Illinois House approves school aid plan to boost funding
The Illinois House approved a new school financing plan 131 to 2, sending it to the Senate. Sponsored by Rep. Gene L. Hoffman, the plan shifts from fixed per pupil funding to a formula that guarantees minimum amounts for unit, elementary, and secondary districts and outlines state aid versus local tax contributions.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
Gene L. Hoffman
R-Elmhurst
Hoffman
Illinois School Problems Commission
Black lung hearings to begin in June
Interior Department public hearings begin June 6 on proposed federal rules to protect coal miners with pneumoconiosis. The Bituminous Coal Operators Association requested the hearings to address dust exposure and job transfers within mines.
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Interior Department
Windy perch fires up at Southern Illinois fire school
Don Cotton Brayfield and other Carbondale and Du Quoin firefighters tested a high extension ladder as 91 firefighters from 26 Southern Illinois towns attended a regional fire school at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. A water relay demonstrated pumping 495 gpm rising to 800 gpm with double hoses, after sessions on pump maintenance breathing apparatus first aid and ventilation.
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Don “Cotton
Brayfield
Carbondale
du Quoin
Southern Illinois
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Sandra Holter
Murphysboro Kinkaid Boat Association forms launch plans
Daniel Graeff Ava grades road toward Kin kaid Lake boat launch. The new Murphysboro Kinkaid Boat Assn formed last month seeks a 40 acre site near the Mt Joy and Mud Line roads intersection. The Kinkaid Conservancy District plans a permanent marina later. State funds were unavailable this year for a launch.
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Daniel Graeff
Ava
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro - Kinkaid Boat Assn
State Division of Water Resource
Mt. Joy Road
Mud Line Road
Kinkaid Conservancy District
Boat Association
Johnson Ouster Seen Over Hearings On Angelos Case
Springfield pressure to remove acting liquor control chairman Lawrence Johnson grows as he plans June 29 Chicago hearings into Anthony Angelos alleged $50 000 campaign contributions tied to Cal Bagle Inc and Harmon Inc liquor license holders. Gov Walker had nominated Angelos to head the insurance department, a nomination later withdrawn amid the controversy.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Lawrence Johnson
Champaign
State Liquor Control Commission
Johnson
Chicago
Anthony Angelos
Dan Walker
Angelos
Cal-Bagle Inc
Harmon Inc
Walker
State
Insurance Department
Senate
Ed Madigan
William Springer
East Central
Illinois
Champaign County
State Liquor Commission
Elroy Sandquist Jr
Donald Adams
Sandquist
Adams
Omer Poos
Suburban Teachers End 12 Day Strike at Thornton 147
After a 12 day walkout, Harevy Dixmoor and Blue Island teachers return to class. Thornton Township School District 147 settlement provides a 2.5 percent retroactive raise to Aug 29, hospital insurance for unmarried teachers, and paid maternity leave via sick days. District had 131 teachers and 3200 students, with 80 percent attendance during the strike.
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Chicago
Harevy
Dixmoor
Blue Island
Thornton Township
One-Car Crash Kills Driver in Massac County
Carl E. Powell 27 of Metropolis died after a 3:40 a.m. crash at the Grand Chain Joppa Road and Boaz Road intersection in Massac County when he failed to stop and veered into an embankment hitting two trees. He died on arrival at Massac Memorial Hospital. A separate motorcycle crash near Gallatin County left John C. Scott 21 of Toledo with major injuries.
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Carl E. Powell
Metropolis
Massac County
Powell
Massac Memorial Hospital
John C. Scott
Toledo
Rt. 1
Rt. 13
Gallatin County
Scott
Area firm sponsors SIU study
Dennis F. Ellis an assistant professor of economics at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale received a $50 summer sabbatical grant from Spartan Printing Co. of Sparta a World Color Press subsidiary. Ellis plans to study statistics course content and the impact of the switch from quarter to semester calendars.
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Dennis F. Ellis
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Spartan Printing Co
Sparta
World Color Press
St. Louis
School of Business
SIU Foundation
Fred Jacobus
Spartan
Ellis
South Bend
Ind
SIU
Cambria House Burns in Overnight Fire
A Cambria two bedroom wooden house was gutted by fire Saturday morning. Owner Rassie Atterberry was away when fire started near the kitchen stove about 5 10 a.m. Cambria Fire Chief James C. Kiefer said Herrin Fire Department assisted at the scene.
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Cambria
Rassie Atterberry
James C. Kiefer
Herrin
Nuclear plants shutdown would risk brownouts in Illinois
Commonwealth Edison warns that closing four nuclear plants in Grundy and Rock Island counties could affect up to 8 million customers. A hot summer could push demand beyond supply, with possible service dimming and slower motors if replacement power is unavailable. The suit led by Ralph Nader and Friends of the Earth seeks closure of the plants.
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Paul A. Driscoll
Chicago
Illinois
Commonwealth Edison Co
Commonwealth Edison
Washington
Ralph Nader
Friends of the Earth
Grundy County
Rock Island County
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Murphysboro Independent
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