SIU Carbondale drops step pay plan for civil service
A proposed step pay plan for SIU Carbondale civil service workers was defeated 285 to 48 by employees. Critics warned long term staff would lose incentives while supporters argued it would reward training newcomers. Officials say no revival is planned unless a broad employee push returns.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Civil Service
Stan Copeland
Kenneth Buzbee
Copeland
Somit
State election board to seek change in law on recount supervision
The Illinois State Board of Elections will press a change to the election consolidation law to clarify who must supervise discovery recounts. Discovery recounts would be handled by the regular county canvass board in Randolph County, while clerks in other Southern Illinois counties argue the duty belongs to local canvass boards of taxing districts. The board will seek to require county clerks to chair local canvass boards for discovery recounts and to use those boards exclusively.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois State Board of Elections
Randolph County
Illinois
Hudson
State
Randolph
Charles Bernasek
Chester
Percy
Election Board
Randolph County recounts begin in Chester ward 1 race
Recounts in two close Ward 1 Chester races are set for Thursday in Randolph County Clerk Charles Bernasek office. Michael Welge leads Elmer Mehrer 268 to 265. Mehrer seeks Chester Precinct 1 recount and Welge asks for Chester Precinct 3. Wendell Morris trails write-in Kenneth Jacoby in Percy village race with 118 to 116. Three sessions planned at 9 11 and 1.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Randolph County
Charles Bernasek
Chester
Michael Welge
Elmer
Pete’’ Mehrer
Dell
Denny
Morris
Percy
Kenneth Jacoby
Jacoby
Parts
Recount Committee Set After Precincts 1 2 3 Ballots
Precinct 1 totals show Welge 236 and Mehrer 219 while Precinct 2 records 29 for Welge and 31 for Mehrer and Precinct 3 lists 3 for Welge and 15 for Mehrer. A recount by Bernasek County Democratic Chairman Stanley Maciejski and County Republican Chairman Richard Dethrow will not alter canvass returns and may feed into circuit court proceedings.
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Welge
Mehrer
Bernasek
Stanley Maciejski
Richard Dethrow
Circuit Court
Simon Sees Real Possibility GOP Can Win Over Conserv Dems
Rep. Paul Simon of Illinois warns the GOP may win enough conservative Democrats to pass Reagan’s budget as the House Budget Committee debates deep cuts. He supports most of the Democratic plan, contrasts welfare and education cuts, and critiques Republican assumptions on interest rates and deficits.
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Evan M. Davis
The
Southern Illinoisan
Rep
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
Reagan
Simon
House Budget Committee
Budget Committee
Jim Jones
Oklahoma
CETA cuts spark worry over jobs and college aid
Simon warns that budget cuts to CETA could deepen unemployment in Southern Illinois where rates exceed 20 percent in some counties. He predicts 600,000 students may lose aid if grants are slashed, hits to Southern Illinois University Carbondale and area colleges feared. He questions May 15 budget deadline and anticipates cross party compromise if House and Senate plans diverge.
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Simon
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Norge rejects request for talks
Officials at the Norge plant in Herrin rebuffed a union request to resume negotiations to end the strike that has 1,050 workers off the job. Union spokesman David Garner said he spoke with company negotiator Jon Nicholas by phone, but the bid for a bargaining session was turned down. The dispute centers on overtime and wage provisions, with workers seeking guaranteed overtime and higher pay. Incentive staff faces offers of 30, 21, and 21 cents increases over three years, while non-incentive workers are offered 65, 45, and 45 cents or more. Strike benefits of 40 dollars weekly will not arrive until month’s end. The plant, a Magic Chef division, makes washers and dryers and is represented by the IAMAW Lodge 554.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Norge
Herrin
David Garner
Jon Nicholas
Garner
Nicholas
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge
Herrin Norge
Magic Chef, Inc
Goreville lake eyed for water and power project near Goreville
Promoters hope a spillway power plan boosts federal or state energy grants for a new lake upstream from Lake of Egypt. A three member committee, led by Otis Holley, explores funding while feasibility studies show the site suitable but flood plains threaten prime farmland.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Goreville
St. Louis
Russell & Axon
Longhorn
Marion
Lake of Egypt Water District
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area Council
Rc&d
Area Council
Otis Holley
Joppa
John Montgomery
Max Ray
West Vienna
Joe Fasig
Glenn Clarida
Fasig
Clarida
Lake of Egypt
U.S. Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Greater Egypt
Jim Rush
Greater
Egypt
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