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Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC June 1984 Daily Egyptian 1984 6-22-1984 The aiD ly Egyptian, June 22, 1984 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_June1984 Volume 69, Issue 162 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, June 22, 1984." (Jun 1984). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1984 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in June 1984 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. High fares blamed for Amtrak woes Hy Phil Milano conservative and "heavily establishing the River Cities !>ecause it would link it to the comparisons did not reake Staff Writer oriented toward high fares," line was to provide tran "City of New Orleans" line, Capon said. sense, and that he was "com sportation for 7.9 million people which runs from Chicago to New paring apples to oranges." Amtrak ridership on the new But Debbie Marciniak. from St. Louis and connections 'Orleans. However, only 40 "River Cities" route linking spokeswoman for Amtrak, said farther west to the fair, which additional passengers have See FARES. Page 2 Carbondale to St. Louis has not the low ridership was caused by began May H. used the line per day since it been up to expectations since it a lack of public aW~1reness of the "We are expecting a profit began service. began operation on April 29, and new line. She also said low at A trip from Carbondale to i:oss Capon, executive director tendance at the 1984 World's ~~tm i~e !ID1i~~ltth~ofi~~l:a~ Kirkwood, Mo., <133 miles) on of the National Association of Fair in New Orl.:ans was a judgment based on the limited the line costs 19.6 cents per mile, Railr&ad Passengers, attributes factor. World's Fair attendance amount of information we or $26. Capon said. A com- that to "outrageous" fares. has been averaging 45,000 daily, have," she liaid. "It's much too Capo.l said NAP.P while earlier projections early to tell." ~~~~~ t~~1 f~:res~~~~016~~ representatives hav'? told him estimated attenrlance would be Projected annual revenues cents per mile, or $22. A trip that "people come to a station, 75,000 per day. from the line extension are from St. Louis to New Orleans discover the fare and ~'len turn Capon also said a late March e~pected to be $3.8 million. (735 miles) on the line cc.sts 14.6 and walk away." announcement of the new line ce'1ts per mile, or $107, whil~ a Fares on the River Cities meant a short lead time to te~~~a~o~S~d~hea;~ ~:o trip from Chicago to Jackson, route, which ;ncludes a stop in organize tour groups for the passengers per day to the Miss., (742 miles) costs 14.2 Gus says the trains aren't ,ull Centralia, are high because the fair. "Missouri Mule" route from cents per mil\~, or SlO5. because the fares are more than Amtrak marketing leadership is A major reason for Kansas City, Mo .• to St. Louis. Marciniak said Capo,n's fair and the fair is I~'I. Up-and out C£gyptlan'Daily • Resort Air to add flights .•• Southern Illinois University By !\like l\Iajchrowitz would seek to base more of its operation at the Staff Writer airport in the near future. Currently one plane and two crew members remain over night at the Friday, June 22. 1984. Vol. 69. No 162 Resort Air is adding to its flight schedule, filling airport. Begining July I, those figures will dout-le. the void at the Southern Illinois Airpo:t left by the Tucker said in the future his company may be bankrupt Air Illinois. able to completely replace Air Illinois service. Ron Tucker, regional manager for Resort Air, "I would say, down th{; road, when we're able to said his company will offer weekday arrivals and add more aircraft a~ we go along. we would dejXtrtures to and from Springfield as well as probably be able to add tllat many flights," he expand its St. Louis-Carbondale service to include said. 12 additici1al weekend flights. The new flights \\ill Tucker said plans for Carbondale-tlTChicago begin July 1. service are "on tlle drawing board" and could be Resort Air, based in Lake of the Ozarks, Mo., seen as early as September. He said his company will 3150 start a small package delivery service is planning a St. Louis-tITPaducah. Ky. route between the airports it SeIV(~. which could later include a Carbondale stolHlver. George Kames, vice-chairman of the board oi Resort Air is looking forward to tlle new Uirectors of the Sout.'lern illinois Airport, said tlle Paducah service and not ~~ out Carbondale, new flights should improve tlle airport's fIScal Tucker said. outlook. "It makes tllings