Trico teachers walk out signals lengthy strike
Trico Education Association members set a picket line at Trico School north of Campbell Hill, starting a walkout that may stretch into September awaiting federal mediation. Superintendent Jim Davis said 60 teachers, nearly all district staff, are affected as talks remain at an impasse over salaries and prep time. School start is delayed until a labor agreement is reached.
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Ty Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Trico Education Association
Campbell Hill
Jim Davis
Trico
TEA
Davis
Trico District 176
Carbondale approves learning center plan for three schools
Carbondale Elementary School District Board approves a learning center approach for Thomas Lewis and Parrish schools with one large multiuse room, a standard classroom, and three small resource rooms. SRGF Architects tasked to detail plans. Nearly 290000 per addition, total budget 4.48 million with 1.17 million surplus projected year end. Construction could begin spring 1982 with openings aimed spring 1983.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Board of Education
Srgf Inc
SRGF
Thomas, Lewis and
Parrish
Charles Garrison
SIUC students urged to avoid Ho Chi Minh Trail path
SIUC officials warned students to stop using the Ho Chi Minh Trail shortcut between dorms and the campus core after a student was found murdered along the route. Bruce Swinburne said housing staff will publish safety materials and stress campus safety as the fall semester nears.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Becaue
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
U.S. 51
Bruce Swinburne
SIUC
Wright Hall
WIDB
Weather forecast and economic note on page two
The National Weather Service calls for fair tonight with lows in the 60s and a warm Saturday with highs in the upper 80s. Sunday through Tuesday expect highs in the low to mid 80s and lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s with a chance of showers on Tuesday. Inflation wipes out income gains appears on page two.
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National Weather Service
Minorities Hiring Goals May Be Dropped By Reagan Admin
Washington AP The Reagan administration will drop a key civil rights policy that pushes employers to adopt minority hiring goals in job bias cases. Assistant Attorney General William Bradford Reynolds outlined plans to rely on voluntary measures instead of mandatory busing to promote school integration. The move could delay achieving a workforce mirroring community demographics, with critics calling it “reverse discrimination.” Reynolds also announced a settlement in a Marshall Texas desegregation case that involves no extra busing and shortens travel for students.
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Washington
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
William Bradford Reynolds
Nixon
Reynolds
William French Smith
Carbondale coed found slain and sexually assaulted
Police report Southern Illinois University Carbondale student Susan Schumake 21 was found murdered after being last seen Monday evening. Authorities say the motive is believed sexual gratification and seek public help as investigators await autopsy and crime lab results.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Wright Hall
Hogan
Belleville
Steven Nuernberger
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Murphysboro Board
Oks
Carbondale Schools
Joe Jines
W. Oaks
Her
Susan Schumake
SIU
Ann Landers Bridge
Ender
Marshall
Texas
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