Prison A Team blamed for beatings at Marion
Inmates testifying in a class action lawsuit say a special A Team of officers at the U S Penitentiary Marion assaulted inmates during the 1983 lockdown. They describe a new C unit with less tension and more freedoms, while others recount beatings and property destruction tied to the Leavenworth squad and Marion’s own A Team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Landis
Southern Illinois
U.S. Penitentiary At
Marion
William McCoy
McCoy
U.S
Leavenworth
Kan
Maldonado
Thompsonville school referendum faces third try on bond
Thompsonville voters will decide April 2 on a $420000 addition to the Grade School including a gymnasium library and music room. If approved, taxes rise to $1.09 per $100 assessed, about $109 yearly for a $30000 home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
Thompsonville
Hewey E. Tweedy
Tweedy
County Tightens Subdivision Rules to Enforce Law
Williamson County Board voted to enforce subdivision ordinances with a 30 day compliance window for developments begun after Nov 1 1982. Highway Supt Duane Wittenborn cited many violators and warned of $200 per lot penalties for noncompliance. He urged developers and surveyors to obtain the official ordinances from the highway department or county clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Rosenberg
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County Board
Marion
Duane Wittenborn
Illinois
Wittenborn
Highway Department
Tests inconclusive on death of geese at Crab Orchard
Canada geese found dead at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge yielded inconclusive test results. Federal wildlife health laboratories requested a control sample for comparison to distinguish possible contamination from a normal goose. Previous analyses ruled out disease and lead poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Nancy Weil
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Federal Wildlife Health Laboratories
Wayne Adams
Adams
Fish and Wildlife Service
Wildlife Health Laboratory
Wisconsin
Blacksmith Elliott-Francis Shapes Iron and Life at SIUC
Elliott-Francis, a physicist by training, pursues blacksmithing at SIUC and Makanda. She builds a waterless, electricity-free home with ironwork features and an 16 foot indoor balcony railing. Her work is sold at Handley House and shown at craft fairs. She moves her shop to a Makanda barn by summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott-Francis
Tim
Elliot-Francis
Pulliam Hall
Siuc
Makanda
Handley House
Main
Carbondale
John A. Logan College
Polly
Fire destroys former coroner Gary McClure home in Chester
A late Sunday morning fire consumed the 60 by 80 foot earth shelter residence at 7 Greenbriar Lane, former Randolph County Coroner Gary McClure saying the home is a total loss. No occupants were home, no cause yet established, and damage estimates are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
Gary McClure
Chester
McClure
Greenbriar Lane
Chester Officer Resigns for Randolph County Post
Daniel A. Weaver, a seven year Chester police officer, resigns to join the Randolph County sheriff's office. The resignation became effective over the weekend. Mayor Stanley Maciejski said the police and fire commission will fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Weaver
Chester
Randolph County Sheriff’s Office
Stanley Maciejski
Police and Fire Commission
Marion Park Board weighs buying Saluki National Golf Course
The Marion Park Board is considering a proposal to buy the Saluki National Golf Course Complex on Illinois 13 near Marion. Park board President James Garrison said the board heard a proposal Friday from Billy Thompson of Thompson Irrigation, Inc., Paducah, Kentucky, but took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Park Board
Saluki National Golf Course
Illinois 13
Marion
Park Board
James Garrison
Billy Thompson
Thompson Irrigation, Inc
Paducah
Anna man improves after heart transplant
Mike McGee, a 30 year old heart transplant patient from Anna, has shown improvement with doctors describing his condition as serious but stable rather than critical but stable. He will stay in intensive care at Barnes Hospital for at least two more days and may leave in two to three weeks if no complications arise. The five hour operation finished by 4 a.m. Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike McGee
Anna
McGee
Benton Teachers Form Sick Leave Bank in Benton
The Benton Grade School Board and the Benton teachers union reach an agreement to create a sick leave bank for prolonged illness or hospitalization. Participating teachers donate a sick day and a panel of three teachers and three board members will approve withdrawals under same qualifications as regular sick days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Susan Jacobsen
Southern Illinoisan
Benton Grade School Board
Benton Teachers Union
Jeff Trout
Trout
O. J. Thompson
Thompson
Kandis McGraw
Consol denies mine sale to Arch Mineral
Consolidated Coal officials denied rumors of Arch Mineral Co purchasing Burning Star 2 near Pinckneyville. Public Relations Manager Paul Kvederis called the report untrue, noting no sales negotiations and criticizing the unnamed UMWA source. Burning Star 2 was closed at midnight Saturday, laying off about 325 workers due to weak demand, high inventories, and permit difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Coal Co
Arch Mineral Co
Pinckneyville
Consolidated Coal
Paul Kvederis
Arch
Kvederis
UMWA
Consolidated
Grand jury to Reconvene in Missing Franklin County Funds Case
A 22 member grand jury, investigating $78 000 missing from Franklin County Clerk Bob Hiller's office, will reconvene April 3 after meeting Friday for over five hours without charges. Special prosecutor Ellen Schanzle Haskins said the probe could extend two to three more months before any indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Bob Hiller
Terry Green
Ellen Schanzle-Haskins
Illinois Attorney General's Office
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A-Team
C-unit
Ralph Friederich
Anil
Leo Daily
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Abe Martin
Salukis
Dwight Nase
Williamson County
Richard Fox
Foxcroft
Fox
John Hamilton
Lake of Egypt
Sangamo Electric Co
Randolph Sheriff's Department
Saluki National
Anna Man
John Miller
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Consol
Hiller Grand Jury
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