look a little better after "They're (company officials) very excited and the demise of Air Illinois, " Karnes said. elated about it. They feel it's going to be a good "They're (Resort Air) coming close now, with city for us and tllat tllere will be a need for a tl1is new schedule, to matching Air illinois' flight Carbondale to Paducah (flight)," he said. schedule, but tlley're not quite there yet, 'I.nd wc The new Carbondale-tlTSpringIield flights will certainly hope tlley will be, 'he said. depart Carbondale 6:45 a.m_ weekdays and arrivl' Karnes said the loss of Air Dlinois crews, in Springfield 7:30 a.m. The mgbt will return from maintenance operations and otller blsiness hurt Springfield 7 p.m. and arrive m Carbondale at tlle airoort. He pointed out tr.at RlM;ort Air is 7:45p.m. based in Missouri and doesn't provide the same Resort Air began service in Carbondale Dec. 26, "mount of business for the airport tllat the Ca. 1983, 11 days after Air Illinois volutarily grounded bondale-based Air Illinois did. itself following the Oct. 11 crash of one of its Tucker said tllat his 14-mo'lth-old company planes ••• 8S Air Dlinois case begins By l\Iike l\Iajchrowitz The attom.,y for Air Illinois in tlle bankruptcy Staff Writer proceedings is Joel Kunin of East St. Louis. Presiding over tlle hearing& is Judge James D. Shari Rhode, sm Legal COUa'lSel, was chosen on Trabue. Wednesday to head the creditors committee at the first hearing of Air illinois' bankruptcy petition. Air Illinois' financial difficulties began with tlle Rhode was selected to head tlle five member crash of a Hawker-Siddeley 748 aircraft near committee at the hearing at the U.S. Courlliouse Pinckneyville tllat claimed tlle lives of all 10 and Federal Building in Benton. people on board. The purpose of llie first he<lring was-Ole election Air Illinois officials voluntar Jy grounded tlle of the head of t':le committee and discussion of the airline while awaiting results of kderal in functions, autllority and re:;ponsibilities of the vestigations of its operations. Shortly aftu t!te committee. grounding, a Missouri based airline, Resort Air, Air Illinois filed voluntarily for Chapter 11 began ser;lce out of SO'Jtllern Illinois Airport. bankruptcy May 16, exactly one month after it ceased passanl;er service from the Soutllem Air illinois halted passenger service April 17. Illinois Airport. Officials said at tlle time that they Officials failed to sell the ailing air carrier to Air were appealing for bankruptcy'shelter because of Midwest, of Wichita, I{an., and later to in Solar repairs lawsuits filed by the companies creditors. ternational Basic Resources, of Dover, Del. Air Illinois officials have estimated their losses Randy Henley, left, and Rodney Car.. oll of Maxwell Service (;0. in Neither Air Illinois President Roger Street nor Cape Girardeau rel'iace a part on the solar energy system at the from the voluntary grounding could be as high as. Vice Pl'esident Alice Mitchell could be reach for Federal Building Thursday afternoon. $4 million. comment on the hearing. This 44ge limit boost would hurt, owners say By Jim Ludeman bars tor underage drinking .. .it begin to drink somewhere other vi.olations,:' Howe said. "While GJlforning Staff Writer happens eve.--ywhere." tllan in a bar. Airwaves IS not perfect, we do 'A~cording to the Gatsby's has had fe\\' try." Hot, o:bance of storms; bigb 9O-95.lo\V 72 A proposal that wouid ban spokeswoman, enforcement at problems with policing, s~e Howe said ~t he feared he people under 21 from Car Gatsby's has been adequate. said. However, Gatsby s would lose busmess because be bonda!'! bars has some of tlle The problem, slla said, is thi't ranked third in Carbondale in depend!' on ~eve:lUe ge!1erated 13801uki8 bar owners in Carbondale on busy nights bartenders often the number of underage by the bar s entertamment. concerne<i. as!ume tllat xi.ost patrons who drinking arrests dm-ing tlle last Many underage people go to in L.A. for A spokeswoman for Gatsby's ap;>ear to be 21 are of legal four years. 'Airwaves to listen to the bands who 'asked not to be named said drinking age, and limit their ID .Mickey Howe, owner of and to ~nce, he said. , swim tryouts Gatsby's would experience a checks to tllose who look un- 'Airwaves, blames bars on South Even l.f Ule proposal does~ t drop in entertainment business derage. Illir.ois Avenue for the proposal. .pass, HOWE: said Airwaves will -Sports 20 and revenues if the proposal She said she didn't think the "Why penalize ollier bars 'be "just as strict as before." Essed.