Benton Drops Action on One Power Line Near Airport
Benton has dropped its bid to stop Central Illinois Public Service Co. from locating a power line near the city airport after officials say CIPS agreed to move the line to avoid interfering with airport development. The smaller line would supply a substation near the Old Ben 24 mine and is separate from Rend Lake project plans.
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Benton
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Clifford Givenrod
CIPS
Givenrod
Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake
Rend Lake College
Greater Egypt
Three Penny Opera at SIU Experimental Theater
SIU Experimental Theater presents Three Penny Opera directed by Dennis Immel running 8 p m Wednesday through Sunday in the SIU Communications Building. Cast includes Charlie Harris Mack the Knife and Jacquie Szopinski Polly Peachum with tickets at the University Center desk. Seating under 100 per show.
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Macheath
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University Experimental Theater
Dennis Immel
SIU
Underworld
Mack the Knife
Jack Sheppard
Brecht and Weill
Germany
New York
Louis “Satchmo
Armstrong
Lotte Owens
Susan Frankel
Jenny Diver
University Center Information Desk
SIU Communications
Du Quoin Seeks Bids on Water Portion of Major Project
The Du Quoin City Council calls for bids on the water segment of an $895,000 construction package that also includes sewer plant renovations and water line extensions. Bids due 2 p.m. April 5 at city hall. project aims to add about 54,000 feet of four inch pipe and an $83,000 industrial line toward the Christopher Wye, tying into a 16 inch line near Monroe Street and the Illinois Central Railroad.
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du Quoin
Don Johnson
John T. Blankinship
Christopher Wye
Monroe Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Grass Fire Fire Call on N. 7th Street
A grass fire was reported at 11:25 p.m. Friday in a field on North 7th Street in Marion. Firefighters responded to the blaze and contained it with no injuries reported.
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Marion
N. 7Th St
London Tightens Immigration Doors for Asians from Kenya
London airport saw the last wave of Asians from Kenya before a tightened entry regime took effect. A 1,500 per year quota was set for non Europeans with British passports, with new rules applying from Saturday. Twenty six arrived on two jets as a woman with two sons explained family hopes and ongoing husband uncertainty. In Edwardsville, a Circuit Court injunction limited pickets at A. O. Smith Co. Granite City plant, reducing to six and barring entry blockades as 1,200 workers face job issues from a stalled three year contract.
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London
Kenya
Nairobi
Edwardsville
A. O. Smith Co
Granite City
Boilermakers Union Local 575
James O. Monroe
Florida teachers in third week of walkout stalemate
Florida teachers remain out in a prolonged strike as negotiations stall. Gov. Kirk weighs a $329 million education tax package while the Florida Education Association vows to stay out, threatening a lengthy impasse into the school term. NEA adds a $2 million aid fund for striking teachers.
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Miami
Florida
Florida Education Association
Claude Kirk
Washington
National Education Association
FEA
NEA
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Jay Weicker
Jake
Charlie Harris
Mary
SIU Experimental Theater
Robert Dreher
Robert H. Dreher
Government Department
Otto Kerner
State Department of Mental Health
Dreher
Center For the Study of
Martha Chafee
Houston
Tex
Cape Kennedy
Martha Chaffee
William C. Canfield
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Council
Carbondale Loan and
Kirk
Phil Constans
Herrin
North 14Th St
General Electric
General Electric Americana
Rotisserie
York
Gillette
Techmatic Razor
Gontag
N. Park
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