Convention center project moves ahead amid church opposition
Walnut Street Baptist Church leaders led a council and a 250 member congregation in opposing a downtown hotel and convention center to be funded by a $2.071 million UDAG grant. City officials insist the project benefits schools and jails through tax base growth and will proceed with eminent domain if owners refuse offers. Demolition slated for Sept 7 to Nov 24 with construction set to begin Jan 3 1983 and the center ready by end of 1984.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Avis Barrett
Carbondale
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Church
Body of Christ
Carroll Fry
Samson
Fry
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Stan Hoye
University and
Illinois Avenues
Walnut and
Elm Streets
HUD
Arthur E. Farmer
UDAG
Hoye
Hans Fischer
A. L. Bowen
Harrisburg
James Thompson
Fischer
Britt seeks area support for permits
Williamson County welcomed Britt Airways Inc on Friday and Britt urged local residents chambers of commerce and Congress to back landing rights at Lambert Field in St Louis three times daily from Marion. The CAB and FAA decisions loom as officials seek 80 then 45 seats daily and three round trips to St Louis and Evansville with 15 to 19 seat jets. Community leaders urged letter writing to authorities with Paul Simon's support not yet formal but sought.
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Jim Santori
Williamson County
Britt Airways Inc
Britt
Tingley
Chambers of Commerce
Congressional
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Marion
Chamber of Commerce
West Frankfort
Herrin
Holiday Inn
Robert Duncan
Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Evansville
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Makanda
Simon
Air Illinois
Ozark
Terre Haute
Ind
FAA
Joe Bob Pierce
Duncan
Old fire watchtowers seek new owners in Shawnee National Forest
Dry Hill and Honey School towers built during the Civilian Conservation Corps era face sale as excess property due to safety costs. Forest officials plan sealed bids with a 30 day window. if unsold, towers will be removed and destroyed. Local contractor Ted Mueller seeks to preserve Dry Hill, proposing a park tribute and possible historic registry nomination.
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Ginny Lee
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Shawnee National Forest
Dry Hill
Civilian Conservation Corp
Jonesboro
Honey School
Ken Henderson
Ted Mueller
Ava
Kinkaid
Mueller
Shawnee Forest Rangers
Mike Ward
Illinois Department of Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
Henderson
Forest Service
Dongola educator denounces board for union busting
Dennis Johnson, president of the Dongola Education Association, accuses the Dongola Board of Education at a Friday meeting of dismissing four teachers for nonfinancial reasons. The board cites declining enrollment and costs as justification. Johnson’s group, affiliated with IEA and NEA, had petitioned under a new collective bargaining law last November. The meeting also covered a denied PTA Q&A request, and a $17,000 bus purchase via a consolidated bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Dennis Johnson
Dongola Education Association
Dongola Board of Education
Gene Mason
Johnson
Illinois Education Association
National Education Association
Dongola
Mason
De Soto school trims staff amid deficit forecast
The De Soto Consolidated District 86 Board voted to lay off three teachers and a non certified aide for the next school year after projecting a deficit of at least 50 000 dollars. Two tenured teachers were honorably dismissed and the district may borrow 55 000 to 59 000 through warrants to cover bills and salaries. Potential recalls depend on funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto
Klingenberg
Gilman Withdraws From Jackson County District 5 Race
Nelson Gilman, who ran unopposed for the Republican nomination in Jackson County District 5, drops out of the March 16 primary citing personal reasons. He cannot remove his name from the ballot but urges potential write ins to proceed.
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Gilman
Nelson Gilman
Jackson County
Carbondale
Cost effective engineering in the computer age debate
Ben Gelman analyzes the 1982 ASME show in Chicago. He notes value engineering and group technology aim to cut costs without sacrificing quality while warning that cheaper materials could weaken long term performance. He highlights discussions on human impact, job displacement, and safe design practices led by Peter Koch’s seminar.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Chicago
McCormick Place
William C. Orthwein
Engineering Mechanics and Materials Department
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois
ASME
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Federal Register
John McCutchen
Larry Bell
IEA UniServ
NEA
Lake Park
Bell
IEA
IFA
Dongola Board
de Soto School
Jackson Board
Ing
Peter F. Koch
Occusafe, Inc
Koch
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