Cracks Found in I 24 Metropolis Bridge Secondary Members
Illinois DOT officials report cracks in secondary support members of the Interstate 24 bridge over the Ohio River at Metropolis. The 4,376-foot, $18.5 million bridge remains stable, but load limits are imposed to prevent overload while repairs planning proceeds. No estimated repair cost yet as plans and required steel additions are not finalized. Construction began in 1968, bridge opened in 1974, with questions about possible closure during repairs.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
DOT
Ohio River
Metropolis
DeWitt
Taylor Brothers Construction
Evansville
Ind
Nashville Bridge Co
Nashville, Tenn
Nursing home owes over $3 million in foreclosure case
New Haven Center in Carbondale faces a federal mortgage foreclosure suit over a $3.178 million FHA loan with $528,000 in interest. A possible partial sale of one building to fund payments is being explored, with two to three prospective buyers named but no signed deals. The suit, filed in 1976, also involves the First National Bank of Murphysboro and New Haven Center Inc. as defendants, while HUD holds no responsibility for the financial troubles.
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Jean Ness
New Haven Center
Carbondale
Bill Colp
S. Lewis Lane
Colp
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Depai
Federal Housing Administration
New Haven
Federal District Court
Danville
Clifford Proud
U.S
East St. Louis
Proud
Sui
Southern Illinois
First National Bank of
Murphysboro
New Haven Center, Inc
Defendents
Springfield
Jackson board keeps ambulance probe plan dropped
The Jackson County Board reaffirmed dropping any outside agency probe into alleged irregularities in the ambulance system. State's Attorney Hood advised no further investigation, noting the ambulance committee has already done most of the needed work and interviews of personnel would be the main remaining task. The panel had earlier caused a resignation, a demotion, and manual changes.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Jackson
Howard Hood
Illinois
Hood
Southern Illinoisan
Ambulance Committee
Frosty Cummings
Murphysboro
Carl M. McPherson
David B. Horney
Leivo resigns as five county planning chief
Carl Leivo director of the Southern Five Planning and Development Commission will resign on August 21 after two years with the agency serving Alexander Johnson Union Massac and Pulaski counties. He plans a PhD at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a teaching assistant role. A search for a new director begins July 1 with specifications and salary yet to be set.
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Southern Five Planning and Development Commission
Carl Leivo
Commission
Southern Five
Alexander, Johnson, Union, Massac
Pulaski Counties
Leivo
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Townships to discuss rural fire protection in Jackson County
Jackson County Board will meet June 27 in Murphysboro to review rural fire protection needs outside incorporated areas. Chairman Bill Kelley opposes a county operated system but says the county could aid rural units in creating their own protection systems.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Board
Murphysboro
Bill Kelley
Kelley
Ments
Grand Tower
Jacob
Gorham
Carbondale
Final Powell estate settlement expected July 10
The estate of late Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell, value rising to about 4.7 million, heads toward final settlement in Johnson County Circuit Court July 10. Executor fees total 97 thousand, with 1.5 million paid in federal taxes and a trust fund of 100 thousand cash and up to 75 thousand in securities to preserve Powell’s Johnson County home as a museum.
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Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Paul Powell
Johnson County
Joseph Lowery
Powell
Springfield
Lowery
John S. Rendleman
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Mattoon Bank
Rendleman
Belleville
Tope and Driemeyer
Internal Revenue Service
Cutworms Bypass Most Area Corn In Illinois And Missouri
Farm advisers report most central and northeastern Missouri and parts of Southern Illinois dodging cutworm damage as 40 Illinois counties report activity. In Union County only one call came in, with experts noting early planting and tall crops reducing risk. Some farmers face replant costs up to 50 dollars an acre, with EPA insecticide changes blamed for tougher control.
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Frank Suhadoinik
Illinois
Missouri
Iinois
Bill Wagner
Union County
Wagner
Robert Frank
Jackson County
Harvey Eggemyer
Route 1
Sparta
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Eggemeyer
Franklin County
Ralph Smith
Whittington
Smith
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Tom Struve
Robert Phillips
Carbondale Mobile Home Park
Jackson Board
Linois
Health and Safety Committee
Sharon Kowaizik
New Illinois 13
Judicial Committee
State’s Attorney’s Office
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