Carbondale Approves MEG Funds In Valleywide Drug Enforcement
Carbondale City Council voted 3 to 2 to fund the Southern Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Group with 3879 dollars in federal revenue sharing through October. MEG funding ends June 30 and other counties have already approved allocations. Mayor Eckert and Helen Westberg opposed the MEG funding, citing concerns over centralized control of law enforcement. The council also extended fire protection for Carbondale Township two weeks and debated a 40000 annual Township offer for protection, equipment use, and per-call fees to hire two more firefighters. A 10000 allocation was approved for sculptor Robert Moore for Lenus Turley Park. Insurance bids were reviewed with Lauderdale Insurance recommended for three-year rate stability.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Carbondale Township
Southern Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Group
MEG
Carroll Fry
Union
Williamson
Murphysboro
Illinois Senate
House
General Assembly
Fry
Neal Eckert
Helen Westberg
Joseph Dakin
Hans Fischer
Archie Jones
Eckert
Dakin
Fischer
Perry
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Jackson
Robert D. Kelley
Kelley
Makanda
Scott Ratter
Robert Moore
Lenus Turley
Glenview Drive
West Main Street
Kenneth Buzbee
Buzbee
Springfield
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale School of Medicine
Capitol
Senate
Thomas Hynes
Chicago
Melvin Kahn
SIU C
Graduating Skip Coffey Overcomes Illness At Herrin Junior High
Skip Coffey 13 son of Mr and Mrs Ray Coffey of Colp received his diploma with 187 classmates despite a double cast for a rare hip disease. He will have hip replacement surgery at Shriners Hospital in St Louis this week or next and may remain in a cast for a year. He studied at home with tutor Nancy Johns and praised help from Herrin administrators and the special education services.
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Skip Coffey
Herrin Junior High School
Dina McNew
Terri Capps
Mary Litton
Skip
Ray Coffey
Colp
Shriners Hospital
St. Louis
Coffey
Nancy Johns
Kenneth Rushing
Rudolph Neteen
Herrin
Butch Nevious
Du Quoin Names MEG Agent as Police Chief
Walter Jean Minton of Pinckneyville, a 31 year old MEG agent with a military background and a black belt in karate, was chosen by the Du Quoin City Council to fill the eight month police chief vacancy. The 3 to 2 vote followed a tied 2 to 2 breakdown, with Mayor Armstrong breaking the tie. Minton will start today and draw 12650 dollars annually, with pay beginning June 16. He replaces Chief George Foster, who resigned in 1976.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Burt Williams
Tom Moss
Minton
Jerome Roznowski
Robert Murray
MEG
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department
Tampa
Fla
Aruba
Netherlands
Antilles Islands
Anna-Jonesboro
University of South Florida
Armstrong
Mnckneyville
du Quoin
Williams
George Foster
Michael “Rags
Roznowski
Murray
Du Quoin Names Undercover Agent Walter Minton Police Chief
Walter Jean Minton, a 6 foot 3 inch undercover agent with the Southern Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Group, becomes Du Quoin’s new police chief. He supports professionalism and good relations with the community, noting no specific program yet and that most officers in the department applied for the job.
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Walter Jean Minton
Minton
du Quoin
Southern Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Group
Drug Enforcement Agency
Experi
Herrin Driver License Office Reopening Rejected
Herrin officials failed to persuade the Illinois Secretary of State to reopen a driver license examining station in the city. The decision cited proximity to three nearby stations and ongoing state program changes including instant licenses and non-driver ID cards, with staffing and equipment limits cited as obstacles.
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Herrin
Illinois
Alan J. Dixon
Gene Graves
Dixon
West Frankfort
Carbondale
Marion
Chester
du Quoin
Murphysboro
Pinckneyville
Marion‘Moothie
Ottolini
Suba
Aate
Gene Johns
Graves
Herrin Board to Recommend Police Candidates
The Herrin Board of Police and Fire Commissioners plans to recommend two candidates to the Herrin council for the Police Department. Thirteen applicants took a written exam, top scorers face an oral interview. The department faces staffing gaps due to residency rules and pay. the pay raise to 9800 was approved last month to attract recruits.
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Herrin Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Herrin Council
Herrin Police Dept
Peter Gentry
Herrin
Petroff Packing Plant Closes During Strike For Second Time
The Petroff Packing Co. Benton plant shut at midnight amid a strike by 36 union workers from a 51 person workforce. President Charles Butta and VP George Phillips declined to explain the closure, noting the plant was not sold. Union talks with a federal mediator stalled.
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Petroff Packing Co
Petrtling Co
Benton
Robert DeRouse
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Charles Butta
West Frankfort
George Phillips
Phillips
Butta
William D
Short
Joe Monteggia
Mulkeytown
Violet Hamilton
DeRousse
de Rousse
Phillips and
American Magnetics
Carterville
Carbondale Senator Rises in Illinois Senate Seniority
Kenneth Buzbee of Carbondale, in his fifth year, gains seniority and chairs the Appropriations II committee. He backs SIU funding, energy bills, and anti crime measures while stressing commitment over ambition and noting political timing for future moves.
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Carbondale
Buzbee
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Anna State Hospital
General Assembly
Senate
Richard Hart
D-Benton
Sam Vadalabene
Dedwardsville
SIU
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Terim. Bragg
Foster
Walter Minton
Board
Herrin Police
United Steel Workers Union
Gary Sosniecki
James Thompson
Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Michael Bakalis
Thompson
Radio-Tv
Champaign
Illinois Energy Resources Commission
Commission
John A. Logan College
Sparta
Phillip Rock
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