Contracts still unsettled at 15 area districts
With classes near, fifteen Southern Illinois districts have not finalized teacher contracts. Shawnee 84 teachers may strike if no deal by Sept 8 after a two year pact expired. Murphysboro 186 plans a one year agreement presentation tonight. Unity Point 140 informal deal for September board action. Trico 176 at impasse. mediator to be called. workshop Friday. Carterville 5 and Herrin 4 close to agreements. Benton and Frankfort districts awaiting mediation or start up. Anna Jonesboro 81 teachers entering second year. Sept 1 session planned. Chester 139 near tentative accord. John A Logan College 530 negotiations continue. Shawnee CC salaries addressed in September. classes start Friday.
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Southern
Shawnee Employees Association
IEA
Unity Point
Unity Point Education
Trico Unit
Jackson
Randolph
Perry
Trico Education
Carterville Unit 5
Herrin Unit 4
Chuck Koerner
Herrin Education Association
Nton
Benton
Benton High School Board of Education
Albert Gulley
Frankfort Unit
Frankfort Community Unit
Goebel Patton
Tamaroa 5
Tamaroa
Tamaroa District 5 Education Association
TEA
Jack Kiselewski
Kiselewski
Anna-Jonesboro High 81
Anna- Jonesboro Community High
Board of Education
Anna Jonesboro Education Association
Illinois Education Association
Steeleville
Chester Unit 139
Chester Education Association
Chester Unit School District
John A. Logan
John A. Logan College District
Illinois Education Assocation
Shawnee Community College
Board of Trustees
Marion nurses receive pay and benefit increases at hospital
Marion Memorial Hospital voted to raise starting pay for registered nurses by 79 cents to 7.44 per hour and for licensed practical nurses by 40 cents to 5.03. The board also plans life insurance, possible pension improvements, and tuition reimbursement to support ongoing education amid a staff shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Memorial Hospital
Police study photographs of mine mob
Photographs of participants in a mob attack at Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. mine east of Galatia will be circulated to area law enforcement to identify participants. Sheriff George Henley warned that recognized individuals will be arrested for criminal trespass. Fire investigators and federal agents probe the Harrisburg Maddox building blaze connected to the broader disturbances, with no injuries reported. The Galatia and Harrisburg incidents are being treated separately as investigations continue.
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Evan M. Davis
S. McKinley St
Galatia
Harrisburg
Maddox
Kerr-McGee
Leon Stull
Jim Maddox
Stull
Amco
Springfield
Valley Improvement Co
Bluffs, Ill
McFarland
Kerr- McGee
Dale Day
Illinois
Judge seeks space for Murphysboro court amid board feud
Circuit Judge Richard E. Richman pressed the Jackson County Board to fund and secure space for a courthouse extension or new facility to handle jury trials by December 1, 1981. Board chair Douglas Eriksen warned of unaffordable costs, urging legal review and a public hearing to clarify the dispute as Crim urged slower action and a cost-free meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Enol
Southern Illinoisan
Richard E. Richman
Douglas Eriksen
Robert Crim
County Board
Richman
Murphysboro
Eriksen
John Clemons
Clemons
Crim
Mem
Bers
Jackson County
SIUC coed Susan Schumake slain. coworkers in shock
Susan Schumake, 21, a radio station WIDB sales trainee from Chicago Heights, was found dead near SIU Carbondale. Police reported no obvious wounds, and investigators pursue leads while SIU officials express sorrow. eighteen officers from multiple agencies work full time, appealing for tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Garry Wilcox
Susan Schumake
WIDB
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Coed
Wilcox
SIUC
Ms. Schumake
Siu-C
Carbondale
Belleville
Steven Nuernberger
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Nuernberger
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John McCutchen
Brenda Trexler
Dan Gerard
Dana Cavaness
Wanda Abernathy
Linda Brummit
Shawnee High School
Marion
Nolan England
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Herrin Hospital
England
Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
U. S
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Mary Bramlet
L. C. Caveness
Caveness
James Elder
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms District
St. Louis
Elder
Oklahoma City
George Henley
Bill Jackson
Terry Murphy
Charles Hindersman
Siuc Security
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Department of Criminal Investigation
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