Carbondale seals bond plan for $11 million project
Carbondale council approves $11 million bond issue to finance a downtown hotel convention center linked to a $2 million UDAG grant. Land must be cleared within a year or developer Stay Hoye earns a $140,000 penalty. HUD UDAG release hinges on complete financing and land clearance. Bond counsel notes lower rates yet FmHA guarantee expires December 31, 1984, threatening timing.
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Tom Woolf
Carbondale
Hoye
James Bondurant
Bondurant
Kirchner, Moore and Co
Woolsey and Co
Ron Henry
Philadelphia
Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Langon
Fmha
Hans Fischer
Carroll Fry
UDAG
John Womick
Fry
HUD
Ene
Memory like a steel trap Former guard helps and escapees
Former Marion prison guard Raymond Kettemen in Benton says he can spot escapees and helped authorities arrest Donald Ray Bennett and Paul Harrington from a Brazil Indiana jail break. A third suspect, Joe Jackalski, remained at large as law enforcement tracked the trio. Bennett and Harrington were captured near Alto Pass after Kettemen alerted police and Union Franklin County officers.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Franklin County
Raymond Kettemen
Benton
Kettemen
Federal Penitentiary
Marion
Clay County
Brazil
Ind
Alto Pass
FBI
Donald Ray Bennett
Paul Harrington
Joe Jackalski
Indiana
Bennett
Union County
Larry Tripp
Clutts
Tripp
Pee
Harrington
Feder
Robert Simpson
Tripp Bennett
Olin Lays Off 60 at Orchill Area Plant
Sixty production line workers at Olin Corporation’s Orchill Area plant in Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge were laid off this week after the federal contract was completed. The cuts are viewed as permanent, though future contracts could recall some workers. the company notes total staffing remains 68 above year-ago levels. General Tire and Rubber Co. in Mount Vernon also shut down temporarily for inventory, with 1,000 employees protected by a wage- continuation program through November 23 as vehicle demand remains weak.
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Olin Corporation
Orchill
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
General Tire and Rubber Co
Mount Vernon
Olin
General Tire
Jim Rippy
Mt. Vernon
Rippy
Illinois coal mines near first fatality-free year in 20th century
Illinois coal industry nears a record year with no fatalities so far in 1981. Officials credit enhanced inspections, safety programs, and cooperation between Mines and Minerals, coal companies, and the United Mine Workers. Industry figures note prior decades saw frequent fatalities, highlighting the unusual current trend.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Art Rice
Mines and Minerals
Brad Evilsizer
United Mine Workers
Springfield
Illinois Coal Association
Taylor Pensoneau
Jerry Jones
UMW
Jones
Evilsizer
Pensoneau
Ilinois
Weather outlook hints at warmer midweek in 60s
National Weather Service forecasts fair tonight with a low in the upper 30s Increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions on Wednesday with a high in the mid to upper 60s Chance of showers Thursday followed by partly cloudy and cooler conditions Friday and Saturday Highs in the 50s Thursday and 40s to near 50 Friday and Saturday Lows in the mid 30s to low 40s
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National Weather Service
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Council
Farmer’s Home Administration
First National Bank of St Louis
Thomas Langdon
Woolsey and Company
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
Debt Service Reserve Fund
Debt Service Fund
Fischer
Pendin
Nnett
Arrington
Missouri
Joe Jines
Mit. Vernon
Ann Landers
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