Most area miners stay at work eve of nationwide strike
Barbara Schechter reports most of Southern Illinois 11 000 coal miners remained on the job as Ohio and West Virginia miners walk out ahead of a nationwide UMW strike set for midnight. A few mines closed or reduced output amid higher absenteeism while negotiations continue in Washington.
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Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
Southwestern Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Companies
Southern
UMW
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
Robert Verbosky
Eugene Moroni
Cid Ben Coal Co
SIU C police drop probe of strike threats at SIU C
SIU C security police drop inquiry into threats against student workers and two supervisors amid October strikes by Local 316 and Local 347 unions. Officials say interviews with three students yielded no substantial evidence and no further investigation is planned.
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Siu-C
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Stu-C
Clarence G
Dougherty
Campus Services
SIUC
Dougherty S.11
Building Service Employees Union
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
University
Carbondale council budgets 1.8 million for 22 CDBG projects
The Carbondale City Council plans to fund 22 community development projects with about 1.8 million in total CDBG money for next year, about 1 million less than last year. Street improvements in the northwest receive 356 thousand, health 256 thousand, child care 195 thousand, housing repairs 250 thousand, and social programs 575 thousand, with most programs flat or reduced from the prior year.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
U.S
Bmma Hayes Center
Citizens Community Development Steering Committee
E. College St
West Frankfort Son Indicted in Mother's Slaying
James Allen Roberts, 26, of Sikeston Missouri, was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on murdering his mother Minerva Roberts 62 of 718 North Horn Street West Frankfort. Rob erts was initially charged November 9 and police said she died by strangulation at her home after a brother in Indiana reported not reaching her.
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James Allen Roberts
Sikeston
Franklin County
Minerva Roberts
N. Horn St
West Frankfort
Roberts
Lightning knocks out Johnston City power for two hours
About 1,873 Central Illinois Public Service Co. customers in Johnston City lost power around 6:30 p.m. Sunday after lightning struck a substation. The outage lasted until 8:23 p.m. with no incidents reported by Johnston City police.
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Central Illinois Public Service Co
Johnston City
CIPS
Jay Rix
Williamson County Sheriff Candidate Verlyn Dobbins Declares Bid
Ex trooper Verlyn Dobbins 44 of Johnston City retires after 20 years and launches a bid for Williamson County sheriff in the March 21 Democratic primary. He cites police training work in Cairo Carbondale Cicero and Menard while serving security for Ford Carter Reagan and Wallace and a 1972 valor award after stopping a van gun battle. No other Democrat has announced. incumbent Russell Oxford will not seek re election. Republicans Jerald Kobler and Terry Harmon have announced sheriff bids.
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Verlyn
Bozo
Dobbins
Johnston City
Williamson County
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Navy
Cairo
Cicero
Menard Penitentiary
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Russell Oxford
Harvard student Mack Gaither seeks 59th District seat
Harvard senior Mack Gaither announces his candidacy for state representative in the 59th District on the Republican ticket. He farms 400 acres in Thompsonville and plans to complete his Harvard degree in June while campaigning full time. Gaither has worked with Senator Percy and in the Kennedy School, citing ties to Southern Illinois and a focus on small business, teachers, and seniors.
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O. R. Walley
Southern
Cleta Summers Gaither
Thompsonville High School
Gaither
Marion
Harvard
Robert C. Winchester
Rossclare
Illinois
U.S
Charles Percy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Percy
Office of
Robert Winchester
Rosiclare
James Cromeenes
Metropolis
Police seek two in slaying
Police believe two or more people were involved in the strangling death of Lucille Fligor at her Carbondale home. A second vehicle left the scene shortly after the station wagon, a dirty blue or brown late 1960s model, and fingerprints are being checked as detectives pursue multiple suspects.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Lucille Fligor
Carbondale
Fligor
Southern Illinois University
White
U.S. 51
Hester Street
Wall Street
Du Quoin Woman, 18, Stabbed in West Frankfort Lounge
Du Quoin resident Jane Crain, 18, was stabbed with a hunting knife at Poor Paul’s Lounge in West Frankfort after a fight with a 16 year old girl over a man. She remained in fair condition at Union Hospital in West Frankfort as police investigated the incident and the underage presence in the lounge.
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Jane Crain
Washington St
du Quoin
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Jim Kinsman
Miss Crain
Poor Paul's
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Freeman United Coal Co
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Ials
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Perry County
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Sftuc
Warren W. Brandt
Jackson County
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Ctions
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Local 316
McDermott
International Typographical Union
W. N. Duncan
Carbondale Council
Charles Seagle
George Wallace
Jerald Kobler
Terry Harmon
Mack Gaither
Republican Party
Ilinois
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Clyde Choate
House
Choate
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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Lesser
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Christopher
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William Grindle
Herrin
Illinois Senate
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