Prison A Team blamed for beatings at Marion unit
Inmates at the Marion federal penitentiary testify in a class action suit about a lockdown since 1983 and describe a special A Team of Leavenworth trained officers blamed for beatings. William McCoy says the new C unit has fewer hostilities and more recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Landis
Southern Illinois
Marion
William McCoy
McCoy
U.S
Leavenworth
Kan
Maldonado
Marion parks board weighs Saluki National golf course purchase
Marion Parks Board weighs buying the Saluki National golf course complex, a seven year dream of Richard Heath. Billy Thompson of Thompson Irrigation Inc proposed revamping 11 holes, completing seven more, and building a clubhouse for about 1.5 million. Heath now unaffiliated. financing elusive since Heath's 1978 plan.
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Larry Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Parks Board
Saluki National
Richard Heath
Parks Board
James Garrison
Billy Thompson
Thompson Irrigation Inc
Paducah
Garrison
Thompson
Marion
Park
Heath
County tightens subdivision rules over late developments
Williamson County Board votes to require new developments started after Nov 1 1982 to be surveyed and platted to meet road width and other standards. Highway Supt Duane Wittenborn warns many subdivisions fail to comply and violators face up to 200 dollars per lot. Officials urge obtaining ordinance copies from the highway department or county clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Rosenberg
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County Board
Marion
Duane Wittenborn
Illinois
Williamson County
Richard Fox
Foxcroft
Wittenborn
Fox
John Hamilton
Highway Department
Tests inconclusive on death of geese at Crab Orchard
Canada geese found dead at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge yielded inconclusive test results. Federal wildlife health laboratories seek a control sample for comparison to determine if a nearby abandoned dump site and possible toxins contributed to the deaths. Lead and disease were ruled out in prior analyses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Nancy Weil
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Federal Wildlife Health Laboratories
Wayne Adams
Sangamo Electric Co
Adams
Fish and Wildlife Service
Wildlife Health Laboratory
Wisconsin
Blacksmith Elliott-Francis Crafts Ironwork and Life Choices
Elliott-Francis, a SIUC physicist turned blacksmith, splits time between a garage shop and Makanda, crafting kitchen hardware and a 16 foot iron balcony rail. She plans to move her operation to a Makanda barn by summer, using Plastocene for design previews and prioritizing safety with masks and glasses while pursuing a hands on craft she loves.
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Elliott-Francis
Tim
Elliot- Francis
Pulliam Hall
Siuc
Makanda
Handley House
Main
Carbondale
John A. Logan College
Polly
Fire destroys former coroner Gary McClure’s earth shelter home
A Sunday morning blaze at 7 Greenbriar Lane Chester consumed the 60 by 80 foot earth shelter house of former Randolph County Coroner Gary McClure. No occupants were home. the interior was ruined while exterior walls remained. Cause is undetermined and damage estimates are not yet set.
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Randolph County
Gary McClure
Chester
McClure
Greenbriar Lane
Carbondale Drops Retirees From City Health Plan
The city removes 39 retired employees from its Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois group health plan effective April 30 without prior council or employee input. They were offered alternatives, but doubt the new "conversion" policies match current coverage.
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Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of
Illinois
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Regional jail study moves to five counties in Southern Five plan
The Southern Five Regional Planning Commission completed a feasibility study for a regional jail in Southern Illinois and will distribute copies to Johnson Massac Pope Pulaski and Union counties. A March 26 meeting at Karnak Grade School will discuss the plan with county representatives and state senator Glenn Poshard attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Five Regional Planning Commission
Southern Illinois
Philip Fletcher
Southern Five
Johnson
Massac
Pope
Pulaski
Union
Fletcher
Johnson County
Max Ray
Karnak
Ray
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
Wade Hudgens
Law resigns as Mount Vernon basketball coach
Keith Law resigns after eight years as Mount Vernon High School head basketball coach with a 107-101 career record in the South Seven Conference. He will stay as driver education teacher. His teams posted 5-19 and 7-18 in the last two seasons, though he led the 1980-81 conference title and a 1982-83 tie with Carbondale. Prior to Mount Vernon he coached at Momence High School for three seasons with a 59-23 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Keith Law
Mount Vernon High School
Law
Mount Vernon
Carbondale
Momence High School
Consol denies mine sale to Arch Mineral Co
Consolidated Coal officials said there is no truth to rumors Arch Mineral Co. is negotiating to buy Burning Star 2 near Pinckneyville. Paul Kvederis denounced a local report citing an unnamed UMWA source. Burning Star 2 closed at midnight Saturday, laying off about 325 workers due to weak demand, high inventories, and permit delays.
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Consolidated Coal Co
Arch Mineral Co
Pinckneyville
Consolidated Coal
Paul Kvederis
Arch
Kvederis
UMWA
Consolidated
Storme successor to be named at Marion district meeting
Marion Community Unit School District 2 will name a new superintendent tonight at a 7:30 p m regular March session. Board President Sallie Kirby said the board screened applicants after A C Storme announced his retirement after 44 years with the district and 17 as superintendent. Forty eight applications were received and eight were narrowed to ahead of tonight's vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Community Unit School District 2 Board of Education
A.C. Storme
Sallie Kirby
Storme
Marion
Kirby
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Ralph Friederich
Isae
Leo Daily
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Abe Martin
Salukis
Dwight Nase
City Parks Board
Lake of Egypt
Consol
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