Consolidation idled as mine workers strike over employment status
Construction workers from United Mine Workers Local 1915 picketed Consols Burning Star mines and central shop in Southern Illinois after being paid off by WesCo. They argue they are Consol employees and should remain on Consol payrolls, while Consol contends WesCo employed the workers. Local 1591 seeks to list workers for Consol vacancies. No legal action filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan Consolidation Coal Co
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America Construction Local 1915
WesCo Construction Co
Percy
Consol
de Soto
Burning Star
Jamestown
Sparta
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Kellogg
Ellis Grove
Wes- Co
UMW
Local 1591
Consol Mines
WesCo
Mike Sokovich
Leonard Gross
Sokovich
Perry County rolls on legal fee dispute for private attorney costs
Perry County commissioners approved paying 8500 dollars in private attorney fees for two current and one former commissioner sued by Charles Macaluso. County Clerk Bigham will delay payment pending a legal opinion on whether the county must cover privately hired lawyers for officials. The dispute dates to a 1976 $42 million Macaluso suit and a 1977 plea deal, with ongoing questions about whether the state's attorney should represent commissioners individually or only the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County Board
Charles Macaluso
Winton Bigham
Macalusa
Victor Provart
John Barber
Vallie West
Macaluso
Then
Michael Grabowski
Provart
Barber
West
du Quoin
Ronald Shirk
Bigham
Mark Maclin
Pinckneyville
Don Johnson
Grabowski
Lloyd Middleton
Middleton
Johnston City weighs private bus contract for district transport
Johnston City Unit School District 1 considers Beck Bus Transportation Co. of Mt. Vernon to replace district operated service. The board met in a closed session to review the Beck proposal and await attorney input before Tuesday's decision. Herrin District 4 already moved to private service, citing cost savings under state aid rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
Johnston City Unit
Williamson County
District Board of Education
Beck Bus Transportation Co
Mt. Vernon
Johnston City
Herrin
Jo Iston
Doris Dobbins
Laborers International Local 567
Herrin Community Unit
Board of Education
Hayden Bus
Chesterfield
Jackson board weighs new county office building plan
Jackson County Board debated asking voters in November to approve a new county office building to ease courthouse crowding. The measure would follow opposing options, including leasing space in a savings and loan building or using county housing authority plans, with no decision yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Board
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Board
Murphysboro
Board
Bill Kelley
Howard Hood
Jackson County Bar Association
First Federal
David Watt
Savings and Loan Building
James Lawder
Bar Association
Savings and Loan
Jackson County Housing Authority
Lawder
Scientists discuss teenage pregnancy and unlikely human cloning
The 11th annual Society for the Study of Reproduction meet heard geneticist Philip J. Dziuk of the University of Illinois say raising humans is not like breeding livestock. Neena Schwartz of Northwestern urged better sex education and contraception, while Dziuk and colleagues warned against expecting a human clone soon, noting cloning remains feasible mainly in plants and not in mammals or mice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Southern
Dziuk
Neena B. Schwartz
Society
Northwestern University At
Evanston
Richard E. Falvo
Siuc School of Medicine
Miss Schwartz
India
Eckert leaves Carbondale mayor post optimistic on area future
Former Carbondale mayor Eckert says Southern Illinois remains well positioned to attract new industry. He cites SIU Carbondale, the Chamber of Commerce, and HUD grants as keys, and notes ongoing overpass projects and potential city hall plans. He praises City Manager Carroll Fry and highlights support from Congress and local organizations for regional growth.
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O. R. Walley
Southern
Theast
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Mayors Association
Eckert
Houston
Texas
Carroll Fry
Fry
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
General Motors
SIUC
Helen Westberg
Westberg
Convention Center
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Pleasant Hill Road
U.S. 51
Amtrak
Congress
Paul Simon
HUD
Eckert Inc
Espree
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Perry
Johnston City Schools
Dobbins
Watt
Bar
James Thompson
Jackson County
Carbondale League of Women Voters
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Andy Green
County Public Defender’s Office
CETA
Kelley
Lawrence Rippe
Spring Arbor
Makanda Township
Giant City Road
Mae Nelson
Donald Shoemaker
Phil Baewer
Greater Egypt
Neal Eckert
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