Carbondale library bids come in under estimate by 57000
Seven Southern Illinois contractors bid on the Carbondale Public Library project with the apparent low base bid of 1.361 million from F. E. Holmes Construction of Marion about 57 thousand below the 1.418 million estimate. Other bids ranged up to 1.64 million with landscaping and furnishings separate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
F. E. Holmes
Marion
Southern Illinois
Holmes
G-B Builders, Inc
Centralia
Carbondale Elementary
Wil Freds, Inc
Alton
J and L Robinson Construction Co
Robert L. Morgan Builders
Murphysboro
Southern Concrete Floor Co
Norman Ellis Construction
Muphysboro
Gas tax dispute cites Illinois Missouri motor fuel charges
Amoco executive in Chicago hints at lobbying as The Southern Illinoisan reports Illinois motor fuel tax at 22 cents a gallon. Senator Buzbee argues Illinois tax is 7.5 cents. Missouri tax is seven cents. Including sales and federal taxes, Illinois totals about 16.5 cents per gallon versus Missouri 15 cents. Gov Thompson has discussed raising the motor fuel tax for roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Amoco
Chicago
Illinois
Charles Mason
Missouri
Sen
Ken Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Missouri Department of Revenue
Illinois Department of Revenue
Buzbee
James Thompson
Marion council awards roadwork contract
Marion City Council awarded a 117,197 contract to G and G Enterprises to build a one third mile road link between Marion High School and Illinois 37. Financing includes 29,088 city funds and 88,109 federal urban aid. The project connects 37 Court Street to the high school road near Pyramid Park. Also directed to refer an abandoned house issue on East Jefferson to the city attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion High School
Illinois 37
Marion City
G & G Enterprises
Partment of Transportation
Federal Aid To Urban Systems
Illinois 37 Court Street
Marion
High School
George A. Williams
East Jefferson
James Garrison
Prineas Maintains Lead in GOP Primary for 22nd District
In a tight Illinois Republican primary for the 22nd Congressional District, Peter Prineas leads Ronald Ledford by 351 votes out of over 25,000 counted, with unofficial totals showing 12,796 for Prineas and 12,445 for Ledford. Final results hinge on the April official canvass as Simon remains unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prineas
Southern Illinoisan
Peter Prineas
Ronald Ledford
Congress
22Nd
Paul Simon
Franklin County
Deane Gulley
Benton
St. Clair County
Pope County
Ledford
Fayette County
Saline County
Gulley
FAA Rejects First Round Bids by Britt and Air Illinois
Britt Airways and Air Illinois failed to win the needed FAA approval to add flights into St. Louis for Williamson County Airport. The CAB must choose a replacement carrier for Ozark Air Lines by April 24, with FAA timing guidance on arrival slots and negotiations to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Santori
Southern Illinoisan
Britt Airways
Air Illinois
St. Louis
Williamson County
Federal Aviation Administration
Ozark Air Lines
Britt
Evansville
Ind
Ozark
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington,d.c
CAB
Terri Smith
FAA
Harvey Safeer
Safeer
Ms. Smith
Williamson
Illinois seeks primacy in mine rules in Washington hearing
Illinois officials from the Department of Mines and Minerals travel to Washington Friday to answer seven pages of questions from the federal Office of Surface Mining. The agency asks if Illinois can run its own coal regulation, and whether state laws clash with federal prerogatives. OSM notes sediment control and the use of sedimentation ponds, and questions whether alternatives to ponds are allowed. The debate centers on environmental concerns versus industry needs and whether primacy can be granted this summer without court challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Washington
Federal Office of Surface Mining
OSM
Interior Department
Illinois
Interior
James Watt
Gene Krueger
Michael Schechtman
Illinois South Project
Mines and Minerals
No prospects for Du Quoin Packing stockholders
Du Quoin Packing Co. stockholders heard there are no plans to reopen the Du Quoin plant no buyers and no dividends. President Walter Naumer declined to comment calling company operations private. A stockholder said shareholders are unhappy owners draw fat salaries while receiving nothing. The firm continues using processors elsewhere to run Blue Bell products.
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du Quoin
Walter Naumer
Melrose Park
Perry housing chief resigns after four HUD years
Jerome Roznowski, director of the Perry County Housing Authority, resigns effective Sept. 15 citing four years of dealing with HUD as exhausting. At 59, he says he started work at 12 and plans to take life easy with his wife. The Du Quoin meat plant once employed about 250, stopped dividends years ago, closed in 1980, and sought a $750,000 Urban Development Action Grant in 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HUD
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Perry County Housing Authority
Jerome Roznowski
Roznowski
Years
Housing Authority
du Quoin
Blue Bell
Anna Center praised by HHS and JCAH teams
U S health and hospital accreditors lauded the Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center. The six day HHS survey of the Developmental Learning Division and JCAH review of the psychiatric treatment division both praised care, records, and facility standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Anna Mental Health and Developmental Center
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Joint Commission For the Accreditation of Hospitals
JCAH
Walter Kemper
Anna Center
William Ellsworth Murray
Mary Rose Martinelli
Murray
Commission
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Don Prosser
David Munson
Harry Weese and Associates
Munson
Paul’s Nursery of
Evergreen Landscape Care
Baxter Farms
Florrisant
Adam’s Tree Service
Interstate Landscaping
Harrisburg
Herrin Garden Center
Herrin
Cralley’s Nursery
Desks, Inc
Meilahn Manufacturing
Peterson Business Systems
Fenton
Troy Chapman
A.L. Bowen
National Guard Armory
Janie Zinkann
Cristie Barnett
Tri-County Education Center
Jerry Lower
Marion Council
Pyramid Park
Perry
Franklin
Bob Burnett
Dennis Stewart
Bobby Blondi
Marion “Spank” Bowman
Ron Head
Winton Bigham
Cheryl Schneider
Pinckneyville
William J. Cunningham
Frances Thomas
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