Layoffs darken Southern Illinois job outlook in 1980
Area labor analysts warn the Freeman United Coal Orient No 6 Mine closure in Jefferson County will trigger deep layoffs. About 700 miners face job losses, with General Tire in Mount Vernon and seasonal construction cuts adding to the burden. Unemployment rates likely rise in January, February, and March as claims surge and secondary impacts hit trucking and suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mount Vernon
Dennis Hoffman
Illinois Department of Labor
Freeman United Coal Co. Orient
Jefferson County
Hoffman
General Tire
Vessel
Franklin County
Santa visit at SIUC party spreads holiday cheer
Cassy McKlurkin and Tangela Sylvester watched Santa Vance Williams at a Christmas party for about 45 children ages 3 to 7 in the SIUC Student Center. The event, organized by the Inter-Greek Council and part of Operation Merry Christmas, featured entertainment by SIUC fraternities and sororities advised by the Women's Center and Hayes Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassy McKlurkin
Tangela Sylvester
Santa Vance Williams
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Women’s Center
Hayes Center
ter-Greek Council
Kinkaid board refuses land title for state park plans
The Kinkaid-Reed's Creek Conservancy District board rejected surrender of about 3,000 acres to the Illinois Department of Conservation for a planned Kinkaid Lake state park. They cite loss of tax funds and aim to develop the land themselves while keeping access for trails. The meeting also touched on water contracts with Murphysboro and Elkville, resistances to contract changes, and upcoming booster pump installation to improve Elkville-De Soto area pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Betker
Southern Illinois
Kinkaid Lake
Kinkaid
Conservation Department
U.S. Forest Service
Department of Conservation
DOWR
the Conservancy District
Lester Allen
Allen
Ken Gallup
Elkville
de Soto
Elkville-De Soto
Conservancy District
Howard DeRossett
J. T. Blankinship and Associates
Hopson Named SIUC Law Dean Amid Building Plan
Dan Hopson, a Bloomington Indiana University Law School professor, will become dean of SIU Carbondale School of Law as a new building nears completion by August 1 1981. The appointment, announced by Frank Horton, requires SIU Board approval and follows Hiram Lesar’s extended tenure. Hopson teaches juvenile justice and family law and helped rewrite Indiana’s juvenile code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Hopson
Indiana University Law School
Bloomington
Ind
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale School of Law
Hopson
Frank Horton
SIUC
Law School
Pansion
Horton
Hiram Lesar
Lesar
Siu-C
SIU Board of Trustees
University of Kansas At
Lawrence
Yale Law School
Indiana University
Indiana State Bar Association
Indiana Juvenile Justice Committee
Christmas ham dinners for Jackson County housing residents
Senior citizens in Carbondale and Murphysboro housing high-rises will receive donated hams for Christmas dinners. Residents provide potluck dishes while the Golden Goose Nutrition Program offers regular lunches daily except Christmas and New Year’s Day, with home delivery contact numbers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Housing Authority
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Housing Authority
James Seed
Authority
7Th St
Golden Goose Nutrition Program
Rabid cat found dead in Vienna seven get shots
Seven Vienna residents began rabies serum after cat attacks and two more may join. A second rabid cat had scratched a woman and her granddaughter, prompting vaccination as authorities hunted a missing striped cat and sent four cats to the state lab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Vienna
Johnson County
Elly Faulkner
Faulkner
Illinois State Lab
Carbondale
State Laboratory
Three indictments in Grand Chain bank holdup
A East St. Louis grand jury indicted Kenneth Ethridge 31 Goreville and Gloria Houghton and Donald W. Houghton 20 Evansville for the armed robbery of First State Bank of Grand Chain on November 24. Ethridge is a fugitive and Houghton is in custody. If convicted Ethridge and Houghton face up to 10 years and fines. Mrs. Houghton up to five years and fines. Houghton and Ethridge allegedly robbed $3570 at gunpoint. Mrs. Houghton charged as an accessory after the fact. Ondrula notes FBI and Illinois LE cooperation in identifying suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East St. Louis
First State Bank of Grand Chain
FBI
Central
Illinois
Joseph E. Ondrula
Kenneth Wayne Ethridge
Goreville
Gloria Y. Houghton
Donald W. Hougton
Evansville
Ind
Houghton
Ethridge
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Tony Stevens
The
Associated Press
Mark Twain Industries
West Frankfort
Mike Wessel
Bureau of Employment Security Office
Harrisburg
Wessel
Williamson County
Saline County
David Koch
Alexander
Jackson
Massac
Perry
Pulaski
Randolph
Union
Alexander County
Jackson County
Pulaski County
Randolph County
Union County
ED Greer
Kinkaid Board
Bob Chapman
Kinkaid Water
Chapman
Water and Sewer Commission
Willisville
Ava
Campbell Hill
William Gauch
Siuc Law
Seed
Grand Chain Bank
Ondrula
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Crab Orchard
National Wildlife Service
Howard L. Neber
Route 5
Marion
Ross Adams
Adams
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