Pinckneyville garment plant to close leaving 100 jobs lost
Pinckneyville Garment Co will shut down with 100 workers laid off next week. Plant Manager Edward Graut cited ongoing dress industry problems and cheap nonunion and imported competition. The plant housed the Kerns Brothers Dress Co before 1944 and later became Martha Manning Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville Garment Plant
Brad Berker
Southern Illinoisan
Pinckneyville Garment Co
Edward Graut
Martha Manning Co
Martha Manning
Pinckneyville
Grant
South
International Lady Garment Workers Union
S. First St
Graul
St. Louis Road
Collinsville
Graut
Sparta
du Quoin
Illinois
Kerns Brothers Dress Co
Forest City Manufacturing Co
Forest City
Marion council rejects seven low income housing sites
Marion City Council rejected seven of twenty two federally subsidized low income housing sites after a special session. Housing board members voiced concerns about site choice and urged careful selection to avoid wasting HUD funds.
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Marion Council
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Marion City Council
Marion Housing Authority
Housing Board
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Larry Hughes
J. W
Dubber
Durham
George “Corky” Williams
Williams
Bob Cooper Construction Co
Harrisburg
HUD
Robert L. Butler
Robert ‘‘Dog
Connell
Henry Burress
Parish Park Heights
Old Illinois 13
WGGH
Hughes
N. Garfield St
E. Jackson St
Adolph Flack
Homer Askew
Ions
City Council
George A. Williams
E.E. Jeter
Edmund Dorrissey
Godfrey
Logan Street
Morrissey
Ruby Connett
Michael Harris
E. Carter St
I-57 Crash Kills Springfield Driver. Lanes Reopened
A four hour closure on northbound I-57 after a crash near Johnston City left Marshall P. Jackson, 30, of Springfield dead and James Wildman, 38, of Sherman, Mississippi with minor injuries. Jackson drove a delivery van that spun off the road and collided with a semi hauling copper tubing. The rig overturned, debris blocked the highway, and traffic was diverted to Illinois 37 before reopening around 9 a.m.
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Johnston City
Illinois
Marshall P. Jackson
Springfield
Jackson
Illinois 37
West Frankfort
James Wildman
Sherman, Miss
Union Hospital
Murman & Wilson Funeral Home
Planners seek commitment to close schools in Carbondale
Long-range building planners urge the Carbondale board of education to commit to reducing the number of district schools and hold community hearings. They seek approval for 95 000 in heating repairs at Thomas School to keep it open for at least three years while two plans reduce six schools to three or four.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Board of Education
Thomas
Brush Administration
Monroe St
Gordon White
Karl Bartelsmeyer
George Edwards
John Barbie
Bardo
Oakdale owner shoots fleeing burglar at garage
Sam Brammeier, owner of Brammeier's Garage in Oakdale, shot a 24 year old South Carolina man during an alleged burglary after the suspect allegedly pointed a shotgun at Brammeier. The victim is in critical condition after surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. a woman in a car near the scene is being questioned.
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South Carolina
Mount Vernon
Oakdale
Washington County
Brammeier
Good Samaritan Hospital
Carbondale candidates discuss budget cuts and layoffs
Four candidates debated spending cuts to close a projected $656000 general fund shortfall for the 1981-82 budget. Coulter and Matalonis named potential layoff targets in police, planning, forestry, and top administration, while Watkins and Jones declined to specify areas. The discussion touched on council form of government and how layoffs might affect services.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Police Department
Planning and Forestry
Matthew Coulter
Paul Matalonis
Charles Watkins
Archie Jones
Marion-Carbondale Cablevision
Paul Sorgen
Scott Ratter
Coulter
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University Police Department
Matalonis
SIUC
Lake, Recreation and Forestry Division
Watkins
First Christian Church
Jones
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Superior Structures Co
Marion
Mur
Rysboro
Jackson County
Way Department
Housing Authority
Joe Jines
Carbondale Board
Harold Bardo
Lic
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
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