Junk dealer builds underground church on old coal mine
Marion scrap dealer Bert Wilson plans a 12 foot underground church inside an abandoned coal mine on his 35 acre site. He intends to store seven years of food and 8000 bushels of corn for tribulation time while a related lawsuit questions whether the project is a sham to dodge a $4000 dog bite judgment.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion
Williamson County
Bert Wilson
Illinois 37
Wilson
Cedar Grove Apostolic Church
Arth
Revelations
Daniel
Thomas E. Smith
Smith
Fred Shapiro
Murphysboro
Largest Norge shipment moves without incident
The Herrin Norge plant shipped out 17 boxcars at 8 45 a m marking its largest post strike movement without violence today amid a restrained picket line. Friday’s clash injured three truck drivers and municipal police and railroad officials guarded the site as unions press for concessions. The strike enters its sixth week as federal mediators order negotiations set for Tuesday at Marion with wage offers under discussion.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Norge
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mount Vernon
Leslie Thomas
David Garner
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge 554
Garner
Herrin
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Bruce Townsend
Earline McEvers
Williamson County Programs On Ag
Ing
Heritage Motor Lodge
Marion
Norge
Anita Verga
Mary Reynolds
Simon income down but net worth grows
U S Rep Paul Simon and wife Jeanne reported a total income of 98 533 18 in 1980, down from 140 230 71 in 1979, while their net worth rose from 154 142 27 to 164 100 37. Major income came from Simon's congressional salary 60 662 50 and Jeanne's 12 180 81 consultancy work.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
Jeanne
Simons
National Advisory
Carnival worker faces manslaughter charge in death
Michael Savage 21, an itinerant carnival worker from Clayton Alabama, is jailed in Gasconade County and faces involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of 75 year old Frank J. Miller of Coulterville. Miller died after an alleged confrontation on Illinois Route 13 between Coulterville and Swanwick. An autopsy cited a brain hemorrhage from a fall onto a car wheel hub cap. Funeral services were held at St. Pious Church in Walsh.
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Gasconade County
Perry County
Coulterville
Michael Savage
Clanton
Ala
Hermann
Savage
Frank J. Miller
Miller
Sparta Community Hospital
Savv
Randolph
Perry
Randolph County
Gary McClure
Bellmeier Midwest
Illinois
Swanwick
McCure
St. Pious Church
Walsh
ICC to Probe Conrail Line Closure in Southern Illinois
U S Representative Paul Simon announced the ICC will investigate Conrail’s plan to close the Lawrenceville to Cairo line in Southern Illinois. The probe delays closure to no sooner than February 1982 with a July 7 hearing at Harrisburg City Hall where Simon will testify.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Conrail
Illinois
U.S
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Simon
Steve Hull
Lawrenceville
Cairo
ICC
Harrisburg City Hall
Hull
UHF Channel 27 Aims to Air This Summer in Southern Illinois
WDDD-TV Marion plans UHF Channel 27 sign on by late July or early August with 2.6 million watts from a base near Goreville. Dennis Doelitzsch says the earth to satellite receiving station is in place and half the programming is set, including Independent Network News seven nights a week and a mix of cartoons, entertainment shows, and major league sports for the Southern Illinois region.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois
Wddd-Tv
Marion
Dennis
Doelitzsch
Goreville
Entertainment Tonight
Sullivan
Leonard Nimoy
Fire destroys rural Vienna home during wedding
A blaze consumed Paul Gringle's prefabricated one story house on a gravel road four miles east of Vienna while he attended his wedding at Gilead Church. The total loss prompted a state fire marshal investigation to rule out arson. A passerby spotted the fire at about 8:45 p.m. and notified authorities.
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Vienna
Paul Gringle
Johnson County
Gringle
Gilead
Senior citizens seek former Vienna cafe as home, funds lacking
Johnson County Senior Citizens seek to buy the former Bob White Restaurant in West Vienna for a permanent home. With an asking price over 100000, funds are unavailable and federal state grants have dwindled. The group meets at Shriner’s Temple and would share space with others if possible.
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Dave DeWitte
The
Southern Illinoisan
Bob White
West Vienna
Johnson County
Zona Bridges
Vienna
Shawnee College
Shriner’s Temple
Bridges
Herrin Twirlers and Band Win Rend Lake Parade Honors
Herrin Tiger Twirlers and Herrin Junior High School band captured top honors at the 10th Rend Lake Festival parade in Benton. Juniors won junior marching units without bands. senior high bands went to Pinckneyville. Benton trophy entries and various floats earned special recognitions. several civic and antique entries placed across divisions.
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Herrin Tiger
Herrin
Benton
Epaulettes
Murphysboro
Silverettes
Lesser
Benton Chamber of Commerce
Du Quoin weighs TV storm warning system
Du Quoin plans to use its cable service to deliver weather and emergency alerts via TV screens. Mayor Robert Armstrong says the council will discuss funding from coax receipts to install a tone-and-voce system. Current aerial sirens prove unreliable. a new setup would wake residents and instruct actions.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin
Robert Armstrong
Jones Intercable, Inc
Armstrong
Jerry Ozburn
Ozburn
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Council On Women’s Educational Programs
Maryland
Florida
Adams Express
Senior Citizens Eye
Vienna Cafe
Allen D. Veach
Building Committee
Paul Corzine
Division Street
Poplar Street
Division
South Streets
Main Streets
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