Construction Starts Strong In Southern Illinois
Norm Heikens reports spring construction activity in Southern Illinois is up from last year led by commercial building. Contractors disagree on the extent of the rise, with some calling it their best spring yet and others noting only modest gains. They credit lower interest rates and a stronger economy, while many homeowners remodel instead of buying new. National construction this year is projected at 192 billion dollars, up from 189.9 billion last year in 1977 dollars.
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Norm Heikens
Southern Illinois
Bureau of the Census
Coniglio
Sally Brain
Association of General Contractors
Reagan
Bill Butler
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Marion
Butler
Construction boom in 1984 boosts hopes for 1985 activity
Contractors in Southern Illinois see potential growth if interest rates stay down and more water and sewer projects appear. 1984 total construction value rose from 1982's $149.3 billion, with firms like Mabry Construction and Fager Construction forecasting strong 1985 gains, while others warn progress depends on federal investment, tax credits, and regional demand.
SEC widens probe into insider trading linked to Pickens targets
The SEC pursues a broad inquiry into possible insider trading tied to takeover targets of T. Boone Pickens, including General American Oil, Cities Service, Superior Oil, and Gulf Oil, alongside Unocal. Court documents reveal depositions from Pickens associates were sought in a civil suit later dropped, with trading spikes noted before tender offers.
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New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
T. Boone Pickens
Mesa Petroleum Co
SEC
Unocal Corp
Pickens
Mesa
Murdoch and Davis buy Metromedia TV stations for over 2 billion
Rupert Murdoch and Marvin Davis agreed to acquire Metromedia Inc. seven independent TV stations in New York Boston Los Angeles Chicago Washington Dallas Fort Worth and Houston for more than 2 billion. The deal raises questions about Murdoch's ownership of The New York Post and The Chicago Sun-Times with potential FCC divestment requirements.
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New York
Rupert Murdoch
Marvin Davis
Denver
Metromedia Inc
American Broadcasting Cos
Capital Cities Communications
Murdoch
Davis
20Th
FCC
Uniroyal Buyout Near by Clayton & Dubilier
Uniroyal Inc expected to accept a $750 million leveraged buyout offer from Clayton & Dubilier, at $22 a share in cash. The deal follows halted Ethyl talks and a postponed court challenge by Carl Icahn, who would back the proposal and receive 5.9 million for expenses.
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New York
Uniroyal Inc
Clayton & Dubilier Inc
Uniroyal
Ethyl Corp
Carl C. Icahn
Robert E. Tarleton
State Superior Court
Jersey City
N.J
Clayton & Dubilier
Icahn
IBM Move Triggers Dealer Software Freebies
IBM began providing dealers with free software for certain Personal Computer models drawing protests from software executives. The move, not publicly announced, aims to supply word processing and financial spreadsheet programs with the machines, but critics say IBM seeks to leverage its hardware dominance to expand software sales.
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Atlanta
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
Benton Safety Instructor Wins NMRS Smoke Eater Award
Arthur J. Williams 57 of Benton received the National Mine Rescue Association Smoke Eater's Award at the Illinois Post 9 meeting in Mount Vernon on April 27. A longtime mine safety official since 1967 he was also named a lifetime NMRA member and continues to train prospective miners for certification as mine managers.
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Arthur J
Joe’’ Williams
Benton
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
National Mine Rescue Association
Illinois Post
Mount Vernon
IDMM
Brad Evilsizer
Williams
Benton Mine Rescue Team
Southern Illinois Mine Safety
Top farm lobbyist Dean Sears steers Illinois policy hands us farmers' view
Springfield AP profile of Dean Sears the 48 year old farm lobbyist for the Illinois Farm Bureau who for 20 years has balanced a Bloomington residence with a daily 120 mile round trip to the state capitol. He builds influence by steady presence negotiating amendments and shaping environmental and tax legislation.
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Springfield
State Capitol
Dean Sears
Statehouse
Sears
Bloomington
Larry Werries
Illinois Farm Bureau
Werries
Vince Demuzio
Carlinville
Demuzio
General Assembly
John Killam
Illinois Livestock Association
Dean
Dick Davidson
State Agriculture Department
Hopedale
Tazewell County
University of Illinois
IFB
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Elkville
Booth
William Mabry
Mabry Construction
West Frankfort
Chuck Fager
Fager Construction
Murphysboro
Mike Vincent
Vincent Construction Co
Anna
Si Wire Services
Murdoch Media Empire
Amex
NYSE
Allen Industries
McDonalds
Dayco
Norge Amax
Magic Chef
Coca-Cola
Old Ben Coal Consol
DuPont
Standard Oil Ohio
Freeman Coal O
Pepsi
Gen. Dynamics
Ramada Inn
Holiday Inn
Inland Steel
Printin
J.C. Penney
City Investing
K Mart
Illinoisan Turco, Inc
Lee Ent
Atcor
Bemis
U.S. Gypsum
Meis WalMart
Brown Group
Wendys
Nmrs Smoke Eater
St. Louis
Birmingham
Alabama
Houston
Chicago
Frankfurt
Germany
Mexico City
Dallas
Norfolk
Virginia
Sofer
Boone
S. Ilinois Carbondale
N. 11Th St
Williamson County Airport
Borgsmiller
Top of
A.L. Williams and
Milico
A.L. Williams
Massachusetts Indemnity and Life Insurance Company
Prudential
New York Life
Northwestern Mutual
Parklake Dr
Milico Business
Dick Heyder
Rodney Jacobs
Gilbert Stockton
DuQuoin
Ron Head
Marc Guerra
Carbondale, IL
Jesus Rosado
Jeffrey Lestz
W. Main
Carbondale
Dick Jorgenson
Herrin, IL
Robert Zeboski
Benton, IL
Darrel Eggemeyer
Chester, IL
Benny Gayer
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