Marion prison reviews inmates under federal order
The U S Bureau of Prisons will hold a special review session for all Marion Penitentiary inmates in the longer term segregation H-Unit to satisfy a federal judge order. James Henderson and Roy Gerard will conduct the review as U S officials assess due process and comply with Foreman’s ruling amid ongoing revisions to H-Unit policies and boxcar cell restrictions.
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Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Marion Penitentiary
James Henderson
Kansas City
Roy Gerard
National Federal Prison
Washington
Henderson
Calvin Edwards
James Foreman
Marion
Gerard
Edwards
U.S. District Attorney’s Office
Foreman
Carbondale Police Call for Federal Mediator in Talks
Carbondale officers declared an impasse in their two year contract talks with the city and a federal mediator was called in. The patrolmen’s contract expired Sunday and talks began in late March with salary as the sticking point. The current base salary is about 12 800 dollars with roughly six percent yearly increases in the expired agreement.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Police Officers Association
Robert Goro
Scott Ratter
Goro
Ratter
Pastor's plan uses Elvis plane to hawk Add-A-Tune
Benton pastor Lloyd Tomer plans a 100 day tour in a former Elvis Presley plane to sell Add-A-Tune and erase a $1 million church debt. About 40 church members will travel to 50 states, with a mixed audience touring the plane at Williamson County Airport.
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DeMaris Berry
Benton
Lloyd Tomer
Elvis Presley
Tomer
First Church of God
Ron Head
Presley
Williamson County
Herrin
Dallas
America
Head
Singer
Lisa Marie
Janet Collins
Collins
Bob Philpott
Superior Lubricant Co
Add-Atune
Philpott
Stamps Quartet
Benton Church
Young heroes to receive safety awards at Gorham meeting
Jim Gualdoni 16 of Johnston City and Lyndle Church 16 of Cambria will be honored by the Coal Belt Fire Protection Association for life saving actions. Gualdoni pulled 3 year old Jeffrey Farris from a pool and aided breathing until rescue workers arrived. Church pulled George McKinney from a corn picker and helped get him to the hospital after stopping a passing car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Belt Fire Protection Association
Jim Gualdoni
Johnston City
Lyndle Church
Cambria
Gualdoni
Jeffrey Farris
Jeffrey
Church
George McKinney
Carterville
McKinney
Coal Belt
Gorham
Bank of Herrin Buys Airport Bonds for 495000
The Bank of Herrin purchased 495000 of Williamson County Airport Authority general obligation bonds to fund four years of projects. Construction includes remodeling the terminal entrance for passenger security and upgrading the airport manager’s area in a former hangar for private pilots and travelers. Bonds sold at 4.74 percent, due in 1980 1981 and 1982, with net interest costs totaling 84145.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Herrin
Williamson County Airport Authority
Prisoners to Landscape Hospital Grounds in Anna
Vienna Correctional Center prisoners have volunteered to landscape the Union County Hospital grounds in Anna and to hang baskets of flowers throughout the hospital, hospital administrator Gene Helfrich said. The hospital is remodeling its lobby and has hired local workers for that project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Correctional Center
Union County Hospital
Anna
Gene Helfrich
Suspect Caught After Long Multiagency Search
Dallas Hawk of Pomona was arrested by Murphysboro police after a six and a half hour search involving state police and Jackson and Union counties. He faced a Union County warrant for aggravated battery and was held in Jackson County jail. Officers staked out Illinois 127 at the Jackson Union county line. a state police airplane was used but the arrest occurred near Motel Murphysboro at 6 53 a.m.
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Dallas Hawk
Pomona
Murphysboro
Jackson
Union County
Hawk
Jackson County
Illinois 127
Jackson Union County
SIU C accused of being soft on illicit term papers sales
A SIU Carbondale professor urges President Brandt to resign over inaction against illicit term paper sales by companies in Carbondale and Chicago. The professor and others pressure Phi Beta Kappa to review SIU C’s campus chapter bid while university officials claim steps have been taken, including a voluntary stop on advertisements and potential action by the attorney general if violations recur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siu-C
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Warren W. Brandt
Leland G. Stauber
SIUC
Stauber
Frank E. Horton
Carbondale
Chicago
Arthur M. Sussman
Brandt
James M. Brown
Secre
Tary
SIU
Illinois
William Scott
Senate
Susman
Sussman
Term Paper
Scott
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Neal Lennon
Lennon
Pastor
Airport
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
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