Dezendolet quits as Air Illinois chief
Air Illinois board accepted the resignation of President Gene Dezendolet and named David J. Emerson interim CEO. Emerson cited ongoing expansion and modernization while no comment was given on a reported sale. the airline, founded in 1970 at Southern Illinois Airport, has grown to nine planes and over 100 employees with passenger totals rising past 166,000 in 1978 and projected to exceed 200,000 in 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Air Illinois
Gene Dezendolet
David J. Emerson
Emerson
University Bank
Carbondale
Saler Group
Saad Jabr
Illinois
Dezendelet
Southern Illinois
Dezendolet
Jackson County Paramedic Plan Faces Deadlock At Board Meeting
Jackson County boards and the Ambulance Service clash over applying for a 48000 state grant to start a paramedic program. The plan would add advanced life support before hospital arrival, with costs, salary raises, and loan needs debated. A committee study is proposed, while the ambulance service cites cash flow and funding gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Board
Jackson County Ambulance Service
Illinois Department of Public Health
Bill Kelley
Kelley
Patrick Voorheis
Voorheis
Gary Hartlieb
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Hartlieb
Jackson County
Illinois
Circus Comes to Town with Elephants and Aerial Acts
The Carson and Barnes five ring Wild Animal Circus visits Grandpa's north of Murphysboro for two performances at 3 and 8 pm. The show features Indian elephants and 24 other elephants, lions, tigers, tightwire and trapeze artists. Proceeds aid Murphysboro Apple Festival and the Murphysboro Key Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson and Barnes
Murphysboro
Phants
Lions
Tigers
Tightwire
Water main break cuts Carterville water supply
A 10 inch main broke at Ridge and Carter streets around 4 a.m. due to a mine sink, severing service to 1,400 customers in Carterville and nearby areas. Repairs underway with boil order likely when restored. Mayor Samuel cautioned about uncertain timing. Downtown activity continued despite no water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Carterville
Carterville West
Ridge Street
Frank Samuel
Samuel
John A. Logan College
Cambria
Hafer
Union County cuts precincts by three in map change
Union County voters will cast ballots in fewer precincts after the county board approved a precinct map reducing the present 23 precincts by three. The changes combine six precincts and aim to save money while aligning voting patterns with school elections. A March 1980 primary timetable and voter coding are pending, with a public hearing on revenue sharing planned for June 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. and a second meeting to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Union County
Fred Blaylock
Preston
Union 2
Reynolds
Union 1
Meisenheimer
Jonesboro 2
Blaylock
Wolf Lake
Ware
Reynoldsville
Mill Creek
Union County Board
Chip Carter to attend Carbondale salute to Burris
James Chip Carter son of President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter is listed as a special guest for a salute dinner in Carbondale honoring Illinois Comptroller Roland Burris. The 6 30 p m event at Southern Illinois University Carbondale includes Rep. Paul Simon as honorary chairman and proceeds to reduce Burris 1978 campaign debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Chip’ Carter
Jimmy Carter
Illinois
Roland Burris
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
James Holloway
Democratic Central
Southern Illinois
Simon
Chip” Carter
Set
Burris
Centralia
Carter
Berlean
White House
Herrin council splits on street use and gar bage woes
Residents along South 10th Street applaud a planning commission decision to bar Bob Keeling from operating a garage at 904 South 10th Street in a residential area while Blackberry Lane neighbors complain of no garbage pickup since annexation on May 1 1978. The council also grants Jaycees permission to hold a July carnival on the city lot on 14th Street but faces opposition from business leaders who favor using the city park and worry about parking revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Southern
Paul Dunning
Jaycees
Theodore Bollmann
Lions
Harry Sims
10Th Street
Keeling
Planning Commission
Dunning
Lawrence Sipe
Harold Henning
Marion
Herrin
Henning
Ottolini
Lipe
Wilson Asphalt Co
Cecil Isaacs
The
Towers Fire Apparatus Co
Freeburg
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Kelly
Joe Jines
Carterville Area
Mickey Kelley
Herrin Street
FMC Fire Apparatus Corp
Tipton
Ind
Isaacs
Towers
Victor Ritter
Edward Quaglia
Ritter
FMC
Paul Murphy
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Murphy
Park Avenue
Paul Francis
Francis
Library Board
Police and Firemen
Herman Garavalla
Bollmann
Adrian Chamness
Quaglia
Chamness
Charles McEvers
McEvers
Garavalia
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