Inaction Clears Rosenblum to ICC Nomination
Illinois Senate approved by default the confirmation of Daniel Rosenblum to the Illinois Commerce Commission after a 60 session day deadline passed without a confirmation vote. The GOP opposed due to his consumer work and Vietnam era draft counseling.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Illinois Senate
Chicago
Daniel Rosenblum
Illinois Commerce Commission
Senate
Rosenblum
ICC
Thompson
Commission
Illinois
GOP
George McGovern
McGovern
Terry L. Bruce
Dolney
Commerce Commission
Leap second added to U S official clock Tuesday
Washington AP reports an extra leap second will be inserted into the minute starting at 6:59 p m CDT to align the master clock at the U S Naval Observatory with Earth's irregular spin. The 61 second minute follows cesium beam atomic clock time, ensuring precision within a billionth of a second per day. The last adjustment was December 31, 1979.
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Washington
U.S. Naval Observatory
U.S
Earth
Southern Illinoisan office and subscription notice details
The notice lists office locations Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with contact numbers. Subscription rates show Sunday through Friday carrier at 5.75 monthly, motor route 6.00, and mail rates for 1 year 65.00 outside area 5.00 per month 6 months 35.00 40.00 3 months 18.00 21.00 1 month 6.50 7.50. Post office box address changes to Box 2108 Carbondale Illinois 62901.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
PMW pact vote under way as UMW eyes tally
Progressive Mine Workers vote in Harrisburg on a three year contract with Sahara Coal Co. around 525 miners weigh the proposal. UMW observers predict approval while pledging to continue efforts to win PMW members over and gain representation if defeated.
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Progressive
Harrisburg
Sahara Coal Company
United Mine Workers
PMW District 1
Eugene Hughes
UMW
PMW
Henry Yockey
Yockey
Hughes
Hockey
Sahara
Vienna inmates aid volunteer ambulance in Johnson County
A dozen Vienna Correctional Center inmates and 45 Johnson County residents will share ambulance duties as the county switches to an all volunteer service. County leaders seek state aid to cover costs as training and security constraints limit inmate driving roles. EMT training begins July 9 at Vienna High School. more volunteers are needed.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Vienna Correctional Center
Johnson County
Max Ray
Jean Jennings
Death notices for Paul Drake and Francis Wooley
Paul E Drake 60 of 510 S Washington Du Quoin dies 1 15 am Sunday June 28 1981 in Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin. Funeral 1 30 pm Tuesday at Searby Funeral Home Du Quoin with military rites by Du Quoin VFW Post 513. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving wife Kathryn Overmyer five sons Frederick Lee Drake David Kenneth Robert Drake James Martin Drake one daughter one sister five brothers and 12 grandchildren. Francis Wooley 51 of 313 E Chestnut Carbondale dies 2 15 am Sunday June 28 1981 in Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Funeral arrangements pending at Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale.
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Paul E. Drake
S. Washington St
du Quoin
Searby
Sunset Memorial Park
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Mr. Drake
Marshall Browning
George
Chrisman
Raymond
Henry
Decatur
Franklin
Shawnee, Okla
Thomas
Mount Prospect
Drake
Francis Wooley
E. Chestnut St
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
Wooley
Jackson Funeral Home
Burglary Incidents Reported in Murphysboro
Murphysboro police investigated two burglaries from Sunday night. Glennon Transports Inc on Illinois 13 was broken into about 10 p.m. a half-case of cigarettes stolen. At 11:30 p.m. jewelry valued at 160 dollars was taken from a home on North Eigth Street.
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Murphysboro
Glennon Transports Inc
Illinois
Eigth Street
Herrin Native Ross Set For General Hospital Role
Ross a Herrin native and Wayne State University graduate plays Emma Lutz on General Hospital this week. At 33 she previously modeled in Detroit and studied drama, then appeared in The Rookies Ironside Love American Style Love Story and McCloud in early Hollywood days.
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Herrin
Lynn Ross
Emma Lutz
William Reynolds
Carbondale
Ms. Ross
Detroit
Wayne State University
New York
Hollywood
Old bridge collapses on Mississippi near Burlington
The Minnesota and St. Louis railroad bridge fire collapses into the Mississippi, blocking barge traffic in both directions near Keithsburg. The 20 miles north of Burlington span leaves the channel blocked at mile 428 with five towboats waiting. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers evaluate wreckage removal and clearance options.
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Keithsburg, Ill
U.S. Coast Guard
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Burlington
Iowa
Dick Gustafson
Minnesota and St. Louis
Keithsburg
Gustafson
Carbondale aide to lead Atlantic Beach city hall
A. William Moss, seven-year Carbondale city government veteran, resigns as assistant city manager for purchasing and property to become Atlantic Beach Florida city manager. Effective July 10, Moss will oversee a $2.7 million budget, craft a new zoning plan, and push a comprehensive city plan for a 9 000 resident community near Jacksonville. He was one of four finalists from 58 applicants.
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Tom Woolf
William Moss
Carbondale
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Moss
Atlantic Ocean
Jacksonville
Ists
Carroll Fry
Fry
Scott Ratter
Marijuana case dismissed for Nelson Stout in Jackson County
A preliminary hearing in circuit court in Jackson County dismissed a possession charge against 19 year old Nelson Stout of Ava for possessing more than 500 grams of cannabis. Public Defender Dennis Waks said Judge Richard E. Richman found insufficient evidence. Stout was accused of being in a mobile home where cannabis was found. others in the home were not charged.
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Nelson Stout
Ava
Jackson County
Dennis Waks
Richard E. Richman
Stout
Waks
Pellet hits train near Chester causing minor injury
Chester police continue probe into pellet source after a Missouri Pacific Railroad freight crew member sustains a facial wound Saturday. Railroad officials say the engineer was struck on a Chester freight train and suffered a minor injury. the crew member’s identity was not released by the railroad.
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Chester
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Stanley Maciejski
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