Hart proposes compromise bill on Illinois workmen's comp issues
State Rep Richard O Hart D Benton introduces a compromise plan to curb rising workers compensation costs. The bill narrows occupational disease definitions and allows pre existing conditions to affect liability while clarifying earnings for disabled workers and making part time help coverage optional for small farmers. It follows Senate approval of rollback measures but aims for a deeper reform. Hart notes timing and seeks broader support as sessions near end.
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Gary Sosniecki
Richard O. Hart
D-Benton
Illinois
Hart
General Assembly
Senate
House
Simon
Two Carbondale Businesses Destroyed By Weekend Fire
A Saturday blaze on South Illinois Avenue destroyed Rocky Mountain Surplus and adjacent Mandarin Gardens in a single building owned by Paul Maloney. Fire officials suspect faulty wiring and note the tar paper roof and timber interior prolonged the fire. No injuries reported.
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Joseph Arimond
Ilinois
Carbondale
Illinois Avenue
Lee Spigarelli
Rocky Mountain Surplus
S. Illinois Ave
Mandarin Gardens
Paul Chang
Shui Lin
Paul Maloney
Murphysboro
Charles McCaughan
Buil
McCaughan
IBI probes Hoffmann liquor operations in Southern Illinois
The Illinois Bureau of Investigation opens a probe into Hoffmann brothers who own multiple Southern Illinois liquor stores. Carbondale and Murphysboro officials sought the inquiry amid accusations of transferring liquor between stores and concealing true ownership. Ongoing hearings were paused as officials gather evidence and potential license actions await.
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Noreen Marcus
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
IBI
Hoffmann Brothers
Illinois
Michael Bowers
Murphysboro
Neal Eckert
Carbondale
Hoffmanns
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Larry Cook
Hoffmann Brother
Gerald Long
FBI
Ment
Bowers
Carbondale Liquor Commission
Robert and
Thomas Palmier
Ual
Eastgate Liquor Mart
ABC
Commission
Lee
Westown Liquor Mart
Robert
Southern Illinois Liquors
W. Stephen
Thomas
Philip Hoffmann
David Watt
Robert Palmier
Watt
Palmier
Murphysboro Liquors Inc
Womick
Liquor Commission
Eckert
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Potts Accused of Assault in Carbondale
Kevin J. Potts 22 of 511 S Graham St Carbondale is jailed after a Saturday morning charge of deviate sexual assault. Police say a 23 year old woman was assaulted in her East Freeman Street home when an intruder, likely entering through a window, forced her into acts before a roommate interrupted. Potts, WCIL operations director and disc jockey, was arrested after a search of his apartment.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Kevin J. Potts
S. Graham St
East Freeman Street
Potts
WCIL
House OKs bill to create 100 US Bureau of Mines jobs
The House approved legislation to hire 100 new Bureau of Mines staff for the Carbondale Mine Research Center, part of the Interior budget still pending Senate action. The measure aims to staff the center without reducing others and may reallocate workers from Denver Pittsburgh Minneapolis and Spokane. The bill also appropriates 500000 for a Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge water and sewage plant and orders competitive bids on private oil land leases.
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U.S. House of Representatives
US S. Bureau of Mines
Carbondale Mine Research Center
Congress
Denver
Col
Pittsburgh
Minneapolis
U.S. Dept. of the Interior
Senate
Simon
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines
Terry Michael
Carbondale Center
Interior Department
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
U.S
Forest Service
Shawnee National Forest
Macaluso charged with unlawful weapon use in Benton fight
Former Perry County Tax Assessor Charles W. Macaluso was arrested after a Benton fight. Deputies found a tear gas canister. Macaluso released on bond. Floyd L. Tibbs was charged with disorderly conduct and drug possession. Macaluso faces Perry County trial for attempted murder from 1974 charges and a $42 million suit against county officials.
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Perry County
Charles W. Macaluso
Benton
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Wood
Benton Public Square
Floyd L. Tibbs
du Quoin
Sheriff's Office
Macaluso
Perry County Board of Commissioners
Jones Beach Lost Charm Amid Pollution Controversy
Column recalls Jones Beach memory then reports New York City sewage dumping washing up on 70 miles of Long Island shores. Concerns over beach pollution follow a tribute note on Paul Robeson and his persecuted life.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
New York City
Long Island
Jones Beach
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Paul Robeson Remembered as Icon of Black Consciousness
A tribute recounts Robeson’s Broadway Othello with Jose Ferrer, his concert tours in Peekskill, and film Emperor Jones. It notes hostility at times, praises new Album Scandalize My Name, and Nat Hentoff’s appreciation, while biographer Lloyd L Brown recalls his lasting impact and a generation’s loss.
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Robeson
Jose Ferrer
Iago
Peekskill
N.Y
Paul Robeson
Nat Hentoff
Hentoff
America
Lloyd L. Brown
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Dchester
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David Barkhausen
Jonesboro
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Peoria
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David Jampolis
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Hoffmann Liquor Probe
Southern Illinois
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Jerry C. Stewart
St. Nicholas Hotel
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