Perry County coal gas project wins ERDA contract
A $22.5 million ERDA design contract was awarded in Washington for a Perry County Illinois coal-to-gas demonstration plant. The Illinois Coal Gasification Group leads the project with five utilities, aiming to pilot 18 million cubic feet of gas daily and 2,400 barrels of synthetic crude oil, pending 1979 budget reviews.
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Perry
Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Illinois
Washington
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbendale
Noble Coun
Ohio
Illinois Coal Gasification Group
ICGG
Cutler
Willisville
Southwestern
Illinois Coal
Southern
Simon
Southern Illinois
Federal Agency
Midwest
Carl Guidice
Congress
Carter
Illinois Energy
Northern Ilinois Gas Co
People’s Gas, Light and Coke Co
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Central Illinois Light Co
North Shore Gas Co
Dravo Corp
Pittsburgh
State planes ferry elite Senate group among Chicago and Springfield
An Illinois Senate group uses taxpayer funded state planes for trips between Chicago and Springfield. From January to April 1985, 43 flights were logged, 37 of them between Springfield and Chicago. Flights include many dead head trips and the busiest traveler was Sen. Richard Daley.
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Carol Alexander Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Senate Democrats
Chicago
Illinois Division of Aeronautics
Senate
James Thompson
Sen
Daley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Aeronautics
Thomas Hynes
Howard Carroll
Charles Chew Jr
John D’arco
Richard Guidice
Frank Savickas
Leroy Lemke
Carroll
Lemke
Hynes
Savickas
Chew
Appropriations
Melvin Rosenbloom
D’arco
Guidice
Air Illinois
Ozark
Drought Threatens Double Cropping In Southern Illinois
soybean fields in Southern Illinois face drought with many planted around May 10 to 15 failing due to lack of rainfall. weed control is ineffective as chemicals cannot activate without moisture, and pastures are brown. no rain expected as high pressure dominates. no-till corn also struggling and hay could be scarce, raising livestock costs.
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Joseph Arimond
Illinois
Swope
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Sam Al-Khalaf
Al-Khalaf
Jackson County
Bob Frank
Frank
Taverns in Royalton to open Sundays after 6am
Village Board President Charles McDickens reports taverns in Royalton may open Sundays after 6 a.m. with back doors open until 1 p.m. The ordinance passed 2 to 1 with Kenneth Loeh voting against. Gene Young and Joe Kost supported. Karen Downen abstained. Previously taverns closed at 2 a.m. and stayed closed until 1 p.m. due to church members’ wishes.
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Royalton
Charles McDickens
Kenneth Loeh
Gene Young
Joe Kost
Karen Downen
McDickens
Elderly to challenge mandatory retirement push
A coalition of about 10 million elderly Americans adopts Count Us In to oppose forced retirement. Harriet Miller of AARP and National Retired Teachers Association calls compulsory retirement wasteful degrading discriminatory and un-American in a keynote at the joint conference.
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Harriet Miller
Association of Retired Persons
National Retired Teachers Association
Former Carbondale police chief seeks change of venue
Former Carbondale Police Chief George Kennedy asks Jackson County Circuit Court to move his trial to another county, citing prejudicial publicity and a May 24 editorial. Attorney Paul Schoen filed five motions plus requests for disclosure, bill of particulars, impoundment, and bond extension. Trial hearing set for July 14. Kennedy remains free on 500 dollars, 10 percent of a 5,000 bond.
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Gary Sosniecki
The
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Carbondale
George Kennedy
Murphysboro
Paul G. Schoen
Kennedy
Schoen
Impound
Richard Richman
Howard Hood
Hood
Young calls Ford Nixon racists also applies to Kennedy Johnson
U N Ambassador Andrew Young testified before the House International Affairs Committee that his Playboy interview remarks labeling Ford and Nixon as racists also applied to Kennedy and Johnson. He argued racism reflects policy insensitivity to Africa, while critics urged an apology for the Ford remark.
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Washington
U.N
Andrew Young
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
House International Affairs Committee
Young
Africa
U.S
House
Nixon
Ford
Playboy
William S. Broomfield
R-Mich
Broomfield
Carter
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Kennedy
Johnson
Tass
White House
Senate
Carbondale Council approves funds for drug enforcement unit
City officials vote 32 to approve追加 funds for a local drug enforcement unit. The item heads to the next agenda as part of coverage on municipal crime strategy.
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Carbondale
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Carol Alexander
Charles Anderson
Vergennes
Ed Greer
Herrin
SIU Res
Ann Landers
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