McDowell seeks ward reduction and new city committees
New Murphysboro Mayor David McDowell moved quickly to act on aldermanic questions. He restructured committees, proposed reducing five wards to four, urged nonpartisan city elections, and filed an ordinance to pay mayoral expenses only on council approved vouchers. He merged budget and finance, parking and traffic, and public safety, while linking street and water and sewer into public works. New panels for ordinance and zoning were created alongside streets, with existing cemetery civil defense personnel and public improvement retained.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
New
Murphysboro
David McDowell
McDowell
Public Works
Public Improvement Committee
The Graduates life in Du Quoin TV documentary
A half hour public television documentary titled The Graduates follows Sandy and Tom Marek of Du Quoin. Produced by Robert Walsh it airs Wednesday at 9 30 p m on WSIU Channel 8 with St Louis and Champaign stations considering airings. The film explores life decisions of two generations of Du Quoin High School graduates and how small town life shapes choices.
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Ann Schottman
du Quoin
WSIU
Sandy
Tom Marek
St. Louis
Champaign
Sandy Marek
Steve
Robert Walsh
Couple faces charges after cash and gun raid at Carbondale dealership
A Kentucky couple was arrested at Jim Pearl Inc. in Carbondale with 22000 in cash a .45 automatic handgun and suspected cocaine. Charles David Johnson 46 and Rebecca Lynn Johnson 33 claimed Fort Wright Ky. as their home. They were charged with unlawful use of a weapon and other counts. The luxury car and items were seized as evidence. a child was placed with juvenile authorities. Police said the woman had gunshot and eye wounds with undisclosed cause. They await preliminary hearings at Jackson County jail.
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Carbondale
Kentucky
Tim Moss
Mike Osifein
Jim Pearl Inc
West Frankfort
Charles David Johnson
Rebecca Lynn Johnson
Ms. Johnson
Jackson County
Governor Thompson Visit Rescheduled to Anna Jonesboro High School
Illinois news item notes an incorrect day for Gov. James Thompson's visit to Anna. Thompson will speak at Anna Jonesboro High School.
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James Thompson
Anna
Ecrney
Union County Industrial Committee
Anna-Jonesboro
Herman Wright
Thompson
Build
Illinois
Landers
Pognogogre
Aan TV
Anna-Jonesboro High School
Ieee Ae Sea
Thompson defends ruling after anti crime bill failure
Springfield Gov James R Thompson angrily denounced the defeated Class X sentencing measure eight days before a shocking case emerged Cathleen Crowell Webb was abducted and raped. Thompson later commuted Gary Dotsons sentence amid ongoing debate over crime policy and justice.
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Thompson
Statehouse
Cathleen Crowell Webb
Gary Dotson
Hern
Dotson fund-raiser notes clemency and mercy debates
Gary Dotson, once a convicted rapist, drew about 100 supporters to a suburban Chicago nightclub fundraiser to aid his legal costs after Governor Thompson commuted his 25 to 50 year sentence to six years served. The event launched the Gary Dotson Freedom Foundation to aid innocent prisoners, amid debate over mercy versus punishment and broader rape sentence policies.
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OAK Forest
Gary Dotson
Chicago
Dotson
Thompson
Greg Moszar
Don Harenberg
Gary Dotson Freedom
Police siege ends as MOVE fire destroys 60 homes in Philadelphia
Police searched for armed MOVE members after a siege culminated when a state helicopter dropped a bomb on the bunkered roof, starting a blaze that razed up to 60 houses. Police evacuated about 200 homes as gunfire echoed from the row house, with two children rescued and neighbors viewing the scene as a war zone.
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Philadelphia
MOVE
Thomas McCormick
al Lewis
Gregore Sambor
W. Wilson Goode
Eviction clash ends in fire as MOVE is blamed
In Philadelphia, thick smoke and roaring flames engulf MOVE’s fortified home as police aimed a satchel bomb and MOVE gunfire hampered firefighting. Residents protest with chants of murder while officials call it the toughest fire in 25 years, amid fear of casualties.
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Philadelphia
MOVE
William Richmond
West Philadelphia’s MOVE eviction area an old, varied neighborhood
The west Philadelphia district where police aimed to evict MOVE is described as a longtime residential area near Cobbs Creek Park with two story row homes. Initially settled by European Jews who built synagogues and businesses, it later became predominantly black after World War II and remains well kept three miles from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Europe
University of Pennsylvania
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
James R. Thompson
Leo Brooks
Goode
Melinda Austin
Frank James
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Upper Darby
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