Illinois coal miner seeks easing of air laws
Vernon Rocky Morris 25 plans a meeting by March 15 with United Mine Workers state lawmakers coal companies Illinois Pollution Control Board and EPA to discuss relaxing sulfur dioxide limits. He cites high sulfur Illinois coal 2.5 to 4.5 percent saying stricter rules threaten industry and jobs including Orient No.5 and Crown mines with 800 miners. About 70,000 statewide rely on coal. western low sulfur coal may replace Illinois supply at higher cost.
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John Trimble
United Mine Workers of America
State
Illinois Pollution Control Board
The
Environmental Protection Agency
Morris
Freeman Coal Corp
Illinois
Jones
Freeman
Orient No. 5
Logan
Crown
Montgomery County
Fugitive to be Returned to Georgia
Georgia fugitive James Jergen Heinz Williams, age 23, waived extradition in Murphysboro circuit court. Released from St Joseph Memorial Hospital, he now sits in Jackson County jail under 24 hour guard awaiting transfer to United States Marshals and return to Georgia. Williams was captured in Carbondale after living under the alias Sonny London for six to seven months. He escaped from a Georgia prison in July 1972.
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Georgia
Jackson County
James Jergen Heinz Williams
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Williams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carbondale
Gene
Sonny
London
Leo Rosten and His Treasury of Jewish Quotations
A regional column reviews Leo Rosten’s new book Leo Rosten's Treasury of Jewish Quotations, detailing its 4356 maxims and wit, noting Rosten's past works and the breadth from Old Testament to modern writers like Sholem Aleichem. The piece also touches on the author’s Chicago/New York background and his long writing career.
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Leo Rosten
Sholem Aleichem
Annexation considered as two public hearings set in Carbondale
Carbondale Planning Commission schedules two public hearings on March 21 and April 4 to discuss zoning changes for eight parcels to be annexed. Parcels include homes and a trailer park, with owners named Paluch Peters Crawshaw and Monty noting state law allows annexation without consent if under 60 acres. Zoning will align with city ordinances, then council action expected by early May.
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Carbondale Planning Commission
Carbondale Clinic
Old Rt. 13
Tower Road
Parrish Lane
Oourth
Gale Williams
Carrie Street
Carbondale
South Wall Street
Wall Street
City Blacktop
George Paluch
Charlene Peters
Almont Crawshaw
Don Monty
City Planning Office
Planning Commission
Monty
Southern Illinoisan Newspaper Masthead Readout
The Southern Illinoisan is a Sunday and daily newspaper published by North Illinois Avenue Carbondale and two other Illinois towns. It notes second class mailing and AP exclusivity for focal news and dispatches.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Herrin
Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
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Hempstead, N.Y
Design Controls Co
England
Ben Gelman
Southern Ilinoisan
New York City
Europe
Hyman Kaplan
Kaplan
Parkhill
Pockheel
Gregory Peck
Rosten
McGraw-Hill
New York
Yonkers
N.Y
Frank B. Flood
St. Joseph’ S Hospital
Flood
Bill
Helleney
Busters
Beatty
Hammond
Thomas & Kimballs
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