Independent truckers join two day nationwide strike
Dozens of area independent carriers parked their rigs in Southern Illinois to protest government controls and fuel prices while large common carriers and Teams members kept running. The Midwest Truckers Association backed the action. area independents from Johnston City Herrin Carbondale West Frankfort and Salem planned or executed stoppages citing fuel cost concerns.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Teamsters Union
Midwest Truckers Association, Inc
Melvin
Buster
McGee
Johnston City
Genevieve
Donald Orr
West Frankfort
Orr
Kenneth Lingle
Carbondale
Wfe Virginia
Lingle
J.W. Ward Transfer
Murphysboro
Bonifield Brothers Truck Line
Centralia Cartage Co
Egyptian Lines
Herrin
Trucks Still Move as Independent Drivers Skirmish Over Strike
John Ames, a 46 year old driver from Justice, stops for breakfast in Marion amid a nationwide truck strike. He runs three weekly trips Chicago to Neelyville for East Texas Motor Freight and says many independents fear loss of rigs and income as fuel costs rise and speed limits drop pay.
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John Ames
Justice
Marion
Ames
Chicago
Neelyville
East Texas Motor Freight
Dallas
Tex
Interstate 57
Makanda
Ohio
The
Independent
Weather outlook turns colder with snow flurries
Tonight mostly cloudy and windy with snow flurries ending. Lows in the 20s. Friday brings variable clouds and cooler highs in the 30s. Chance of rain Friday night through Monday with lows in the 30s and highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
SIU Board Ponders Top Leadership in Closed Session
The Southern Illinois University system leadership remains undecided as the SIU Board of Trustees met in a four hour closed executive session to discuss who will hold the top posts.
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Southern
David R. Derge
Carbondale
John S. Rendleman
Derge
Rendleman
SIUC
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Ivan A. Elliott Jr
Carmi
SIU
Kissinger and Tho to Meet in Paris on December 20
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese adviser Le Duc Tho will meet in Paris on December 20 to discuss matters of mutual interest amid ongoing Vietnam fighting. White House confirms the first such meeting in six months with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
White House
Vietnam
Independent truckers' protest disrupts routes across several states
Bullets and bricks hit trucks as independent drivers halt nonunion hauls in a two day protest over high fuel prices and lower speed limits. Incidents reported in Pennsylvania Maryland Ohio and Nevada include shootings and vandalism but no confirmed injuries. Several Truck stops saw business normal while some routes remained blocked and engines shut down by drivers.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Nevada
Reno
California
Teamsters Union
Lamar
Government energy chief proposes wide fuel saving plan
William E. Simon announced a broad set of conservation measures to curb U S gasoline and oil use. A 5 percent production cut is proposed, with lighting in commercial buildings reduced to one third to one sixth, highway lighting trimmed, and federal agencies cutting driving by 20 percent. A licensing system will monitor petroleum exports, and limousines are to be retired.
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William E. Simon
Congress
Simon
Federal Energy Office
U. S
White House
United States
Water treatment plant at Kinkaid Lake lacks distribution lines
The Kinkaid Lake facility is producing treated water but has no delivery system due to a contractor’s bankruptcy. The E J Fisher Co from St Louis filed for bankruptcy on a $785 397 contract to install service lines serving multiple towns in the district. A replacement contractor is being sought while head tests on water quality and equipment continue.
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Southern Illinois
Kinkaid Lake
David Fliger
Reed’s Creek Conservancy
E. J. Fisher Co., Inc
St. Louis
Fisher Co
Murphysboro
Mardale Water District
de Soto
Elkville
Ava
Campbell Hill
Willisville
Fligor
Maryland Life and Casualty Co
Fliger
Fisher
Kinkaid
Congress Grants Nixon Emergency Energy Powers Amid Shortage
Congress votes to grant President Nixon broad emergency authority to manage energy supplies including gasoline rationing and fuel conservation. House and Senate clash over oversight and potential executive powers, while a Senate committee weighs curbing presidential crisis powers and notes 470 laws delegating such authority since 1933.
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Congress
White House
Nixon
House
Senate
House Commerce Committee
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John Houghlan
Houghlan
John Erby
Illinois
Swatzell
Salem
Rt. 37
George Gass
Marion Truck Plaza
Interstate Rt. 57
Ed Greer
Kissinger
Washington
U. S. 322
Lonnie Bowers
Ivan Z. Zimmerman
New Holland
Bowers
Lancaster
Cheshire
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