Bid for new TV stations back to FCC Mount Vernon
The FCC will review Pyramid Broadcasting Corp 1977 building permit to use channel 13 for a new television station in Mount Vernon The long-pending case has drawn petitions and competition from KDNL TV KDNL’s SI Broadcasting Co dropped its application leaving Pyramid as the main filer Pyramid’s William Varecha of Murphysboro filed in January 1977 FCC spokesman William Sill notes strong interest and a possible delay of a few weeks due to petitions and the other application ending.
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Mount Vernon
Federal Communications Commission
Pyramid Broadcasting Corp
William Varecha
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois Broadcasting Co
KDNL
Sill
Pyramid heads seek TV station permit for Mount Vernon area
The applicant and principals in Pyramid propose a construction permit to build a television station serving Mount Vernon and a 12 county region including Bond, Clay, Clinton, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Marion, Washington and Wayne. They aim to act by Thanksgiving and proceed to tower, equipment, and licensing steps with FCC approval.
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FCC
Varecha
Debbie
Robert
Chicago
Robert Volk
Pyramid
Varecas
Sunshine Broadcasting Co
WTAO
Murphysboro
Mount Vernon
Bond, Clay
Clinton
Effingham
Fayette
Franklin
Hamilton
Jefferson
Perry
Marion
Washington
Wayne
Democrats ask court to approve Illinois legislative map
Democrats filed a pre emptive suit in the Illinois Supreme Court seeking quick ruling on the 1981 redistricting map approved Oct 2 by the Legislative Redistricting Commission. They seek to curb later litigation ahead of the March 1982 primary elections. The GOP rejects the map as a device to entrench Democratic control and plans to challenge it in federal court.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Legislative
Michael McClain
Quincy
Special Commission
Adams County
George E. Schrage
Sam W. Wolf
Granite City
McClain
GOP
Don Adams
Illinois Supreme Court
Cratic
Mark Q. Rhoads
Western Springs
Senate Elections Committee
Adams
U.S. District Court
Chicago
Supreme Court
State Board of Elections
Tyrone C. Fahner
Jim Edgar
Judy Koehler
Henry
Fahner
Edgar
Elections Board
Ron Michaelson
U.S
Widow sues agent over stolen policy and attempted murder
An elderly widow from Hoyleton Illinois accuses insurance agent Harold Wisnewski and New York Life Insurance Co of cashing a $17,491 annuity without her knowledge and of attempting to kill her by smothering and a deliberate crash. The suit seeks actual and punitive damages and cites negligence for not auditing the agent’s accounts.
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Belleville
Washington County
Irma P. Lee
Hoyleton
St. Clair County
New York Life Insurance Co
Harold G. Wisnewski
Irvington
Jefferson County
Wisnewski
Illinois Department of Insurance
New York Life
Oberman urges state to force utilities to rebate unpaid tax
Democratic attorney general hopeful Martin Oberman calls for a $100 million rebate from Illinois utilities to customers, directing the Illinois Commerce Commission to hold hearings to seek refunds of federal taxes customers paid after the 1979 tax cut. He cites Illinois Power Co. and Central Illinois Public Service Co. totals and criticizes Fahner and the ICC for inaction, touting broader consumer protections in utility regulation.
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Evan M. Davis
Washington
Oberman
Illinois
Illinois Power Co
Central Illinois Public Sevice Co
ICC
Tyrone Fahner
Chicago
Central Committee
Southern Illinois
Williamson
Jackson
Perry
Jefferson
Pulaski
Williamson County
Ovie Edwards
Edwards
Daniel Pierce
Highland Park
James Holloway
Lake of Egypt
Holloway
Marion
Fahner
Public Utilities
Western Coal
Illinois harvest running late but doing well
Illinois farmers have 34 percent of corn and 72 percent of soybeans harvested, behind average and well behind last year. Late plantings and a cool summer slowed maturity, while winter wheat emergence stands at 35 percent. Field work averaged 4.25 days last week with 12 percent soil moisture short, 67 percent adequate, 21 percent surplus.
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Urbana
Illinois
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Tom Kurtz
Kurtz
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