Carbondale Debates GTE Rate Hike While City Delays Vote
City Council in Carbondale, led by Mayor Hans Fischer, postponed a decision on General Telephone’s 37.5 million dollar rate hike request. If approved, city phone bills could rise about 16 percent, with officials vowing careful review of operations and potential cost savings.
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GTE
Fischer
Archie Jones
Laverne O’brien
S. Taylor Drive
ICC
O’brien
Attorney General
Carbondale Industrial Corp
Helen Westberg
Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office
Tyrone Fahner
CIC
Shawn W. Denney
Carbondale Industrial Corporation
Carroll Fry
Westberg
Frank Moreno
Chamber of Commerce
Randolph nursing home pact near work continues
Randolph County officials and Local 2402 AFSCME report progress toward a new contract for 67 workers at Randolph County Nursing Home in Sparta. The county sticks to a 15 cent hourly raise with a 50 50 profit share proposal and schedules another meeting for June 28 amid no strike fears.
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Southern Illinoisan Normal
Randolph County
Sparta
Randolph County Board
J. C. Smith
Smith
Bowen parents sue to halt Bowen Center shutdown
Parents of Bowen Center patients file a Sangamon County suit against Gov. Thompson and officials, alleging bypassing normal hospital closure procedures. They seek to block transfers of 120 children to Anna Center and contend Bowen’s specialized services cannot be duplicated.
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Bowen
Bowen Center
Harrisburg
Sangamon County
Cook County
Chicago
Simon Friedman
J. Dale Berry
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Berry
Anna Mental Health Center
Free Beltone ear level aid offer to test hearing
Beltone announces a free non operating model of a tiny Beltone aid for readers to request. The unit weighs less than a fourth of an ounce and sits at the ear level and carries no cost or obligation. Send for yours to Beltone Electronics Corp Department 27735 Chicago Illinois 60646.
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Chicago
Beltone’ Electronics Corp
Victoria St
Illinois
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Kentucky
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Ray White
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Carbondale
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