Rogers
Benton
U.S. Postal Service
Rogers
Mulkeytown
Jo Ann
Christopher
Egyptian Drive-In Theater closed as unprofitable
The Egyptian Drive-In south of Energy is shut for the season and may close long term after officials of Kerasotes Brothers Theaters Inc. called it unprofitable. The theater opened in 1948, became sole owner Mrs Alene Smith in 1950, a 128 by 83 foot screen was added in 1955, and Kerasotes took over in 1974. The lease has four years remaining. The business downturn affects plans for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Hazen Coleman
Smith
Kerasotes
Illinois
Marion Drive-in
Payment in lieu of taxes remains under review in Washington
A House Senate conference committee weighs PILT funding for 14 Southern Illinois counties. Rep. Paul Simon notes the program was cut by the House but gained $100 million in the Senate. The counties receive compensation for non taxable federal land, with Pope County topping 58 thousand dollars and totals ranging among Jackson Union Johnson Franklin and Williamson.
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Illinois
House-Senate
Washington
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
House
Senate
Pope County
Shawnee National Forest
Jackson
Union
Johnson
Franklin
Williamson
Kenney heads reclamation council in Illinois
David Kenney of Carbondale named to lead the Abandoned Mines Reclamation Council. He succeeds Lt. Gov. David C. O’Neal, who resigns at week’s end. The 1975 formed panel includes six agency directors and oversees reclaiming mined land and hazard mitigation.
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Springfield
David Kenney
Carbondale
Kenney
David C. O’neal
O’neal
Conservation, Mines and Minerals, Agriculture, Commerce and Community Affairs
Environmental Protection Agency
Institute of Natural Resources
Menard Prison operates with limited power in Chester
The Menard Correctional Center faces restricted electrical use due to a malfunction in a master control panel. Officials say a Louisiana-built panel part is being tested for reactivation, with weather easing heat but power still spread thin across laundry and air conditioning. A backup generator and potential emergency line service from Illinois Power are options if the panel fails again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Menard Correctional Center
Chester
James Buch
Louisiana
Buch
Buck
Bueh
Illinois Power Co
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