Carbondale bank seeks 1 million bonds for new downtown building
The Carbondale City Council backed issuing up to 1 million in industrial development revenue bonds to fund a Bank of Carbondale facility downtown. The plan, discussed at tonight’s 7 p.m. meeting, envisions a one level, 6,100 square foot bank with a 6,100 square foot basement, fronting on North Marion Street near Main Street. The bank will relocate from 101 N Washington St and raze the old building for parking and green space. The bonds will be privately placed with a bank consortium, and the project aims to boost downtown redevelopment, with backing from mayor Hans Fischer and several council members. The Citizens Downtown Redevelopment Committee has proposed a district around Washington Street. the council has yet to review that plan. The proposal follows two years of planning and a move from Vergennes in 1970 with assets around 4 million, now about 23 million.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Bank of Carbondale
Council
William Whitson
Marion Street
Whitson
Vergennes
Helen
Citizens Downtown Redevelopment Committee
Chestnut Street
University Avenue
Mill Street
Washington Street
Rabies scare in Southern Illinois eases after tests
The rabies outbreak wanes as no new cases appear in Jackson County over the weekend. A Murphysboro man receives treatment after a raccoon bite. Herrin imposes dog and cat quarantine after a rabid dog exposure. Thirty animals tested negative at the state lab since the May incident.
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O.R. Walley
Tom Woolf
Illinois
Jackson County
Vicki Ashley
Murphysboro
Castrale
Dunn calls for SIU Carbondale official resignation over bids
State Rep Ralph Dunn R Du Quoin asked SIU Carbondale Chancellor Kenneth Shaw to demand the resignation of George Mace vice president for university relations over bid handling for sports broadcasts Dunn alleges cronyism in rejecting two bids and seeking new ones WINI Murphysboro owner bid 20000 cash 7000 credits while Saluki Sports Action bid 12050 Mace defends revisions saying changes include exclusive road and home broadcasts and university representation in announcers Shaw says bid matter for campus admin to resolve and readvertise bids
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
George Mace
Kenneth Shaw
Dunn
Mace
Murphysboro
WINI
SIUC
Shaw
Rep
WSIU
University
Saluki Sports Action Network, Ltd
WTAO
WEBQ
Harrisburg
Saluki Sports Action Group
Carbondale
Hiram Lesar
Adkins
SIU
Mackie Nicholes
Ray Burroughs
Charles Helleny
James Walker
Denny Kortkamp
Murderer arsonist escapes Menard bound, recaptured hours later
Langston, 22, a Chicago inmate serving 32 years for murder, five years for arson and one to three for aggravated battery, broke leather cuffs at Menard Psychiatric Center and escaped through a window. He was found near Blair at 3:30 a.m. and returned to custody after authorities investigated. Two other farm walkaways from the prison remain at large. none have been located despite leads.
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Brad Betker
Southern Iindian
Menard Psychiatric Center
Chester’s Memorial Hospital
Gerald Almond
Eugene Langston
Blair
Chester
Langston
Chicago
Psychiatric Center
Stephen Hardy
Hardy
Memorial Hospital
Almond
Abzug blasts Carter Arab policies and Israel stance
Former congresswoman Bella Abzug urged vigilance among American Jews at a Marion Illinois event. She criticized Carter policies as pro Arab and pro Palestinian, warned of oil dependence and V the Iran upheaval, and called for a massive energy conservation effort and research into alternatives.
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Abzug
Carter
Ron Poppenhagen
U.S
Ms. Abzug
United States
Middle East
U.S. Middle East
United Nations
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Main Street
Westberg
Hans Fischer
Archie Jones
Charles Watkins
Watkins
Susan Mitchell
Oroville
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Marion
Jerry Lower
Larry Castrale
Franklin-Williamson Bi-County
Herrin
Mario Ottolini
S/IUC
Mince
Dale Adkins
Attorney General’s
Menard
William Schwartz
Lighthart
Linden, Tenn
St. Louis
Kentucky
New Haven Ky
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Joliet
Benton
Franklin County
William Willis
Willis
David Summers
Kenneth Roberts
Zeigler
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Summers
Steel City
PLO
Egypt
Israel
Hussein
Jordan
Edward Kennedy
U.N
West Bank
Bella Abzug
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