Carbondale rail project gets $1.87 million for design
The U S Department of Transportation released 1.87 million to Illinois for final engineering of Carbondale rail relocation including a downtown depot and Pleasant Hill Road overpass. Project aims to shift Illinois Central Gulf tracks 25 feet to ease traffic, with design approvals pending and bids planned about a year after final engineering begins.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinoisan
U.S. Department of Transportation
Eldon Gosnell
Clark, Dietz and Associates Inc
Pleasant Hill Road
Clark, Dietz and Associates
U.S. 51
North
Carbondale
South Illinois Avenue
Elm
Cherry Streets
Gosnell
Clark
Dietz
Hunger strike at Marion Federal Prison affects meals
About half of the 481 inmates at Marion Federal Penitentiary ate breakfast today after a strike began Monday. Warden staff noted morning turnout was normal with operations continuing. 50 percent ate breakfast and lunch, 60 plus percent had dinner. Inmates did not file formal complaints, though lawyers say the protest centers on pay, body searches, and prison conditions. An activist group cites 11 demands including extended visiting rights, furloughs for ill or bereaved, and open phone access.
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Marion Federal Penitentiary
Ron Beal
Bear
Chicago
Beai
Audrey Myers
National Committee
Marion Brothers
Myers
Hearing on crime lab head to continue
Civil Service Commission hearing on the transfer of Daniel Lecocq from the state crime lab in DeSoto resumes Friday in Springfield. Lecocq, a chemist, was moved to Joliet in January. officials warned the move could delay drug test processing and harm lab operations.
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Civil Service Commission
DeSoto
Springfield
Daniel Lecocq
Joliet
Commission
Lecocq
Tyrone Fahner
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Murphysboro
Toby Berger
Greater Egypt
Landers
Richmond
Jackson County
Don White
Department
Jackson County Merit Commission orders Grammer’s dismissal
Deputy Warren Grammer, suspended Feb 16 for political activity, is dismissed as Jackson County deputy effective March 17 1978. The merit commission cites lack of leave of absence while Grammer seeks the Republican sheriff nomination against Sheriff Don White. a temporary injunction suit proceeds with a hearing set for April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Jackson County
Warren Grammer
Don White
Merit Commission
Jackson County Merit Commission
Grammer
White
Commission
Elza Brantley
Robert Chapman
Murphysboro
Pended
Jackson County Circuit Court
John Hoffman
Hoffman
William Maurizio
Carbondale
Vernon Bagley
Dowell
SIUC Business Dean Survives No-Confidence Vote
Faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale College of Business and Administration defeated a no-confidence resolution against Dean John R. Darling by a 22 to 12 vote after a secret-ballot meeting. Darling, not voting, said concerns are mostly handled at the department level and plans to refine procedures with chairs and the college executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale College of Business and Administration
John R. Darling
Dar
Darling
SIUC
Wichita State University
Kansas
Wichita
Charles Hindersman
Hindersman
ICG Abandoning Rail Line Across Three Illinois Counties
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves abandonment of a track segment through Alexander, Jackson and Union counties by Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. Final appeal remains in the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, with potential public bids or sale to preserve service or repurpose land. Some groups consider a nature trail. traffic shifts to Cairo to Carbondale line. Local users report low recent traffic and potential disruptions, while ICG notes prior layoffs were avoided by redeploying workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman
Southern Illinois.n
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Alexander
Jackson
Union Counties
United Transportation Union
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
ICG
Howard Koontz
Koontz
Bondale
Doeringer
Cairo-Carbondale
Elco
Murphysboro
Koppers Co
Ray Stevens
Carbondale
Rendleman
Illinois Mineral Co
Gene Poole
Eldorado Woman Shot. Husband Arrested for Murder
Rosana Bennett was found shot to death in an Eldorado apartment at 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday. Her husband Frank Allen Bennett, 24, was arrested and charged with murder after the body was discovered near 2001 Broughton Street. The 410 gauge shotgun was the weapon used, and Bennett was held in Saline County Jail with bond not yet set.
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Shawneetown
Eldorado
Saline County
Rosana Bennett
Frank Allen Bennett
Bennett
Harrisburg
Former Carbondale mayor David Keene dies at 62
David H. Keene 62 longtime Carbondale figure died March 15 1978 in Naples Florida where he had lived since 1971 He served as Carbondale mayor 1967 1971 and helped bring federal social programs and a city manager form of government He is survived by his wife three daughters two brothers a sister his mother and six grandchildren Cremation arranged Pittman Funeral Home Naples Florida
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Carbondale
David H. Keene
Naples
Fla
Keene
Florida
John
Keene Transfer
United van Lines
Mr. Keene
William D
Euelah Hart Keene
Murphysboro
Marjorie Gruner
Pinckneyville
Commission For
Jackson County
Joan Keene
Pittman Funeral Home
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Carol Beil
Springmore School
Betty Calhoun
Marion
Fasl
Area
Robert Gonsowski
Berger
Ling
Jackson, Union, Alexander Counties
ICC
Barrall
David Keene
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