Miller claims UMW office in 1969 election outcome
Miller led a bid to unseat Boyle as Mine Workers of America president in a 1969 race. He promised pensions to $200 monthly and a headquarters move from Washington to the coal fields, with staff changes possible depending on performance and loyalty. The election results await certification by U S District Judge William B Bryant.
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Boyle
Miller
John L. Lewis
Eeere
Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Pittsburgh
National Bank of Washington
Ae Ees
Wiliam B B. Bryant
SIU Board Forms Human Resources College and Plans Common Market
The SIU board creates a Human Resources College with departments operating as the school and moves a Home Economics department to Education. It also approves a Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market program linking SIUC with area colleges to save funds and funding by IEHE and colleges. The panel considers a high school to SIUC junior enrollment plan and notes a 9.1 percent enrollment decline at SIU C while awaiting fee allocations and a WIDB proposal.
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Partments
Home Economics
Dept. of
Homeconomics
College of Education
Human Resources College
Southern Illinois
Situ-C
Bend Lake College
Inn
Shawnee College
Allin
Southeastern Illinois College
Harrisburg
John A. Logan College
Carterville
SIUC
Ilinois Board of Higher Education
Siu-C
SIU
Edwardsville
Moon mission update from lunar orbit
Astronauts in a 69 mile high lunar orbit continued moon surveys with cameras and sensing devices. They prepared to end the mission by Saturday when they begin their return home.
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Challenger
Mission Control
Moon
Lunar
Truman's Health Deteriorates As Kidney Failure Worsens
At 9 a.m. CST Truman's vital signs showed pulse 84 blood pressure 124 60 and temperature 99.8 as Dr. Wallace Graham monitors his condition amid ongoing kidney failure.
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Truman
Wallace Graham
McCormick Signals Openness to Change on Cumulative Voting
McCormick indicated limited opposition to ending cumulative voting and endorsed moving to single member districts. He noted his past benefit from cumulative voting but supports a 12 county district realignment and a shift toward two single-member districts per Senate district, with ratification possibly in November 1974.
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McCormick
House
78Th General Assembly
du Quoin
Dunn
Senate
Hirshhfeld
Dunn pushes single member districts to shrink House
Representative-elect Ralph Dunn proposes amending the constitution to replace the 177 member Illinois House with 118 by dividing each Senate district into two single member districts. He argues cost savings and clearer representation, while opponents warn minority voices would fade. The debate includes Dunn fellow Republican Norbert Springer and Democrats James Holloway and Richard Hart, with timing tied to 1974 ballot and 1982 census.
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Karen Rothe
Ralph Dunn
R-Du
Dunn
Norbert Springer
Chester
James Holloway
Sparta
General Assembly
House
Springer
Dunn’s
Holloway
Richard O. Hart
D-Benton
Chang
Press problems delay Southern Illinois paper again
Delivery delays last week returned briefly on Thursday causing some subscribers to receive The Southern Illinoisan an hour or more late. Manager Frank Aldridge urged nonreceiving subscribers to contact the carrier or call The Southern Illinoisan offices.
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Southern Illinoisan
Frank Aldridge
Snow Reports Across Southern Illinois District
Snow covered parts of Southern Illinois with one to two inches in the district as sleet and ice preceded the fall. Weather observers noted clearing conditions westward while snow reached as far north as Springfield and froze into rain in Memphis. State Police logged many minor accidents with no major injuries reported.
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District 13
du Quoin
Housing authority robbed in Carbondale office
A man armed with a small automatic pistol entered the Jackson County Housing Authority office at 207 N Marion St Carbondale and covered the secretary’s head with a sack while taking cash from the register. The secretary was told to lie on the floor as the money was removed. police have not yet determined the amount.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Marion St
Carbondale
Tom McNamara
McNamara
Marion Trucker Killed in I 57 Accident
William L. Singleton, 62, of 413 E Reeves St Marion, died when a wheel came off his coal truck on Interstate 57 near the Rt 51 overpass in Pulaski County. Coroner Woodrow Wilson reported the crash happened about 10 a.m.
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William L. Singleton
E. Reeves St
Marion
Pulaski County
Woodrow Wilson
Rt. 51
Inmate Killed as Chicago Gang Battle Rocks Prison
Warden John Petrilli reports a dining hall fight between Vice Lords and Disciples from Chicago left one inmate dead and six wounded. He cites an inmate versus inmate clash among Chicago-area prisoners with outside visits halted as the prison investigates.
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John Petrilli
Petrilli
Chicago
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Cook County
Big City
The
Chicago Tribune
Joseph Medill
Tribune
Central
Illinois
Housing Authority
Marion Trucker
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