Derge prompts mass drug arrests in Carbondale raids
Federal and local agents swept Carbondale in coordinated drug raids early today at the request of SIU President David R. Derge. Twenty people were arrested on four search warrants, with 16 named in warrants and one charged killer, plus others identified as witnesses. large haul of marijuana LSD PCP and about 8000 Amytol tablets seized.
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Tony Stevens
Clindisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
David R. Derge
George R. Halpin
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Derge
Halpin
SIU
United States District Atty
Henry Schwartz
East St. Louis
Schwartz
E. Walnut St
Malibu
SIU President comments on early morning drug raid
SIU President David Derge issued a statement acknowledging a campus drug problem and outlining the universitys plan to make the environment hostile to dealers. The federal charges were presented to a Danville grand jury Monday morning. Authorities say 13 SIU students are among those charged in a three month investigation leading to raids at four Carbondale sites.
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Southern Illinois University
David Derge
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Danville
Schwartz
Murphysboro
Kent Brandon
Leon Schwartz
Belleville
Jackson County
Pensity
SIU
SIU Uses Radio Ads to Recruit Summer Students
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale allocates 1000 for radio spots on KXOK WMIX and WGGH to attract summer enrollees for new session formats. McGrath notes ads supplement mailings to high schools and teachers as SIU faces 10 percent enrollment losses and projected funding reductions from IBHE.
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Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
SIU
Robert A. McGrath
McGrath
KXOK
St. Louis
WMIX
Mt. Vernon
WGGH
Marion
Illinois
Wally Clark
KXOX
Carbondale
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Private ambulance bid shifts focus in Jackson County
Jackson County moves planning away from SIU Carbondale toward a private operator Official Ambulance Co Inc. The health committee will meet with Official to discuss taking over county ambulance service. The plan follows previous proposals including Shawnee Health System and concerns over monopoly and funding.
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Henry de Fiebre
Jackson County
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
SIU
Official Ambulance Co., Inc
Jackson County Board
Michael Fry
Official
Washington County
Centralia
Fire Dept
Ken Akins
Roberts
Shawnee Health System, Inc
Shawnee
Western
Noel Stallings
Health Committee
Fry
Atty
Howard Hood
708 Board
Menta Health
Jackson County Health Dept
Coroner’s Office
Wildcat Walkout Ends at Jefferson County Coal Mine
A three day wildcat strike at Freeman Coal Mining Corp Orient No 3 mine Waltonville ends after a meeting between company and union officials. About 600 miners and construction workers return to work at 8 am. Kenneth Dawes UMWA district 12 president reports ongoing talks and possible arbitration. Workers protested seniority rules for layoffs tied to job site seniority amid plant expansion.
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Jefferson County
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orient No. 3
Waltonville
Kenneth Dawes
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
District 12
Roberts and Schaefer Construction Co
Chicago
Dawes
Carbondale tests set for high rise floor load checks
Buckley Construction of Fenton Mo plans delayed stress tests on the Carbondale five story housing project on Old West Main street. Tests begin May 29 on the second floor using water filled pools to simulate loads up to 100 pounds per square foot per the contractor and 40 psf per wall minimum. The authority approved jacking at building ends to correct deflection and warned tests will pause during any active work for safety. The project will house 100 elderly tenants awaiting completion.
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Carbondale
Jackson County Housing Authority
Buckley Construction Co
Fenton, Mo
Tom Buckley
Authority
Buckley Firm
Old West Main Street
Jackson County Board prioritizes revenue sharing requests
The Jackson County Board on Wednesday set priorities for federal revenue sharing funds totaling about 188 301 for Southern Illinoisan projects. Highway department requests lead with 95 000 for Kimmel Bridge repairs to support school buses and traffic, plus trucks loaders and parking lots.
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Jackson County Board
County Highway Department
Murphysboro
Highway Department
James Kerley
Sheriff’s Office
Zoning panel eases flood plain rules in Carbondale
Carbondale Zoning Commission backs off flood plain restrictions in a Wednesday meeting. The area is narrowed by changing designations from flood fringe to the 1961 flood area and 100 year flood boundary. A 50 foot stream setback is approved, and future use rules in the new designations will be discussed.
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Carbondale
Marion building manager fired as Illinois cuts post
Nathan Kaplan, long time Marion regional office manager, is out of work May 31 after his civil service post was discontinued. Gov. Walker and Burris cited building-area consolidation replacing managers with area supervisors in Peoria Springfield Marion. Kaplan had been recommended by Williamson County GOP, earning about $11,712, now out. It's all politics.
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Kaplan
Mark Clark
Norton Kay
Clark
Marion
Chicago
Rockford
Gene Beard
State Tax Center
Dept. of Revenue
Springfield
Peoria
Champaign
Burris
Williamson County
Republican Party Central Committee
James W. Sanders
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Rickey Joe Petty
John R. Roberts
Pleasant Valley
Kenneth C. Jacobowski
Brown Hall
Mike Nowak
Marilyn Lane
Crab Orchard Mobile Homes
Stephen R. Smith
Edgewood Mobile Estates
Dennis Bradley Jackson
John Francis Palmer
Mt. Pleasant St
Winnetka
Edward Majewski
Dennis James Savelas
Karen Goessman
S. Ash
Lincoln Manor
Kerby
Dave Butler
Don Hecke
Federal Communications Commission
Jackson County Ambulance
William Scott
Wildcat
Carbondale Building
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