Military Notes Highlight Local Servicemen Across Front Lines
Pfc William Decker 19 of Du Quoin serves as Army paratrooper in the Middle East afterGermany. HM2 Jessica Eichhorn Conley 30 from Du Quoin leads Cardio vascular Clinic at Bethesda and aided PresidentBush's stress test in 2002. Marine Lance Cpl Jonathan Wallis 23 based in Okinawa, brother Pfc Robert Wallis 21 in Iraq. 1st Lt Doy Gorton 26 in Iraq under British command. Airman Jonathan Craig 21 deployed to Diego Garcia for Afghanistan and Iraq operations. Maj Mitchell Strang 38 mobilized to Pacific center for North Korea concerns. Sgt K C Monti II 22 in Iraq. Spc Benjamin D Thomas 19 at Fort Bliss, may deploy soon. 1st Lt Matthew Wittnam 25 at Tinker AFB. Fire Controlman J W Hunt 31 aboard USS Paul Hamilton with Abraham Lincoln group return to Hawaii. Loga born Feb 15.
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Jessica Eichhorn Conley
Navy
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
George W. Bush
du Quoin
Daniel Conley
Pekin
Phyllis Overturf
Benton
David Eichhorn
Marion
Doy Gorton
U.S. Marine Corps
Iraq
1St Light Armored Reconnaissance
Gorton
D. Gorton
Jane Adams
Carbondale
Doy
Sgt
Acton Gorton
J. W. Hunt
U.S. Navy
Paul Hamilton
Yuba
Abraham Lincoln
Hawaii
Persian Gulf
Loga
Illinois lawmakers push corporate accountability after plant closures
GALESBURG AP State lawmakers seek tougher rules for firms taking public incentives after Maytag and Motorola closed plants despite millions in government aid. Bill would require disclosure of incentive terms and clawbacks if promises aren’t kept, with support from Blagojevich but opposition from business leaders and many Republicans. Local figures weigh job gains against protection for taxpayers.
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Galesburg
John Franks
Woodstock
Maytag Corp
Motorola Inc
Maytag
Motorola
Harvard
Franks
Don Moffitt
R-Gilson
Illinois
Moffitt
Bob Sheehan
Eric Voyles
United closes Indianapolis aircraft maintenance base
United Airlines permanently shutters its Indianapolis International Airport maintenance plant prompting bankruptcy court action to reject the lease and secure the facility's closure. The move ends a 1500-employee operation once hailed as a major regional economic project amid prior incentives and penalties.
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Indianapolis
United Airlines
Bart Peterson
UAL Corp
United
Chicago
IMC
Oakland
Calif
Melina Kennedy
Hendricks
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William Decker
Germany
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Vnouaily
Conley
Wallis
Lance Cpl
Jonathan Wallis
Okinawa
Robert Wallis
54 Quartermaster Company
Somewere
James and
Brenda Wallis
Craig of
Murphysboro
Jonathan Craig
U.S. Air Force
Diego Garcia
Afghanistan
Randal Craig
Air Force
Donna Craig
Air Force Reserves
Craig
Strang
Maj
Mitchell Strang
Pacific Air Command Center
Honolulu
Missouri Air National Guard
Montiel of
Lake of Egypt
K.C. Monti II
U.S
Ken and
Maria Monti
Wayne and
Delores Weimer
Thomas of
Benjamin D. Thomas
U.S. Army Reserves
Susan Renae Smith
Southern Illinois University
Danny L. Thomas
Dahlonega
Fort Bliss
Texas
Thomas
John A. Logan College
Matthew Wittnam
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Glen and
Patricia Wittnam
Hunt
Decker
Bill
Rod Blagojevich
House
Senate
Amanda Williams
Aaron Kemp
Kemp
Michael
Zach
Williams
Indy
John Crouch
DU Quoin State Fairgrounds
W. Main St
CarBonpage
Court Street Inn
S. Court
Cobden
National Nurses
Jenny‘s
W. Main & Marion
MasterCard
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Reddy Abn
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Pua
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