Marion tanker spill cleanup costs near eleven thousand five hundred
A train collision with a northbound locomotive toppled a tanker truck in downtown Marion causing a massive gasoline spill. Cleanup costs total about 11 500 dollars covering water use, overtime, two cofferdams and firefighting foam. The truck driver, 48 year old Robert R Snider of Cape Girardeau, was unhurt and faces a citation for disobeying a train signal.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
College Street
Missouri Pacific
Robert R. Snider
Cape Girardeau
Belleville
Snider
Ron Swafford
Swafford
Williamson County
Herrin
Henry Burress
Charles Heyde
Heyde
St. Louis
Robert L. Butler
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Byron Marks
Dwight Hill
Perry County Taxpayers urge no vote on new jail
Perry County residents were urged to oppose referendums for a new jail and criminal justice center by National Taxpayers United of Illinois. NTUI cites a $175 annual tax bill impact and asserts Perry County has had the state's largest tax rate increase, urging voters to favor remodeling existing facilities or letting inmates be sent elsewhere. The referendums appear on the April 7 ballot.
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Perry County
National Taxpayers United of Illinois
NTUI
James Tobin
Elmhurst College
Tobin
Richard Suter
Illinois
Illinois Department of Corrections
Suter
Justice Center
West Frankfort
Tobin and Suter
Criminal Justice Center
SIU officials go in wheelchairs to feel disabled life
Four administrators at Southern Illinois University Carbondale spent a day in wheelchairs to grasp the daily challenges faced by disabled people. They found doors, curbs, elevators, and crowded campus traffic hinder accessibility and learned the need for purposeful design and awareness.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Sia-C
Corker
Phillip Lindberg
Lois Naegele
SIUC
Darrell L. Jenkins
Morris Library
Erin Anderson
Social Welfare
Shery! Sundair
Linidberg
Murphysboro housing at a standstill
The Jackson County Housing Authority took no action on a proposed low income family housing site northwest of Murphysboro. Chair Jane Harris said the board would not act before its next meeting on April 20. The board met in executive session briefly but made no formal decision. The discussion included potential condemnation of other sites to house low income families and the need for more local housing. The council declined to extend utilities to the site, and the authority approved the FY 1982 operating budget of 886,180 with 8.4 percent higher expenditures.
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Connell
Crab Orchard Lake
IEPA
Marion Senior Citizens Center
Elmer’s Electric
S.H. Rix & Sons
Fowler Heating and Cooling Inc
Fabic
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinois
Jackson County Housing Authority
Murphysboro
Authority
Jane Harris
James Seed
Sydney Appleton
The
Authority Board
Louis Wills
Appleton
Harris
Wills
Harry Brawdy
Housing Authority Board
James Gibbs
North State Street
North Logan Street
Marion housing meeting to discuss land options
Marion City Council and the Marion Housing Authority meet at City Hall at 7 p.m. to review options on land for federally subsidized low income housing. The joint session aims to align plans as bidders and sites are evaluated.
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Marion City Council
Marion Housing Authority
City Hall
Rabies tests in Murphysboro mixed results
Three Murphysboro rabies tests came back negative while a large mixed breed found March 20 on a porch was confirmed rabid. The rabid dog reportedly bit one of the dogs already tested. A neighbor’s cat also tested negative and quarantine remains in effect with fines for violations. Six people are undergoing vaccination and six more may need vaccines.
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Murphysboro
County Health Department
Siegfried Wolff
Health Department
Herrin Auto Agency Closes Amid Lien Notice
Herrin based Hays Chevrolet shut today with no explained reason. Owners unavailable for comment. White Electric Co. filed a March 30 mechanic’s lien for 16 647 dollars for electrical work at 621 North Park Avenue. The lien blocks sale but does not yet force closure. no hearing scheduled.
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Burress
Butler
Robert L
Taxpayers Unit
By Brad Betker
SIU
John Corker
Woody
Jerry Lower
Bob Cooper Construction Co
Harrisburg
Cooper
Ly Ann Schottman Knol
Jackson County Animal Control Office
Herrin Auto Agency
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