IPIRG seeks volunteers to expand consumer help on campus
The Illinois Public Interest Research Group consumer action center at SIU Carbondale aims to broaden services to surrounding communities. It operates with about 15 student volunteers and seeks more help, especially elderly and Black volunteers, to reach broader segments. The center handles mail fraud and landlord tenant issues and plans a newsletter and grant exploration. Volunteers contact 453-5215.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois and Consumer Complaint Assistance Center
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Consumer Action Center
Illinois Public Interest Research Group
SIAC
Mike Bingham
SIUC
Bingham
Wsiu Radio
IPIRG
Siu-C
Carbondale
Action Center
Carbondale council to act on extra legal fees
Carbondale plans a $13,511 budget adjustment to cover outside legal costs in the current year. John Womick may total $31,510 in fees, versus an $18,000 contract ceiling set a year ago. City officials defend the expenditures as necessary while promising project-specific cost ceilings next year.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
City of
Carbondale
John Womick
Womick
Legal Department
George Kiriakos
Elizabeth Byrnes
Cit
Mary Ann Midden
Police Department
Carroll Fry
Fry
Ms. Byrnes
Carbondale Police Officers Association
Mardale Water District
Pickets Close Sahara Mines in Saline County Today
Roving United Mine Workers pickets halted Sahara Coal Co mines in Saline County, with PMW President Eugene Hughes citing indefinite extension of Sahara’s contract and workers staying off work as lines held. Manley in Harrisburg confirmed all Sahara mines closed. strike actions stem from a national UMW contract dispute begun March 27.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Sahara Coal Co
Saline County
United Mine Workers
Progressive Mine Workers Union
PMW
Eugene Hughes
District 11
Edgar Manley
Harrisburg
Sahara
Hughes
PMU
Manley
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Illinois
Exhumation set for Browns in Herrin apartment death
An April 14 inquest in Williamson County will decide the cause of death for Alice Rose Brown and her children Kevin Michael and Christina Louise after bodies were exhumed from a common grave. Investigators pursue arson links from flooring samples amid an ongoing case with no charges yet filed.
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Williamson County
Herrin
James R. Wilson
Randy Patchett
Alice Rose Brown
Kevin Michael
Christina Louise
Browns
Carterville
A.S. Thompson
Herrin City
Herrin Hospital
Calvin Brown
Herrin Fire Department
Williamson County Detective Unit
Ron Lee
Norge talks progress at Herrin plant contract talks stall
Theresa Churchill reports negotiators for 1,050 Norge Herrin plant workers and International Association of Machinists members bargain over a 40 month contract expiring midnight Thursday. five meetings in a month, daily talks planned. last contract, approved December 1977, saw raises from 8 to 47 cents per hour. potential strike not confirmed. campus scene notes students by Campus Lake at Southern Illinois University Carbondale amid 1980 windstorm aftermath.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Norge
David Garner
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Herrin
Garner
Jon Nicholas
Lorge
Norge
Magic Chef Inc
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Food-stamp cuts worry those who just get by
In February 16 220 people in seven Southern Illinois counties received food stamps. Reagan proposes cuts risk reducing benefits for barely eligible families and those with school children. Proposals include 130 percent income limits and monthly reductions per child along with proration and eligibility rule tweaks. Stakeholders note potential impact while Senate may vote on the Farm Bill by early May.
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Brad Betker
The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Congress
Reagan
Peggy Mendez
Women’s Center
Carbondale
Williamson County
Jackson County
Franklin County
Randolph County
Union County
Perry County
Johnson County
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
John Block
Scott Shearer
Allan Dixon
Agriculture Committee
Senate
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Jerre Pfaff
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale Admissions Office
Joe Jines
Weismans
Des Plaines
Jack
Cory
Bonnie
Consumer Center
Illinois Commerce Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Carbondale Council
East Chestnut Street
City Hall
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