CIPS gets hike with 51 percent of request approved
The Illinois Commerce Commission approves a 51.3 percent portion of CIPS 65.3 million request, boosting residential electric bills about 10.7 percent and gas bills 2.6 percent. The utility will seek another rate increase next year for the Newton II plant, due in December 1982, while CWIP accounting is denied.
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Opruigiuein
Central Illinois Public Service Co
James Bachman
Illinois Commerce Commission
CIPS
Bachman
Newton II
Michael Hasten
Commission
Hasten
Commerce Commission
Aud
Newton
Illinois
Fire destroys Illinois Cafe in Herrin early today
A fire gutted the Illinois Cafe in Herrin with flames leaping through the dining rooms and into the second story. Fire Chief Laverne Kerley credited quick calls by Louis Gualdoni and rapid burns reduction after doors were forced open. Fire units from Marion, Carterville, Johnston City and Freeman Spur assisted, as authorities investigated the cause, with arson not suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
Herrin
Laverne Kerley
Louis Gualdoni
Kerley
Johnston City
Marion
Carterville
Freeman Spur
Herrin Department
Herrin High School
Gualdoni
Christopher Columbus Cooperative Association
Baumgarte
Ervin’s Flowers
Simmons Furniture
North 14Th Street
Miners to vote on pact strike set
United Mine Workers leaders push the tentative agreement for ratification among about 160000 members. Officials warn of a possible mid next week outcome as critics decry a royalty change and pension tradeoffs while optimism grows in Illinois and southern fields.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
UMW
Sam Church
Washington
Tony Kujawa
UMW District 12
Illinois
Church
Larry Vucelich
Ohio
Vucelich
David Vidovich
West Virginia
Eldon Callen
Gerald Hawkins
Murphysboro Rejects Federal Low Income Housing Cooperation
Murphysboro City Council voted 9 to 0 with one abstention to deny cooperation with the Jackson County Housing Authority on a 25 unit federally funded low income housing project in northwest Murphysboro. The decision jeopardizes HUD funding and drew criticism from CDBG director Susan Stover, who warned of possible loss of $315,000 for home renovations and street work.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Jackson County Housing Authority
Pulcher
Illinois Avenue
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
Michael Bowers
Housing Authority
HUD
Bowers
Harry Brawdy
Sydney Appleton
Brawdy
General Accounting Office
GAO
Appleton
Jackson County
Mur
Physboro
James Scuras
Susan Stover
Council Action
Northwest
City Officials Awarded Substantial Raises After Election
The city clerk and city treasurer will receive major salary increases after the April 7 municipal primary. Clerk Kie Taylor's pay rises from 6660 to 13000 yearly, treasurer William O. Hartwig's from 1800 to 2400. The raises take effect with the new term, but state law bans raises during a current term.
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Murphysboro
Kie Taylor
William O. Hartwig
Weekend Forecast Promises Mild To Warm Weather
The National Weather Service expects partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions tonight with a 40 percent chance of showers and lows in the mid to upper 40s. Thursday should be sunny and warmer with highs in the 70s. The extended outlook shows partly cloudy, mild conditions Friday through Sunday with a chance of rain on Saturday or Sunday, lows around the 40s and highs in the 60s, cooling a bit on Sunday.
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National Weather Service
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Max Aud
Southern Counties Action Movement
ED Greer
Ann Landers
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