Miners for Democracy tests UMWA unity in Illinois zone
Dissident group Miners for Democracy led by Kenneth Dawes pushes for three reforms in the United Mine Workers of America, seeking more say in contracts, free union elections, and strike benefits. UMWA officials view the movement as a disruptive force amid a national contract dispute and a late 1960s strike era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ly John Trimble
Southern Illinoisan
Miners For Democracy
MFD
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Joseph “Jock” Yablonski
Kenneth Dawes
Inland Steel Co
Lesser
West Virginia
Dawes
Yablonski
West Frankfort
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Illinois
Kenneth Wells
District 12
Springfield
Black Lung Association
Mike Trbovich
UMW
Wells
International
Franklin County
Vandalism Hits Marion High School Windows and Anna Church Letters
Marion High School suffered 750 to 1000 dollars in damage after vandals shattered five large windows and a principal's office window decorated for Christmas. A trophy case glass was broken by a ricocheting rock and east side windows sustained pellet damage. Anna police report 15 bronze letters stolen from First Baptist Church front. 12 letters recovered scattered in yards and under a car hood at an auto dealership. Suspect motive labeled as prank, with no solid leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion High School
Anna Church
Anna
Dallas West
West
Filing period opens for Williamson County offices
Six candidates filed petitions for four Williamson County offices in the county clerk’s office as the filing period opened. Notable filings include former commissioner Jack D. Hampton and Charles Samples for commissioner, Robert Howerton for state's attorney, James Basler for circuit clerk, and Coroner James Wilson seeking a second term. Filing closes Dec 20 with the primary set for March 21.
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Williamson
Jack D. Hampton
Carbondale
Charles Samples
Marion
Ovie Edwards
Rt. 1
Carrier Mills
Robert Howerton
James Basler
Herrin
James Wilson
Hampton
Barney Boren
Boren
Charess Samples
West Marion
Samples
James W. Sanders
Randolph County
Kenneth Dean
D-Sparta
Robert Pautler
D-Walsh
Harold Tillock
Baldwin
Don Koeneman
Chester
Richard Witbard
Steeleville
Union County
R. Corydon Finch
Charles E. McIntosh
Lloyd E. Sitter
S. M. Hartman
Unionee Board of School Trust
Clifford Brown
Williamson county approves service charge for tax collection
Williamson County Board of Commissioners approved a service charge for tax collection work and directed County Clerk Barney Boren to determine the charge amount and prepare a formal resolution. The $240,000 service charges estimate covers costs for the 1971-72 budget, replacing previous percentage fees. Sheriff Russell Oxford reported $125,661 in disbursements and $9,089 in receipts for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Barras
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson
Board of Commissioners
Barney Boren
Boren
Russell Oxford
Oxford
Two Pinckneyville men shocked while installing TV antenna
Two Pinckneyville men Clayton Barnett and Gerald Butcher were discharged from Pinckneyville Community Hospital after hospital admission Saturday for an electrical shock from a television antenna contacting power lines around 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Clayton Barnett
S. Mill St
Gerald Butcher
Rt. 2
Man Suffering Knife Wound Treated at Marion Hospital
Henry Abney, 32, of Marion, was listed in satisfactory condition at Marion Veterans Hospital. He was admitted Sunday for a knife wound to the neck and police planned to question him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Abney
Marion
Marion Veterans Hospital
Abney
Five Williamson units sue treasurer over tax funds
A suit filed in Marion circuit court seeks release of 390 042 in personal property tax collections held by Harold Farner treasurer and tax collector. Plaintiffs include Marion Unit Two Crab Orchard Unit Three John A Logan College Marion Park District and the city of Marion. Dec 20 hearing set.
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Williamson County
Harold Farner
Park District
City of
Marion
Crab Orchard Unit
John A. Logan College
Marion Park District Board
Illinois Agricultural Association
Country Mutual Insurance Co
Country Life Insurance Co
Raymond Larson
Maple Park
John A. Logan
Marion Park District
Farner
Southern Illinois highway safety record shows mixed progress
Statewide highway fatalities rose 2.6 percent through November with 2 182 deaths, while Southern Illinois District 13 logged 123 by late November, about 5 percent below 1970. The period saw two fatal crashes near Carbondale and Harrisburg involving Michal Baldorff and George Mehagan, the latter a Southern Illinois University student.
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Southern Illinois
State Police District 13
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Rt. 34
Harrisburg
Michal A. Baldorff
George M. Mehagan
Downers Grove
Southern
Illinois University
New Rt. 13
Perry County coroner West enters race for state representative
Perry County coroner E W West filed today in Springfield to seek the Democratic nomination for the 58th District state representative seat in the March 21 primary. West, from Tamaroa, faces James Holloway of Sparta as a fellow Democrat while Republicans Norbert Springer of Sparta and incumbent Ralph Dunn of Du Quoin also pursue the post. The district will elect three representatives from the field of four candidates in November. West has served as coroner since 1962 and held leadership roles in county medical and tuberculosis groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMWA
Wells
Franklin County
West Frankfort
Perry County
du Quoin
Richard Groves
Willisville
Robert Phipps
Winton Bigham
Bigham
E. W
Barney
West
Barney”. West
Springfield
Tamaroa
James Holloway
Sparta
Norbert Springer
Ralph Dunn
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A. C. Storme
of the First Baptist Church
Franklin
Bob Hiller
Hiller
Eddie Griffin
Gerald Owens
Kirby Webb
Clarence Hogan
Benton
Webb
Vernon Dashner
D-Red Bud
Pautler
Joseph T. Woodhouse
Woodhouse
Mehagan
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Mr. Mehagan
Camden
N.J
Gilby K
Patricia Milles Mehagen
E.W. West
Illinois State Coroner’s Association
Tuberculosis Association of
E. W. West
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