State OKs hiring more staff for Bowen center
Gov. Jim Thompson and acting state mental health director Robert DeVito announced Bowen Children's Center in Harrisburg will move from 262 to 266 authorized employees and gain four health technician trainees. The move follows an investigation into chronic understaffing prompted by AFSCME Local 799 and amid push for Medicare and Medicaid eligibility. DeVito cautioned further increases may come, but only gradually and not before the 1980 fiscal year.
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Bowen Children’s Center
Harrisburg
Robert DeVito
James Thompson
DeVito
Bowen
State Mental Health Department
Gayle Franzen
Bradley
Carbondale OKs bonds for housing units for elderly
Carbondale City Council approved issuing tax free municipal revenue bonds to finance two housing complexes for elderly and handicapped residents. UMIC Securities will build 231 units and Charles Goss 40 units. The bonds, repaid by federally subsidized rents, do not affect taxes. financing still awaits legal review. The council also postponed ethics code action due to Mayor Eckert’s absence and heard updates on street improvements and a bypass proposal.
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Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Umic Securities Inc
Memphis
Charles Goss
UMIC
Goss
Archie Jones
Helen Westberg
Eldon Ray
Hans Fischer
Neal Eckert
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mill Street
Forest Street
Rawlings Street
Carroll Fry
Carbondale Feud Over Humane Society Contract Price
Carbondale officials clash with the Humane Society of Southern Illinois over funding. The city balks at paying $12,000 yearly for shelter services, after paying $6,295 last year for 1,135 animals. City Manager Carroll Fry urges negotiation while Eugenia Hunter says the price is not negotiable. Hunter extends the dog intake deadline, saying the board restricts price talks. If unresolved, the city will seek other options. The Humane Society charges $2 per day up to seven days and $6 for euthanasia if no home is found within a week.
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Frank Suhadolnik
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Humane Society
Humane Society of Southern Illinois
Eugenia Hunter
The
Carroll Fry
Fry
Hunter
Sparta Man Wounded in Drive-By at New City Reservoir
Sparta police report a masked gunman shot Jack W. Meadows 27 and wounded his hand and shoulder during a 2 a.m. ambush at the New City Reservoir. Meadows and his girlfriend Linda Wall 23 fled as the assailant fired. He was taken to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Belleville. A wide-area manhunt involves Sparta and multiple nearby agencies.
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Sparta
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Jack W. Meadows
New City Reservoir
Meadows
Linda Wall
Steeleville
Madows
Subsidence Causes 500-Foot Gap on Illinois 13 Near Carrier Mills
A 500 foot stretch of Illinois 13 near the Carrier Mills area dropped about two feet Sunday due to mine subsidence in Saline County. The road remains open while state workers smooth the area. Subsidence has affected three spots in a five mile area over six months. Cracks up to 15 feet deep appeared as the highway shifted. The subsiding section is sinking about two tenths of a foot daily but should stop by week’s end. Repairs have bids pending on other affected sections. Motorists are urged to slow down over the area to protect road crews.
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Illinois 13
Carrier Mills Blacktop
Saline County
Freeman Humphreys
Hum
Phreys
Humphreys
State Highway Department
Illinois Capital Development Board
James Moore
James Goad
Charles Brymer
Remo Castrale
Castrale
Johnston City Education Association
Auto victim's heirs win record $7.3 million judgment
A Williamson County Circuit Court order awards $1 million to Leonard Dunn's estate administrator, plus $200,000 to Merritt Dunn and $100,000 to Kerry Dunn, in a case against John Proctor linked to the fatal August 21, 1975 crash on Illinois 37 north of Marion. The ruling marks the county's first $1 million judgment.
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Williamson County
Marion
John Proctor
Johnston City
Leonard J. Dunn
West Frankfort
Dunn
Proctor
Illinois 37
Aerry
Merritt
Richard White
Murphysboro
Albert Cronin
Kerry
Snyder Howell
Shortage of bricklayers delays Johnston City school
Johnston City Unit School District informs Monday that completion of the 2.4 million Washington Grade School will slip beyond December due to a shortage of bricklayers delaying masonry work. The structure is largely steel but four months behind schedule even before this setback.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Washington
Johnston City
Charles Garrison
Garrison
Street repair objector charged in Jackson County Court
Raymond Franklin Coleman, 55, of 2134 Wells Street, Murphysboro, was charged with disrupting city work on Pine Street between 16th and 17th streets. Police say he drove through barricades to protest street repair near his tavern Al and Rays at 32 North 17th Street. He received a notice to appear in circuit court on June 28 after a June 14 city arrest for reckless driving, criminal damage to property, and battery. State reckless conduct charge followed.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Raymond Franklin Coleman
Wells St
Pine Street
16Th
17Th Street
al and Ray‘s
17Th St
Coleman
West Frankfort gives time and a half to police and firemen
West Frankfort City Council approved time and a half for overtime for police and firemen and authorized a 5 percent across the board raise retroactive to the last pay period. Firefighters union Local 2402 had pressed for overtime pay. the vote came after a strike deemed illegal and ongoing union negotiations. The mayor expects the overall budget impact to be under 10,000 dollars as officers typically work limited overtime while firefighters log more overtime.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort
International Firefighters’ Association
Jack Woolard
Local 2402
Terry Weaver
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
Ron Bradley
Center For Medicare
Medicaid
Carbondale Oks
Eckert
Fischer
Womick
Code of Ethics
Board of Ethics
Fischer, Jones
Ray
Westberg
Rose Vieth
Southwest Neighborhood Environmental Protection Association
Chautauqua Street
Emerald Lane
McLafferty Road
Secretary of Transportation
Simonds Construction Co
Illinois Department of Transportation
BOMAG
Illinois
Ernie Branson
Miss Wall
Sparta Hospital
Lesser
Coulterville
Tilden
Percy
Randolph County
New Johnston City
Franklin County
Woolard
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