Olin ships $50 million in weapons yearly from Ordill
Olin Corp Technical Systems Operation in the Orchill Area of Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge ships more than 50 million dollars worth of armaments annually. About a third goes to American allies while the rest strengthens U.S. military power. James Redden leads an operation with 50 engineers and a 300 yard indoor test range. He notes tight security with no spy issues and predicts steady growth, not a boom, despite Reagan era rearmament. The Williamson County site develops and manufactures missiles and propellants, including a Trident gas generator system, and rents facilities from the Fish and Wildlife Service amid shifting refuge priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
John Olin
Equitable Powder Company
Egyptian Powder Company
Williamson County
Olin Corporation
Olin
Olin Corp. Technical Systems
Orchill
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Ellant
Redden
T Redden
Uncle Sam
U.S
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Fish & Wildlife
Washington, D.C
Illinois
Moving day opens phase one of $8.5 million expansion
The first phase of an $8.5 million expansion was completed with new facilities now occupied. An open house is set for Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. to tour the updated spaces and review the project milestones.
Jackson write in votes nominate Chew as GOP treasurer candidate
Jackson County primary results show Mary Nell Chew, 44, elected Republican candidate for county treasurer via write in votes. Other write ins nominate four county board seats. Summers, Crim, Chapman, and Prineas win Republican nominations for districts 3, 4 and 7, while Edwards and Miller face Democrats in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Chew
GOP
Ann Schottman Knol
Mary Nell Chew
Shirely Dillinger Booker
Roy Summers
Charles Chapman
Robert Crim
Gregory Princas
Summers
Murphysboro
Vernon Co
Robert Edwards
Edwards
Harry Brawdy
Eugene Chambers
Crim
Carbondale
U.S. Air Force
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Robert Harrell
Chapman
D. Blaney Miller
Damecca Moultrie
Gregory Prineas
SIUC
Peter Prineas
U.S
Prineas
City of
Princas
Doris Weaver
Gregory Schaefer
Fred H. Boucher
Sand Ridge
Jack Davis
Steven Krause
Fountain Bluff
Jackson County
Bond defeat sparks debate on next move for CCHS district
Carbondale High School District 165 board weighed options after an 8 million bond failed 2,270 to 2,084. Talks centered on gradual facility consolidation or a new referendum later, with plans to present a gradual consolidation proposal for 1982 83 and possible reconfiguration of East Campus and Central campus usage.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Board of Education
Carbondale
Barbara Bennett
Reid Martin
Bennett
East Main Street
William Schwegman
Schwegman
Ing
Robert Brewer
Martin
Randolph County Canvass Aims to Clarify Tie Vote
An official Randolph County primary vote canvass set for 9 a.m. Monday will settle a tied result. Election officials will review ballots and counts to determine the outcome and confirm any adjustments before certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Marion teachers face non-renewal decisions in district
Thirteen unit two teachers in Marion and four in Williamson County Special Education Cooperative may lose jobs next year due to state and federal funding cuts. The Marion School Board ordered notices of nonrehire for probationary staff, with 60 days’ advance mailing required. Several resignations and tenure grants were also approved amid ongoing staffing adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Unit
Williamson County Special Education Cooperative
Marion School Board
A.C. Storme
Storme
Kay Bittle
Rebecca Edwards
Sandra Johnson
Janice Kra
Jane Ann Cruse
Charlene Nixon
Elaine Alegnani
Carol Hahn
Linda Chamberlain
Harold Collier
Meda Thompson
Vicki Sawyer
Bonnie Johnson
Charles McKenzie
Candace Emery
Barbara Arnold
Steve Brown
Murphysboro budget targets street repairs and pay hikes
The proposed Murphysboro city budget for 1982-83 calls for an $83,000 street and alley repair program funded by Motor Fuel Taxes plus about $45,000 for intersection improvements at Jackson Square Shopping Center and $33,800 for capital road work. It projects a 5-6 percent pay raise for city employees and suggests folding the mayoral travel allowance into salary after 1985. The plan also explores contracting out services and a new $44,000 equipment replacement fund, with final approval pending review, a public hearing, and council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Public Improvements Committee
David McDowell
Jackson Square
Candy Lane
Fair Drive
James Scuras
Don Morgan
Morgan
Scuras
Sydney Appleton
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Ordill
United States
James Redden
Marion Rotary Club
Marion
Reagan
Cheryl Belobraydie
Robert Terry Swain
Memorial Hospital
Jerry Lower
CCHS
Mer, Karen Levi
Deborah Pape and
Susan Powless
Keith Endo
Mary Crites
Laura Welch
Paula Meekes
Davette Lee
Clay Hunter
Jan Eigenrauch
Jeri Palmer
Kay Shotton
Carol Rix
Gene Watson
John Kent
Champaign
Alan North
North
Kent
Watson
Sparta
Ruby L. Mappin
Billy Gene Smith
Sparta No. 5
Charles Bernasek
Wanda Behnken
Chester
Nolen Hettesheimer
James Knott
Evansville
Bernasek
Bill Daum
McDowell
Daum
William Ryan
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