Indal Aluminum to Close After 172 Lose Jobs
Indal Aluminum will shut its 200,000 square foot plant by December 31 due to operating losses and a high-cost aluminum contract. If no buyer is found by February 28, machinery will be sold or moved. Seventy-two workers remain, with severance and benefits arranged through February. A German firm has shown interest in locating there.
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Indal Aluminum
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Indal
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Dave McNeely
Bridge replacement on Illinois 13 127 over Beaucoup Creek
Construction work along Illinois 13 127 north of Murphysboro proceeds with a detour west of the highway to carry traffic while a new bridge is built. The $298000 project should finish late next summer as E. T. Simonds Construction Co. crews, led by foreman Bill Stout and laborer Bill Davis, perform the task.
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Beaucoup Creek
Murphysboro
E. T. Simonds Construction Co
Bill Stout
Bill Davis
Strikes and arrests hit Poland's heavy industry
Martial law troops ousted protesting workers from factories and arrested strike leaders halting much of Poland's heavy industry. Tass blamed Western imperialists for violence in Poland and earlier in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Reports said Soviet planes may have landed but could not be confirmed.
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Poland
Soviet Union
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Tass
Warsaw
Washington
White House
Larry Speakes
Solidarity Organization
Gdansk
Szczecin
Wroclaw
Prague Radio
Baltic
Solidarity
Bonn
West Germany
Ursus
Vienna
Warsaw University
Nowa Huta
Katowice
Swedish Academy of Sciences
Olof Tandberg
Polish Academy
Vatican
John John Paul II
Congressional tour to study mine safety after deaths
U S Representative Paul Simon announces a congressional fact finding tour of Southern Illinois and Kentucky coal mines next month to assess safety amid recent disasters and federal budget cuts. Led by Rep Carrie Collins, the probe will precede hearings on MSHA and aim to determine if budget freezes compromised inspections and miner protection.
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Illinois
U.S
Paul Simon
Makanda
Kentucky Mines
Cardiss Collins
Chicago
House
Ment Operations Committee
Simon
David Carle
Federal Mine Safety Inspection Program
United Mine Workers
Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSHA
Snowstorm forecast for Southern Illinois brings 3 to 5 inches
Weather officials warn a winter storm moving from the Rockies into the lower Mississippi Valley could drop 3 to 5 inches of snow in Southern Illinois tonight and Thursday. Temperatures will stay in the teens to 30s with north winds and lingering snow through Sunday as warmer air returns.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Winter storm watch with heavy snow possible tonight
National Weather Service warns of a winter storm with heavy snow at times and high accumulations, northerly winds near 15 mph, and lows in the 20s. Snow tapering to flurries by Thursday afternoon, with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s, followed by partly cloudy skies Friday through Sunday and a warming trend. Rain expected Sunday, with weekend highs rising from the 20s to the 40s and lows from the teens to the 20s. Road info via state police at 348-8432.
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Arkansas
Tennessee
Piltz
National Weather Service
Salt Lake City International Airport
Northwest snowstorm swamps Washington to 14 inches
A major early season snowstorm dumps up to 14 inches across Washington as a cold front races east through Idaho and Utah with gusts up to 100 mph. The system disrupts travel, closes schools in Yakima Valley, and causes power outages and wind damage.
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Northwest
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Maryland
National Weather Service
Colorado Mountains
Cascades
Oregon
Yakima Valley
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