Women in Illinois Congress Face Pay Gap and Job Ceiling
A survey of five downstate congressmen shows women hold 41 of 61 full time offices yet earn most of the lower salaries. Women average 13 873 while men average 24 214. The piece urges Congress to end sex based discrimination and open top level roles to qualified women.
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Congress
Illinois
Michael Isikoff
Capitol Hills News Service
Paul Findley
Paul Simon
Ed Madigan
Mel Price
George Shipley
Ghostwritten term papers and the battle against mail order fraud
Postal authorities continue a drive against mail order term papers as ghost writing adapts. Courts extended fraud to third parties, letting professors pursue cases while some shops try disclaimers to appear legal. Cheating remains a shortcut to mediocrity amid rising pressures on students.
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Law
Medical
Parti Quebecois seeks independence amid Canadian disintegration fears
Mary Costello surveys the Quebec separatist movement as Rene Levesque leads the Parti Quebecois to power. He promises a 1981 referendum while federal leaders stress unity and bilingualism amid evolving language laws and economic strain.
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Mary Costello
Washington
Parti Quebecois
Rene Levesque
Quebec
Canada
National Assembly
United States
Levesque
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Economic Club
New York
Trudeau
Ottawa
Long strike at Justus coal mine pits two men against each other
Marian Vanover and Gordon Bonnyman, strangers with starkly different lives, loom over a 16 month clash at the Justus mine in McCreary County as about 150 workers press for United Mine Workers representation. Eight wounded by gunfire, many injured in fists and clubs. Vanover recounts a police clash on Oct 17 that left him with a cracked skull and a broken elbow.
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Strat Don
Associated Press
Stearns
Marian Vanover
Gordon Bonnyman
Bonnyman
Tennessee
Blue Diamond Coal Co
Knoxville, Tenn
Kentucky
McCreary County
Vanover
Justus
United Mine Workers of America
Detroit
UMW
Wiliam
Doc’ Coffey
Coffey
Potter
Blue Diamond
Scotia
Sid Allen Blevins
Bue Diamond
Coal mine strike fractures Kentucky town and union
The Justus coal mine strike in McCreary County, Kentucky, pits United Mine Workers against Blue Diamond as workers endure threats, injuries, and court-ordered picket limits. The mine, the county’s largest employer, faces closures and financial strain while communities split over the lengthy labor conflict.
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Carter
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Farm Community
Irene Vanover
Lee Potter
Orr
West
Appalachia
Southern Illinois
Lindsay-Schaub
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox Jr
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