UMW OKs big dues hike at constitutional session
Delegates at the United Mine Workers convention approved a dues increase that more than doubles payments to over 26 dollars or three hours of pay per month. President Sam Church led the push amid staunch debate as officials cited dwindling assets and financial troubles.
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Denver
United Mine Workers Constitutional Convention
Sam Church
UMW
Willard Esselstyn
Ternational
Church
Arnold Miller
U.S
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Carter
Kennedy to Visit Mount Vernon for Organizational Session
Senator Edward Kennedy plans a two hour Mount Vernon stop Monday to meet Democratic leaders from the 24th District and nearby counties. A 3 to 3:20 p.m. press conference at Mount Vernon-Outland Airport precedes a closed session, then a motorcade to Mount Vernon High School for a party official briefing. A 4 p.m. meeting at the high school targets southern Illinois strategy for 1980, with press access limited. Kennedy departs about 5 p.m. with no broad public event planned.
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Tony Stevens
Edward Kennedy
Mount Vernon
24Th
Kennedy
Mount Vernon-Outland
Khomeini allows observers to visit U.S. hostages in Tehran
Ayatollah Khomeini permitted Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh to invite independent observers to visit the 50 American hostages held at the U.S. Embassy. No visit date was set. Tehran Radio said an international commission would be formed to examine U.S. policy and the shah's regime while observers assess the hostage crisis.
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Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
U.S
Khomeini
Tehran Radio
Ayatollah
Ghotbzadeh
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington
Islamic Republic
New York
CBS News
Beirut
Lebanon
PLO
Mahmoud Labadi
Foreign Ministry
State Department
United States
Thomas Reston
Mohammad Beheshti
Azerbaijan
Moore McHenry to get special SIUC awards
U S Ambassador to the United Nations Donald McHenry and Willis Moore will receive honors at SIUC Carbondale spring commencement on May 17. McHenry earns the Doctor of Laws degree for work in human rights and world peace. Moore gains the Distinguished Service Award after a long SIUC career and trustees service.
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U.S
United Nations
Donald McHenry
Willis Moore
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU Board of Trustees
Kenneth Shaw
Moore
McHenry
SIUC
Shaw
Hiram Lesar
East St. Louis
U.N
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
SIU C
SIU
American Philosophical Association
Committee On Academic Freedom
Philosophers
Illinois
Meteor shower and clear skies forecast for week
Weather observer Kevin Downs expects a drying trend with fair skies this afternoon and tonight. Friday through the weekend should be sunny, warm in the 40s, with a slight chance of showers. The Geminid meteor shower could yield more than 50 meteors per hour if skies stay clear, visible around southeast overhead. Venus, Jupiter and Mars will also be visible at sunset in the southwest and east sky.
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Kevin Downs
Southern Illinois
Downs
Arnold Pearlstein
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Pearlstein
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Du Quoin calls special election to replace Williams
Du Quoin schedules a special election to replace Burt Williams who died in August. Four month deadlock over successor ended when Jerome Roznowski seconded Ralph Roach’s motion at a city council special meeting. Williams, Armstrong, Roznowski and Roach had previously discussed filling vacancies by votes from the loser pool to avoid costly elections. Armstrong disputed any firm agreement regarding Fiorino or future vacancies.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
du Quoin
Burt Williams
Williams
Jerome Roznowski
Ralph Roach
Roznowski
Robert Armstrong
Tom Moss
Moss
Roach
Armstrong
James Fiorino
Fiorino
Area families share with needy drive grows in Southern Illinois
Tom Woolf reports on WCIL Carbondale led Rocknradio feed the hungry this Christmas drive. Since October nearly 14,000 cans have been donated by schools companies and individuals. Aim is 20,000 by Friday with delivery by Dec 22 to Jackson Williamson Perry Franklin and Union counties.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Rocknradio
WCIL
Carbondale
Mike Chylewski
Chylewski
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
Union
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Old Ben Coal Co
Illinois
Staton
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Preparation For Parenthood
Bmma Hayes Center
E. Willow
USO
Chrisann Blankenship
Emma Hayes Center
Gloria Thomas
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