Port district approves study of industrial sites
The Jackson Union Port District Board votes to commission a study of potential industrial sites in its area and development prospects for smaller member cities. Economics Research Associates will handle the about 18500 contract, with input from former district director Phil Baewer and district chair William Kelley noting prior firm Moshman and Associates conducted earlier work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson-Union
Economics Research
Port District
William Kelley
Moshman and Associates
Kelley
UMW credit union opens regional office in Marion
The United Mine Workers of America Credit Union plans a Marion office to serve Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio and areas west of the Mississippi. It will be the western regional office with about 10 employees initially and 25 after a permanent building is completed within a year. By Evan M. Davis The Southern Illinoisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
United Mine Workers of America Credit Union
Marion
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Mississippi
Ronald Peterman
Nanty Glo
Marion’s
Pennsylvania
Peterman
Southern Illinois
UMWA
Kenny Dawes
Umwa Credit Union
National Credit Union Administration
Dawes
Credit Union
ICC to decide on Murphysboro to Carbondale Bus Plan
The Illinois Commerce Commission will assess a proposed Murphysboro Transportation Co service linking Murphysboro, Carbondale, and the Menard Correctional Center. A June 18 full ICC meeting will grant final approval after a May 8 hearing. If approved, three daily Murphysboro to Menard trips and frequent trips to SIU and University Mall will run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Menard Correctional Center
Illinois Commerce Commission
Raymond Graff
Earl Bryant
Murphysboro Transportation Co
Larry Jones
ICC
Jones
Menard
Southern Illinois University
University Mall
Graff
Bryant
Bigham Joins Du Quoin Council Amid Commissioning Stalemate
Wayne Bigham took a seat on the Du Quoin City Council after a special election to replace the late Burt Williams but remains without a defined commissionership. Mayor Robert Armstrong said reorganizing commissions will be discussed next week as the council handles Jones Intercable’s rate request, the sudden sewer plant operator resignation, and a Morton Salt Co. ice melt purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Wayne Bigham
du Quoin
Bigham
Burt Williams
Robert Armstrong
Jones Intercable
Armstrong
Andy Elliot
Elliot
Environmental Protection Agency
Morton Salt Co
Courageous passerby saves women from fire
In Marion an alert neighbor pulled a burning mattress and curtains from a residence at 808 E Carter St and helped rescue a mother and daughter asleep inside. Linda Dunham, 21, was treated for a hand burn. her mother escaped uninjured. Firefighters investigated the cause as a possibly faulty fan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois
Marion
Linda Durham
Marion Memorial Hospital
Luciene Dunham
Bobby Bowman
Trauma helicopter demo tours by Illinois Trauma Society aids
Kathie Herron a nurse at Memorial Hospital Carbondale helps demonstrate a trauma helicopter mock-up. The mock copter is owned by the Illinois division of the American Trauma Society and is taken to hospitals across the state for educational demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathie Herron
Carbondale
Illinois
The
American Trauma Society
Memorial Hospital seeks 7 million for expansion drive
Carbondale Memorial Hospital has a 7 million fundraising goal to finance a 5.7 million west-side expansion adding two wings and new ICU and NICU, obstetrics, high risk nursery, plus an on-site kitchen, cafeteria and dining area. Co-chairs Eldon Ray and Kathryn Simonds lead the drive, funded by bonds and operating revenues amid a public hearing process overseen by CHPSI with sessions on June 26 and July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale’s Memorial Hospital
Eldon Ray
Kathryn Simonds
Ray
Memorial Hospital
J.C. Penney
E.T. Simonds Construction Co
Comprehensive Health Planning In Southern Illinois, Inc
CHPSI
Health Planning Agency For Southern Illinois
Perry County hikes tentative tax multiplier to 1.5198
Perry County was assigned a tentative property tax multiplier of 1.5198 by the Illinois Department of Revenue, raising county assessments 12.6 percent from last year to align with the 33.3 percent market value standard. The change impacts township areas Pinckneyville and Du Quoin and the rest of the county, based on sales data from 1976 to 1978, with no reassessment of non-farm property in 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County
Illinois Department of Revenue
Illinois
The
Revenue Department
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Immigrant Service Worker Hurt in Camp Chaffee Rioting
Leo Melena formerly of Orient Ark was the first reported victim of violence in rioting by Cuban refugees at Camp Chaffee Ark on Sunday. The 35 year old immigration service employee was struck from behind and then hit with a brick severing a cut above his eyebrow and he is resting at home after being ordered to take leave. Melena previously served as Orient police officer and Vietnam veteran who later worked as a Dallas airport security guard before joining the immigration service six months ago. His mother Carol Law of Orient said he phoned to assure her he was all right despite a black eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Melena
Orient
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Carol Law
Melena
Dallas
Texas
Immigration Service
Vietnam
Michaelson sought by officials amid arson case probe
U S Customs and Illinois DCI probe Michaelson the Pan-Technics chief feared to be in hiding after a Williamson County perjury case tied to a 1978 arson trial. Officials report conflicting tips on his whereabouts as agents raid Pan-Technics and mount a grand jury inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy A. Monroe
U.S
Dennis Michaelson
Williamson County
Johnston City
Michaelson
Pan-Technics Inc
Chicago
DCI
O’sullivan
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Moshman
Shawneetown
Wold
Baewer
Disneyworld
Six Flags Amusement Parks
LeRoy Rendieman
Fry
James Seed
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Seed
Clark Oil and Refining Corp
Area Savings Facilities
Sunshine Inn
Anna
Elks Club
UMW Credit Union
Beverly Dunham
Bowman
Gene Ice
Mrs. Dunham
Linda Dunham
Jerry Lower
Simonds
Ron Poppenhagen
Morning America
Fort Chaffee
Greece
William O’sullivan
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
Gerald Schilling
Chicago Tribune
Grand Jury
Pan- Technics
James Greer
Amil T. Cornille
U.S. District Court
Benton
Cornille
William A. Lewis
Pan-Technics
Greer
Michealson
de Sotoo
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