Freeman mine closure shocks 710 workers, families
Waltonville miners and families react to Freeman United Ori ent No. 6 mine shutdown that leaves 710 workers out. Union leader Dawes negotiates by phone for reopening while workers speculate on future jobs at nearby mines and broader local impact.
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Freeman
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Waltonville
Freeman United Orient
Mount Vernon
United Mine Workers of America District 12
Kenneth Dawes
Freeman United
Dawes
Denver
Jerry Lappin
Union
No. 6
Jim Ryan
United Freeman
Ryan
UMW
George Tepovich
No. 3
Topovich
Carlos Burton
Carbondale school cited for zoning violation
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 was cited by the city for a zoning violation over a Memorial Hospital parking arrangement on Brush School property. The case could bring a fine of 10 to 500 dollars as a city court continued the matter.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Memorial Hospital
Brush
John Yow
Yow
Main Street
District 95
George Edwards
George Maroney
Maroney
Jackson Street
John Wright
Agnes
Greg Kline
Jackson County board approves revenue sharing a cut and new spending
Jackson County Board members approved about 80 000 in revenue sharing funds and 50 000 more to respond to agency requests. They allocated 30 000 for sheriff department cars 20 000 for courthouse repairs and 12 000 for assessor office records. Several allocations were reduced or denied while disagreements arose over unexpended funds and a private landfill option.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Board
Sheriff's Department
Natalie Trimble
William Kelley
Jackson County
Jackson Community Workshop
County Extension Service
SIU approves one year student athletic fee hike
The SIU Board of Trustees approved a $10 per semester athletic fee rise to $30, tied to a two to three month audit of the intercollegiate program. Opposed by both student councils, the action includes four additional upcoming increases and a broader budget review with a possible future cutbacks. The measure raises projected annual athletic income to about $400,000 and accompanies housing and other fee hikes as part of a broad funding plan.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Graduate Student Council
A.D. van Meter
SIU Board of Trustees
SIU C
Harris Rowe
Rowe
Siu-C
Hiram Lesar
Lesar
George Mace
SIUC
Southern Hills
Elizabeth
University Courts
Evergreen Terrace
Financial Affairs Office
Touch of Nature Environmental Center
Little Grassy Lake
Illinois Department of Conservation
Plant shutdown at Mark Twain Marine idles 265 workers
Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc moves to suspend production at its West Frankfort plant for about a month due to a mix of problems including a labor dispute. About 265 employees will be laid off temporarily with production to resume mid January. The plant faced a strike earlier in 1979 and ongoing energy and Iranian crisis pressures affect the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain Marine Industries, Inc
West Frankfort
Lee S. Siebert
Seibert
Du Quoin students sending cards to Iran hostages
Eighth graders at Du Quoin John B Ward School write Christmas cards to Iranian hostages, sending 64 letters with requests for release. Band students add 60 cards and two records, while Carbondale schools plan similar efforts. Post offices report a surge of letters to Iran from schools and churches.
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du Quoin
Iran
Ella Reilly
Islinisan
John B. Ward
Nancy Grosse
Ward
Thomas Meldau
Carbondale New School
Carbondale Courier
Carbondale
Meldau
Hubert L. Goforth
St. Louis
Chicago
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Carol Bicanich
Burton
Tepovich
Gene Wells
Wells
Judy Osborn
Carbondale School
Kline
Jackson Board
Jackson County Youth Service Bureau
Finance Committee
Illinois South
Shawnee Solar
Jim Kerley
Kelley
New County Nursing Home
Richard Ligon
Ligon
Nursing Home
Heard Board
Vicki Horn
Mae Nelson
William Schwartz
Lowell Heller
Debra Beckman
Heller
The
Were
SIU Board
Siuc Foundation
Illinois Board of Higher Education
IBHE
Mark Twain
Laborers International Union Local 87
Local 87
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
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