Western coal union contract talks eased by Denver settlement
A separate settlement between Pittsburg and Midway Coal Co and United Mine Workers in Denver offers a three year wage package totaling about 3.96 per hour in wage increases and quarterly adjustments. Talks here at the main table aim for a national contract replacing one expiring March 27, with COLA-like features under debate. The Denver agreement signals possible influence on industrywide negotiations with industry officials cautious but attentive. Joe Maller tends a field as a farmer hopes for snow or rain to protect a red clover crop.
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New York Times
Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Denver
Union
Pittsburg and Midway Coal Co
Gulf Oil
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Carbondale budget warning signals year of cuts
Carbondale faces a tight 1981-82 budget with a projected $656,000 spending excess over revenues and a $175,000 shortfall in general fund revenue this year. Finance Director Sorgen warned of slower growth at about 10 percent and urged possible service cuts while projecting a dwindling general fund balance over five years.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Charles Watkins
Sorgen
General Fund
Water and Sewer Services Department
Council
Tornado injures 28 at Bay Minette Middle School
A tornado struck Bay Minette Middle School in Alabama injuring two students and a bus driver seriously while about 25 others suffered minor injuries. Ambulances ferried the injured to Baldwin County hospitals as parents rushed to recover their children.
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Alabama
Bay Minette
Ala
Baldwin County
Mobile
US. 31
Winter storm barely reaches Southern Illinois again
A powerful storm tracked west of Southern Illinois, forming a line through St Louis Springfield and Chicago. It is expected to bring 1 to 2 inches of snow with northwest winds gusting up to 35 mph. Temperatures will drop to the mid teens tonight and stay low through Wednesday. The system dumped 6 inches on St Louis and Rockford, 3 inches on Chicago Monday night.
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Illinois
St. Louis
Springfield
Chicago
Rockford
Herrin Faces 189000 Deficit and Tight Cash Outlook
City Treasurer William Meneese warned of a 189000 deficit by April 30 leaving only about 10 days of operating funds on hand. Overruns across departments total 214900 for streets, 224450 for police, 156950 for fire, and 34000 for police ambulance, with start up costs blamed for ambulance and a push for zero based budgeting in 1981. The council accepted the report but took no action.
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Theresa Churchill
Herrin
William Meneese
Meneese
Paul Francis
Mario ‘‘Moochie
Ottolini
Anna school roof collapse forces short school day
Anna Jonesboro High School evacuated after a water-damaged library ceiling collapsed. Officials cited a leaking roof hidden by months of drought and reported 4 to 5 inches of water in the library wing. About 600 students attend the school with no injuries.
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Anna-Jonesboro Community High School
Illinois
Court ends Tale of Two Senates in Illinois
Illinois highest court split 4-3 overturning the Jan 15 GOP coup that left two rival senates. Democrats plan to re-elect Philip J. Rock as Senate president while Gov. Thompson accepts the ruling. Shapiro and Rock both claimed election legitimacy, with the court ordering a new vote.
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Springfield
Illinois
Thompson
Senate
GOP
David C. Shapiro
Rock
Shapiro
Supreme Court
Senate Chamber
House
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Joe Maller
Johnston City
Joe Cloverseed
Joe Jines
Slim Pickin
Watkins
Bruce Simmons
Southern Illinois
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Chris Novy
Ann Landers
Anna
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