Injunction limits pickets at mine site near Carmi
A preliminary injunction issued by White County Circuit Judge Henry Lewis restricts picketing near the MAPCO coal mine construction site at Carmi. It bars mass picketing, street blockages, and gatherings within 1000 feet, allows no more than four picketers per entrance, and targets actions following a May 23 gathering of about 250 people. The UMWA opposes the order but says it supports lawful informational picketing. Separately, Charles Hutson was in stable condition after a Monday auto train collision on Herrin Johnston City Road with a Burlington Northern train.
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Jim Santori
Southern Illinois
Carmi
White County
Henry Lewis
Dincon Corp
Lewis
UMWA
Umwa International
Steven Fine
Fine
Duncan
Dincan
MAPCO
Crash victim from Murphysboro found on Las Vegas mountain
The body of Larry A. Mueller a 31 year old Murphysboro Illinois resident was recovered Monday by a police search and rescue team from the Spring Mountain range near Las Vegas Nevada. Mueller was alone in a single engine Piper Tomahawk which crashed Saturday and was found Sunday by Civil Air Patrol planes. Authorities noted strong weekend winds and possible downdraft as a factor. investigation continues.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Illinois
Mount Charleston
Air Force
Larry A. Mueller
Murphysboro
Spring Mountain Range
Civil Air Patrol
Nevada
Battle over liquor licenses roils Royalton taverns
Royalton faces a clash as the village board moves to cut liquor licenses from ten to four while Village President Charles McDickens grants a fifth license to Laverne Birkhow. Trustee Ronnie Knox opposes the reduction, arguing limits should be set before new licenses are issued. A separate housing project plan draws little village support, with the firm responsible for surveying needs.
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Ron Poppenhagen
Southern Illinois
Battle
Royalton
Charles McDickens
John P. Goebel
Goebel
Laverne Birkhow
Carbondale approves bonds for Bank of Carbondale project
The Carbondale city council unanimously approved a memorandum of intent to issue up to 1 million dollars in industrial development revenue bonds to back a new Bank of Carbondale facility planned near 101 N Washington St. The bank aims to start construction this year facing Main Street, with a 122 ft frontage and 50 ft depth, 30 parking spaces, and demo of the old building for parking and green space.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Bank of Carbondale
Washington St
Bank
William Whitson
Whitson
Main Street
Washington Street
Marion Street
Carroll Fry
Archie Jones
Jones
Sue Mitchell
Hans Fischer
Randolph County approves tax multiplier 1.0615 with delay in bills
Illinois Department of Revenue finalized Randolph County multiplier at 1.0615 matching the tentative figure. County Clerk Charles Bernasek says he cannot estimate when tax bills will go out as the process moves to Manatron Inc. for printing after applying the multiplier to valuations. The multiplier corrects assessment inequities to about one third of real market value, based on three years of non-farm sales in qualifying townships.
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Brad Betker
Randolph County
Illinois Department of Revenue
Charles Bernasek
Manatron Inc
Kalamazoo, Mich
Bernasek
the Revenue Department
Glassy Mount St Helens dust reaches SIUC study site
Geology professors William Hood and Paul Robinson analyzed volcanic dust from Mount St Helens. Under a scanning electron microscope the particles appeared as glass with bubbles, formed by rapid cooling from molten lava. They noted silicon, aluminum, sodium and iron traces and warned sharp glass could harm lungs.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
William Hood
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Mount St. Helens
St. Helens
Hood
SIUC
Idaho
Illinois
Carbondale
Paul Robinson
Robinson
National Parks
Hood and
Perry County board ponders jail project
Perry County officials weighed three jail options, with a focus on a new facility two miles south of Pinckneyville. Costs range from over 800000 for renovation of the century old jail to up to 3 million for a new complex with additional offices, as state standards and space constraints push toward a new building.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County Board
Fred Powers
Hans Fischer
Pinckneyville
Powers
Fischer
Power
Fischer, Stein and Associates
Carbondale
Vic Provart
Tom Moss
John Barber
Jerry Woolsey
Sesser to get asphalt streets
Sesser will asphalt 11 blocks after the city council awarded a $42,462.60 contract to E.T. Simonds Construction Co. of Carbondale. Mayor Ned Mitchell aims to fund permanent paving gradually, hoping most Lesser streets gain surfacing in 10 to 12 years. Other bids were King Roadbuilders Co. and Southern Illinois Asphalt Co. Additional contracts for motor fuel tax street work were approved, with low bids for rock oil and chips. The hall thermostat will stay at 78 degrees per federal rules.
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O.R. Walley
Sesser
E.T. Simonds Construction Co
Carbondale
Ned Mitchell
King Roadbuilders Co
Pinckneyville
Southern Illinois Asphalt Co
Mount Vernon
Beelman Trucking Co
St. Libory
Rock
Illini Asphalt Co
Benton
Charles Smith
Noah King
Southern Illinois Materials
Buncombe
Ray Wolfmeier
Millstadt
Mitchell
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Charles Hutson
Johnston City
Herrin Hospital
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
New Herrin-Johnston City Road
Hutson
Burlington-Northern
Art Biagi
Odin
ED Greer
Mueller
Board Battle Brewing Over
Royalton Taverns
Ronnie Knox
Knox
McDickens
Birklow
Midwest Business Services Inc
Sheboygan, Wis
Fry
Lauderdale and Decker Insurance Agency
Tatum Heights Park
Carbondale Park District
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Museum
Kalamazoo
Revenue
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