Largest wasp nest found by Marine in Japan cave
Gunnery Sgt. Paul Meadors of Iwakuni Japan led a mountain climb near Miwa 25 miles from Iwakuni to a cave where he discovered what Japan experts call the largest wasp nest found in the area. The nest measures 52 inches in circumference with a marble like outer layer. Meadors offered the nest to institutions valuing entomology and seeks professional opinions.
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Iwakuni
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Meadows
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Illinois Legislature Near End Of Session Debates Mass Transit Proposals
The Illinois General Assembly enters its final week of the spring session with a Republican backed half percent sales tax cut and multiple mass transit measures advancing in the House. Chicago backed plans add a five percent gas tax for a regional authority serving six counties. House Speaker Blair says operating costs would total about 160 million dollars yearly, potentially replacing state subsidies. Gov Walker opposes the tax cut, proposing a $400 per person income tax exemption instead. Other issues include abortion regulation no fault insurance and a revived death penalty for certain murders.
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Illinois General Assembly
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House
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R-Park Forest
Daniel Walker
Blair
Cook
Kane
Lane
DuPage
Will
McHenry
Transportation Authority
Walker
Senate
William Harris
Pontiac
Lick Creek District seeks new water system finance plan
The Lick Creek Water District Board proposes a $680000 water system for Lick Creek and Sarasota residents funded by local user investments and a Farmers Home Administration loan. A prior plan favored construction with a different funding mix.
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Lick Creek
Sarasota
Union County
Forester Landt retires after 33 years with Forest Service
Eugene F. Landt, longtime project leader at SIU Carbondale Forest Sciences Laboratory, retires after 33 years in the U.S. Forest Service. He joined in 1967, led the lab 1968–70, and authored 25 research papers. The Landt family plans to relocate to Wisconsin Dells by June.
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Eugene F. Landt
Forest Sciences Laboratory
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
U S. Forest Service
Landt
Carbondale Research Unit
Landis
Taylor Drive
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin
Jon
SIU Carbondale
Montana
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Rapid City
S.D
Black Hills
Two Women Injured in Gallatin County Crash
Two women were injured in a Sunday traffic accident on Route 13 one mile west of Route 1 in Gallatin County. Marilyn K. Wenzel, 29, of Shawneetown, sustained major injuries while Sandra J. Patton, 22, of Equality, had minor injuries. Both were transported to Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado after Patton’s car, turning left, was struck in the side by Wenzel’s pickup.
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Rt. 1
Gallatin County
Marilyn K. Wenzel
Shawneetown
Sandra J. Patton
Equality
Ferrell
Leys Papers Donated to SIU Morris Library
The Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale received the professional library and papers of late philosopher Wayne A.R. Leys. The collection includes about 1000 volumes reflecting Leys’ career as philosopher, teacher, dean, consultant and author. His family donated the materials per his prior arrangements, expanding the library’s modern American philosophy holdings. Before SIU, Leys served as Roosevelt University graduate dean and vice president and lectured at Johns Hopkins Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, with studies in South America.
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Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
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SIU
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South America
Pension decision under challenge in West Frankfort
The West Frankfort police pension fund board may have acted improperly in revoking a disability pension for officer Jess Webb who filed suit to restore his $300 monthly benefit. Webb’s payments were halted May 1 after doctors’ reports influenced the board, with a Carbondale doctor’s finding conflicting with three others. The attorney says procedural rules may have been violated and a court reporter was not present at the hearing. The city attorney will meet with officials to decide next steps.
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Lucas
Mike McClatchey
Pension Board
Mitchell
Webb
Carbondale
Wyoming rancher dies after Chicago shooting
Victim John Bruegger 47 from Van Tassell Wyoming died in a Chicago hospital after being shot in the head June 13 when his camper paused to study a map on the South Side. Count Spence 16 is charged with the shooting.
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Wyoming
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van Tasselv Wyo
John
Spence
Bruegger
Clement Campbell
Pekin
I1l
South Side
Illinois lawmakers clash over funding for racing track investigators
Senate President William C. Harris and Minority Leader Cecil A. Partee are accused of a sordid affair to defeat a $500,000 plan for 15 more Illinois Bureau of Investigation agents to patrol race tracks. Scariano notes opposition targets race track sponsors not the public. Harris says security costs should be state funded, though Gov Walker did not include it in his budget.
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Pontiac
Cecil A. Partee
Chicago
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Scariano
Harris
Daniel Walker
ICC chairman questions rate cuts aid to consumers
Illinois Commerce Commission Chairman Marvin Lieberman testified before the House Appropriations Committee that keeping utility rates low does not automatically help consumers. He argued funds are needed for projected utility expansion to meet energy needs and urged fair communication with customers on conservation.
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Springfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
Marvin Lieberman
House Appropriations Committee
Lieberman
House
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