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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1975
Page
1
President Ford vetoed a bill that would expand picketing rights for construction unions. The move pleased Republican conservatives but risked angering labor groups and jeopardizing labor secretary Dunlop’s position. Ford cited ongoing controversy and potential chaos in a troubled industry as his reason.
President Ford’s veto of the common sites picketing bill drew mild applause from Southern Illinois builders and loud jeers from labor leaders. union advocates warned of job losses while contractors argued the plan could trigger work stoppages and inflationary bargaining in construction sites nationwide.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and a warm night with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Wednesday brings more clouds and highs in the mid 30s before a colder pattern returns Thursday with a chance of snow or rain and lows in the upper 20s and highs in the 40s. Friday and Saturday turn colder.
Two Area teachers fired from Southern Illinois University Carbondale two years ago have filed a class action suit seeking one million dollars in damages from the university. The filing marks a high profile labor dispute at the campus.
A brief notice reports that Good Evening Santa Claus becomes the first person housed in a newly opened jail at Cherry Valley noting the historic occasion.
Youth rock guitarists honor Bo Diddley on a 20th year commemorative album. A student records perfect free throw shooting at 1.000. A Pentagon study debunks Soviet laser warning claims as a gas flame. An editorial questions JFK blackmail investigations. A reader claims salt water cleans dishes and offers DIY sprays. Mike Glenn of SIU Carbondale and Chicago Bulls news on youth moves.
The Williamson County circuit court grand jury, drawn to hear the Marion Memorial Hospital report, was dismissed after only 15 of 16 required jurors appeared. No contempt penalties will be sought, as one juror noted the near Christmas timing affected attendance.
A wood frame Christmas tree platform collapsed on a Wichita church parking lot killing 42 year old Stanley D. Bistline and injuring at least 33 others from Bethel Assembly of God as choir members bowed to applause. Harold Fechter, also of Wichita, remained in serious condition.
Beirut siege documented as a deadly cycle of killing and cease-fire failures. Civilians bear the heaviest toll as armed groups, driven by sectarian aims, wage street warfare amid ruined government authority. Journalists report heightened danger and a country decaying from violence.
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