Carbondale rezoning battle over private lagoon delays plan
A contested rezoning case in Carbondale over a privately built sewage lagoon prompts a second Planning Commission hearing. The dispute centers on converting 4.75 acres from agriculture to high density residential to allow a lagoon and duplexes, with EPA permit questions and a possible conflict of interest involving Public Works Director Bill Boyd.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Planning Commission
Helen Westberg
Stanley Dean
S. Grant
City Road
Mary Etherton
U.S. 51
Planning Department
Dean
Etherton
Planning Commission
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Larry Bruno
Commission
EPA
Pyles Fork Creek
City
Elizabeth Byrnes
Westberg
Public Works
Bill Boyd
Susan Mitchell
Reagan Proposes 1982 Budget With 48.6 Billion in Cuts
President Reagan asked Congress to cut 48.6 billion from the 1982 budget across federal programs, sparing defense. The plan envisions a 695.3 billion 1982 budget, a 45 billion deficit, and more than 200 area reductions including veterans programs, housing, water projects, and food stamps. He links cuts to slowing inflation and economic revitalization while proposing a three year 10 percent annual personal tax cut.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Carter
Veterans Administration
Comprehensive Employment and Training Administration
CETA
Federal Housing Administration
National Mortgage Association
Corps of Engineers
Rural Electrification Administration
Clinch River
Perry coal gas funds cut in Reagan budget plan
President Reagan's budget proposal provides no funds for Perry County coal gasification plant. Steve Hull, press aide to Rep. Paul Simon, says the plan includes a recession bill canceling about 300 million dollars of previously approved funding, including 45 million dollars set aside last fall to start construction.
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Reagan
Perry County
Steve Hull
Paul Simon
Carbondale
Hull
Congress
Jimmy Carter
Weather forecast brief for tonight to Saturday
The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy skies tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Wednesday will be partly sunny with a high in the upper 50s. The extended forecast calls for fair conditions Thursday through Saturday with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s.
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National Weather Service
Marion council blocks annexation of site for housing
Marion officials scrapped plans to annex a nine acre North State Street site for 44 federally funded housing units and approved dispersing at least 11 units to North Logan Street and five other sites citywide. The decision followed Monday night meetings amid protests from about 70 residents and petitions.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
N. Logan St
State Street
Butler
Robert
Connell
Gan Street
Jefferson School
Marion Housing Authority Board
George ‘‘Corky
Williams
Logan Street
U. S. Department of Hous
Ing and Urban Development
North Pine Street
West Main
Dewey Streets
Albert Anderson
Goodall Street
Monroe
van Buren Streets
The
Housing Authority For Senior Citizens Housing
East Carter Street
Boulevard Street
Virgil Eldridge
Holland and
Copeland Streets
East Reeves Street
Tony Kampworth
HUD
Farmers Home Administration
North Logan
Housing Authority
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Scott Ratter
Boyd
Postal Service
Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
Rate Commission
Joe Jines
Southern Illinois
Perry
Ann Landers
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