Carbondale to overhaul police records and dispatch
Carbondale City Council authorized a 12985 redesign of the police communications center to add new computer terminals and wiring, tied to the IBM 34, with work to occur within two years. The system will be closed to other city systems and replace extensive card files with a centralized index of about 131,900 records plus 15000 offense and location entries.
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Carbondale
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Neal Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Carbondale Hearing Probes Downstate X-ray Safety
A legislative committee in Carbondale examined downstate X-ray safety after a Chicago TV report questioned machine adequacy and operator training. Testimony stressed operator training value, potential licensing shifts toward certification, and inspection gaps, with calls to register purchases and consider inspection funding.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisand Legislative Committee
Carbondale
Downstate
Illinois
Chicago
Wls-Tv
Wayne Alstat
R-Vergennes
House
Benton City Council Takes No Action on Union Contract
In a special session the Benton City Council did not act on renegotiating a seniority clause in a contract with the International Union of Operating Engineers. Mayor Leland L. Brown cited executive session and noted part of the proposal conflicted with the city’s lawsuit seeking to overturn an arbitration ordering the rehiring of two laid off street workers. The council also approved spending about $10,000 to repair a 10 year old street cleaner instead of buying a new one for about $60,000.
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Benton City
International Union of Operating Engineers
Leland L. Brown
Dennis Pedigo
Timothy Lampley
De Soto approves two street lights in Heritage Acres
Village board on Monday night approved installing two new street lights in Heritage Acres. Williams burg and Lexington streets will gain brighter illumination at an estimated monthly electricity cost of about 115 dollars, per village clerk Sandra Bullar.
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de Soto
Heritage Acres
Williamsburg
Lexington
Sandra Bullar
Murphysboro seeks expansion of housing grant loans
Murphysboro's Community Development Block Grant office plans to ask HUD to allow loans outside the target area. The city offers no interest loans up to 10000 dollars for low income residents to fix code violations and weatherization. Eligibility requires owner-occupied status for at least one year and family size based income limits.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Murphysboro Cdbg
Susan Stover
HUD
3Rd Street
13Th Street
Illinois Avenue
Shoemaker Drive
Students rally over Reagan cuts in Pell and loans
About 60 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students and faculty gathered for a teach in on proposed Reagan budget cuts to student aid. Speakers warned of fewer Pell grants and tighter Guaranteed Student Loans affecting undergraduates and graduates, with fears for housing, city services, and future education costs.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Andy Spiro
Gail DeVito
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ronald Reagan
SIUC
Reagan
John Jackson
Siu-C
Jackson
Donald Monty
Carbondale
Monty
Lts
Marla Caldwell
Marla
Additional attempted murder charge in Benton shooting
Willard M. Karnes, 70, of 211 W. Charles St., Benton, faced an added charge of attempted murder in a neighbor shooting, to be advised today. He also faces armed violence and aggravated battery. Victim Jasper Rowland Head, 50, of 209 W. Charles St., was wounded in the arm and chest and remained in serious condition after treatment at Franklin Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital. Karnes held in Franklin County Jail in Benton on $25,000 bond. Police note this is Benton's first shooting in about two years.
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Willard M. Karnes
W. Charles St
Benton
Franklin County
Terrence Hopkins
Hopkins
Karnes
Jasper Rowland Head
W. Charles Sr
Franklin Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mount Vernon
Mark Drake
West City trims police hours to save money
The West City village board fired Patrolman Ron Westray and reduced Patrolman James A. Watkins to a 16 hour week to curb police hours. Westray, hired to replace a disabled officer, had not been terminated when the others returned. The move, approved by Trustees Reed Shankle Joiner and Rice, was opposed by Wiggins and Aaron. A new 40 hour week for street and dispatch staff and a 35 hour week for the office clerk were also set. The ordinance grants compensatory time for overtime and outlines vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays. The changes take effect immediately.
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Jean Ann Bailey
Souther
Illinois
West City
Village Board
Shirley Smith
Bill Reed
Richard Shankle
Bill Joiner
Bill Rice
James A. Watkins
Ron Westray
Robert Wiggins
LaVerne Aaron
Watkins
Westray
Alfred Hosick
J.B. Kearney
R.E
Bob” Moore
Moore
Hosick
Benton
Herrin OKs employee contract for 19 workers
The Herrin City Council unanimously approved a three year contract for 19 Laborers Local 372 members. The agreement provides 34 cent and 40 cent hourly raises in two years with third year wage negotiations. City funds plan to cover about 15000 in additional costs, drawn from general funds and health iron water/sewer funds. The council also adopted a resolution opposing the closing of Harrisburg’s A L Bowen Developmental Center, to be sent to Governor Thompson.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Laborers Union Local 372
Paul Francis
Francis
Donald Swinford
Water and Sewer Department
General Fund
Swinford
James Thompson
Police dispatchers gain wage increase in Du Quoin
Du Quoin city council approved a 20 cent an hour raise for police radio dispatchers raising the rate to 3.55 per hour. Mayor Armstrong named a committee of councilmen Brewner Ozburn and Bigham to study parking meter issues and possible options including removal.
Second miner's body recovered from Little Muddy River
The body of William J. Mount, 47, of Waltonville, the second missing miner, was found underwater 30 to 35 yards south of where Letha June St. Peter’s body was recovered. Both disappeared January 30 after leaving Mama Jo's Lounge in Sesser. Inland Steel Coal Co. miners were last seen between 1 and 1:30 a.m. Mount’s body was found after a day-long river search, with the river near normal levels after earlier high water. Autopsy cited accidental drowning for St. Peter. Mount may have tried to pull her from the vehicle as it entered the water. Burial plans and funeral details follow.
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Bonnie Marx
Jean Ann Bailey
Southern Illinoisan
William J. Mount
Lesser
Charles Witcher
Letha June St. Peter
Little Muddy River
Lesser. Mount
Route 1
Waltonville
St. Peter
Mount Vernon
Pinckneyville Blacktop
Bates Campground
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Robert Henkin
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Alstat
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Landt
CDBG
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N. Sycamore
Hill Crest Cemetery
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