Abandoned mine funds woes leave Murphys in Saline County
Harold and Alice Murphy face a costly, stalled cleanup on their 340 acre Saline County farm where Blue Blaze and Wasson No 2 mines lie. Washington funding for reclaiming abandoned mines is shrinking, with Illinois awaiting state programs and the Murphys awaiting relief as safety concerns linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Harold
Alice Murphy
Saline County
Washington
Murphy
Carrier Mills
Soil Conservation Service
Federal Department of Agriculture
Slope
The
Murphys
Illinois
Duane Johnson
SCS
Cotting
Wasson
Blue Blaze
Illinois Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council
Jackson nursing home loses Medicare certification
The Jackson County Nursing Home will not receive Medicare payments for new admissions starting Dec. 1 1981 due to life safety and fire code violations. Officials said some problems have been remedied but a hearing will be held and reapplication later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Jackson County Nursing Home
Nursing Home
Richard Ligon
Southern Illinoisan
Division of Health Standards and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS
Medicare
Ligon
U.S. Deent of Health and Human Servces
Chicago
Betty Weisberg
Jackson County
Revenue sharing denied for Marion Senior Citizens Center
Williamson County Board rejected a $15,000 request in federal revenue sharing funds for Marion Senior Citizens Center, affirming a policy to fund countywide projects. The panel allocated $309,540 to the sheriff, $40,000 to records and computers, and $6,000 to aging programs while plans for a vestibule, carpeting, wiring, and a food area remain unfunded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Senior Citizens Center
Williamson County Board
Marion Senior Citizens Organization
Curtis Palmer
Palmer
Sheriff's Department
Williamson County
Sheriff’s Department
Elilora Aikman
West Main Street
Marion
Lower Co
Mike Kovach
Carterville
Kovach
John A. Logan College
Burglary at Area Service Center Hits Two Typewriters
Police say two typewriters valued at 1600 dollars were stolen from the Area Service Center for Gifted and Voca lone Students located at 202 E Church St Aton during a burglary that occurred between Friday and Sunday. In a separate break-in at Benton Park District concession stand at the city park, damage estimated at 300 dollars occurred between noon Saturday and 5 p.m Sunday with nothing missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Service Center
Gifted
Vocalone
E. Church St
Aton
Benton Park District
City Park
Police seek witnesses after body found near gravel road
Car parked along a gravel road near a strip pit where 30-year-old Joan Wetherall was found nude and strangled. Sheriff Don White urges anyone who saw the black over silver Chevrolet Monte Carlo or similar car to call 684-2177. Autopsy remains inconclusive on rape. Wetherall last seen leaving a Carbondale tavern at 1 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
Occu
Don White
Elkville
Joan Wetherall
White
Ms. Wetherall
Sheriff's Department
Don Ragsdale
South Illinois Street
North Springer
Susan Schumake
Southern Illiois University- Carbondale
SIU Carbondale student injured in lab blast
Steven Sowa a chemistry major and junior was injured in an explosion and fire in Neckers Hall at SIUC. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital Carbondale and had regained some vision by Friday afternoon. A small lab fire was extinguished by Prof Gerald Smith. research associate Stanislaw Duraj was unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Steven Sowa
Neckers Hall
Sowa
SIUC
Walnut St
Gerald Smith
Stanislaw Duraj
McCollum seeks return to Williamson school post
Les McCollum, superintendent of the Williamson County educational service region, today announced he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for another term. He cites a 20 percent office budget reduction and a 13 percent rise since then, amid 70 percent general inflation, plus training programs, a speakers bureau, and grants. A Herrin resident, McCollum has served as teacher and administrator at all school levels and holds degrees from Southern Illinois University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les McCollum
Williamson County Educational Service Region
McCollum
Oyer
Te Mccollum
Herrin
Southern Illinois University
SIU
University of Illinois
Village board to hear protests over Cambria burglaries
A Cambria resident delegation heads to the Village Board meeting to urge action on recent burglaries. Victim Tom Meldau says eight Cambria homes and several outside the village were burglarized and plans a town meeting on Nov 23 to inform parents. Police say several burglaries remain under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria
Tom Meldau
Meldau
Prineas Criticizes Coal Gas Plant Spending in Illinois
Republican presidential hopeful candidate Peter Prineas accuses Rep. Paul Simon of failing to direct design funds for a Perry County coal gasification plant to Southern Illinois. He notes most of the $60 million design contracts went to a Pittsburgh firm and says the project would have created about 1,500 construction and 400 production jobs if built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Simon
Perry County
Illinois
Carbondale
Peter Prineas
Simon
Pittsburgh
Prineas
Telethon aims to net over 500000 for handicapped aid
The 1981 Lions Club Telethon of Stars for Handicapped Children, aired 15 hours on WPSD Channel 6, had pledges of 494600.01 and is expected to exceed 500000 by mid December. Illinois pledges total 111067.90 with Kentucky 319646.47 and Missouri 5357.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Lions Club
Wpsd-Tv
Channel 6
Dan Steele
Illinois
Easter Seal Society
Southern Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
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Ho Rreci
U.S
Johnson
Congress
Roger Cotting
Office of Surface Mining
Department of the Interior
Interior
Agriculture
RAMP
Tim Dudgeon
Walter Huddleston
D-Ky
OSM
Sue Massie
Illinois’ Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council
Jerry Lower
Wasson No
Jackson Nursing Home
Williamson
Crenshaw
Elmer Rogers
Office of General Assistance
Farmers Home Administration
Benton
Williamson School
Tom Wiseman
Dan van Cleve
WPSD
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