Farm visit brings schoolchildren to SIU Carbondale livestock centers
Hundreds of children from Crab Orchard and area schools visit SIU Carbondale dairy beef and sheep centers this spring to learn where food and milk come from. Paul Gibbs and Scott Newdeck assist youngsters feeding a calf and dairy cow as hands reach through a fence.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Crab Orchard
Paul Gibbs
Scott Newdeck
Siu-C
Southern Illinois
Long range plan urges three school additions plus space study
Carbondale elementary district should add four room additions at Thomas Parrish and Lewis, close Springmore in 1983, and in 1990 seek a 2.5 million bond for more Thomas and Parrish space. The committee urges space for special programs and may reuse a high school for a future junior high while awaiting further public input.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Board of Education
Brush
Karl Bartelsmeyer
Gordon White
Bartelsmeyer
White
John Barbie
Thomas, Parrish
Lewis
Springmore
Thomas School
Parrish School
Thomas
Harold Bardo
Perry must boost farm assessments in 1980 session
The Perry County Board of Review plans to reconvene to raise farmland assessments after the Illinois Department of Revenue said the 1979 level is too low under new rules capping increases at eight percent. The board hopes to reassess each property rather than apply a blanket multiplier, with an August mail date for tax bills possible. A new soil survey by the Soil and Water Conservation District will guide the 1982 quadrennial reassessment.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinois
Perry County
Tom Moss
Victor Provart
John Barber
Hammack
Revenue Department
Moss
Review Board
Barger
Eugene Rodely
Soil and Water Conservation District
Jackson Square expansion curb urged over drainage issues
Murphysboro council officials may block new development at Jackson Square Shopping Center unless drainage problems are addressed. The public improvement committee says erosion and silt runoff from the center affect the city storm sewer and Harrison septic systems. They recommend sending a letter to Eisenberg and Associates to meet with city officials and cover fix costs. If no agreement, no further building permits or sewer hookups. Leash law proposal will await public hearings.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson Square
Murphysboro
David McDowell
Harrison
Illinois 13-127
McDonald's Res
McDowell
Frankfort City Workers Approve Pact With City Council
West Frankfort city employees in the Streets Water and Sewer departments voted 14 to 6 to accept a city contract offering a 7 percent wage rise plus fringe benefits. Total increase cited near 15 percent. Police and firefighters already sealed deals. firefighters are IBF members. Formal council approval set for Tuesday.
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West Frankfort
Teamsters Union
John Simmons
International Brotherhood of Firefighters
Simmons
Federal jury indicts four Marion inmates on assaults
A federal grand jury indicted four Marion penitentiary inmates on separate charges surrounding two assaults on guards and an inmate. Hugh T. Colomb faced counts of assaulting officer Robert Reynolds and weapon conveyance tied to a holiday stabbing death. Dale Glennon Wilson, Johnnie Leroy Peterson, and Michael Lee Towns were also charged in related knife and assault incidents with fellow inmate Warnell Trent.
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Marion Federal Penitentiary
Hugh T. Colomb
Robert C. Reynolds
Marion
Colomb
California
Charles F. Stewart
Dale Glennon Wilson
Jose Vasquez
Wilson
U.S. Penitentiary
Louisiana
Johnnie Leroy Peterson
Michael Lee Towns
Warnell Trent
Peterson
Towns
Walkout nears end of third week at Koppers plant
Workers at Koppers Forest Products Division north of Carbondale, represented by Local 12176 of United Steelworkers, extend a strike into a third week over contract language and new benefits. Picketers block entry while two sides press for a three year pact amid stalled negotiations and railroad tensions. The plant, built 1902 and acquired by Koppers in 1932, remains shut as crews are replaced by nonunion staff for needed switching.
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Tom Woolf
Koppers Company
Forest Products
Carbondale
United Steelworkers of America
North Marion Street
Ed Durrell
Koppers
Pittsburgh
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
CCG
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
John Williams
Norge
Herrin
Williams
ICG
Paul Seaton
St. Louis
Robert Ogara
Ogara
Forest Products Division
Johnson County shuts down ambulance service vote
Johnson County Board voted to dissolve the county ambulance service effective June 15 after two costly months of operation. Officials plan a volunteer EMS network, aiming for 30 to 40 volunteers, possibly drawing on Vienna Correctional Center inmate EM Technicians, with a meeting set to discuss replacement plans.
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Johnson County Ambulance Service
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Johnson County Board
County Board
Max Ray
Ray
Vienna
Johnson County
Vienna Square
Anna City Employees to Receive Across the Board Raises
The Anna City Council approved a resolution boosting salaries for 37 city workers by six to 10 percent based on commissioners' recommendations. Department heads gained 10 percent. An ordinance set the official work week at 40 hours, ending a prior 48 hour rhythm that was unofficially in place.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinois
Anna
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George Edwards
Perry
Frankfort
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James Churillo
Pope County
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