Rail cutbacks prompt Mound City mayor on steering committee
Mound City mayor Frederick Winkler joins a 10 member panel formed to oppose Penn Central branch abandonments proposed by the USRA. The group includes officials from FS Services Caterpillar and Peabody Coal with ex officio SIU Carbondale and state agriculture officials.
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Frederick Winkler
Southern Illinois Rail
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Winkler
Robert Graves
Bloomington
Graves
FS Services Inc
Illinois Farm Bureau
U.S. Railway Association
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Eldorado
Harrisburg
Olmsted
Cairo
Rodney W. Sumner
Dunlap
Gary Cooper
Windsor
Joe Bernardini
Virginia
David Conlin
Pierson Station
Charles Sloan
Aledo
George Wolf
Eureka
Thomas Duggan
Chicago
Roy Ferro
St. Louis
Jack Robins
Peoria
Duggan
United Transportation Union
Ferro
Peabody Coal Co
Robins
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Sumner
Rock Island Trail Property Owners Association
Peoria County
Walter J. Wills
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Tom Crawford
Illinois Dept. of Agriculture
Herb Hoemann
Southern Illinois Transportation Association
Rice
Transportation Committees
Illinois House
Senate
ICC Eyes Definition of Gas Grills as Essential
The Illinois Commerce Commission weighs restricting outdoor gas grills and decorative lighting, adding them to a possible non essential list. SPRINGFIELD official Jack Herren cautions unknown local usage but notes holders may keep operating devices until any rule takes effect.
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Central Illinois Public Service
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Dynamite Found On Highway Patched By Police
Marion police recovered dynamite on Old Illinois 13 west of the city after Mrs. Paul Green reported the case. Police said a truck driven by Gerald Rue and owned by Dooley Brothers Co. of Benton shed its dynamite when its door opened. The Dooley Brothers store the dynamite at Ordill for mines in the area.
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Marion
Mlinois 13
Paul Green
Gerald Rue
Dooley Brothers Co
Benton
Dooley Brothers
Ordill
Why rate increases are needed for electric and gas services
No. 2 in a series of informational ads explains how new construction, rising costs, and mandatory environmental equipment raise utilities expenses. The piece notes requests approved in 1972 and 1978 and states current plans would boost annual electric revenues about 20 percent and gas revenues about 7.5 percent as the commission prepares hearings.
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CIPS
Financing Power Plant Expansion for CIPS in 1975 79
CIPS outlines planned construction spending exceeding 652 million for 1975 1979 with over 128 million in 1975. About 70 percent of 1975 funds must come from outside sources as external financing due to high capital needs and rising interest costs.
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CIPS
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