Court upholds right to refuse unsafe work nationwide
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, affirmed that workers may refuse dangerous tasks without employer retaliation under OSHA rules. The decision supports protections after Whirlpool Corp disciplined two Marion Ohio plant workers who refused to enter a hazardous area following a fatal accident. The ruling preserves a Labor Department regulation clarifying workers’ rights in life threatening conditions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Whirlpool Corp
Ray Marshall
Marion
Ohio
Labor Department
OSHA
Whirlpool
6Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
6Th Circuit
Marion and Sparta push annexations around county airport
Marion plans a narrow annexation near the Williamson County Airport to connect to East Lawn Memorial Gardens cemetery and extend the sewer, while Sparta moves to annex the nearby Sparta Community Airport to gain city water and potential tax and business benefits. The Marion plan excludes the terminal. the Sparta proposal aims to extend utilities and attract industry though no hearing date is set.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Williamson County
Illinois
Eastlawn Memorial Gardens
Butler
Charles Stoker
Herrin’s
Airport Authority
City of
Herrin
Williamson County Board
William Humphreys
Carterville
United Computer Service
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Miller
Miller
Sparta
Sparta Community Airport
Dixville Notch Vote Tightens NH Presidential Primary
Ronald Reagan and George H W Bush tied for the lead in New Hampshire after Dixville Notch corrected an error in the 23 votes cast. Carter Kennedy and Brown trailed on the Democratic side. Turnout varied with heavy in Nashua and Lebanon, light elsewhere. polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST.
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Dixville Notch
N.H
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
Mantle
California
Reagan
George Bush
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Nashua
Lebanon
Portsmouth
Winds topple plane and halt power in southern Illinois
Strong 52 mph gusts felled a Cessna 172 at Benton Airport and cut power to Carbondale Murphysboro districts. Flights largely canceled though Marion and Carbondale airports ran schedules. A CIPS substation damage left Murphysboro residents briefly without electricity. Damaged sign at Coo Coo’s online Bowl details and temperatures to mid-30s led into a sunny outlook with mid-40s by Wednesday.
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Donna Kunkel
Benton
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Virgil Bolen
Bolen
Mobile
Ala
Williamson County
Marion
Southern Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service
Richard Powers
CIPS
Illinois Avenue
Coo-Coo’s
Paul Cerniglia
White House splits draft funding after women registration setback
The Carter administration shifts strategy on conscription by proposing separate funding for men’s and women’s draft registration. Officials testified to Congress as controversy grew over registering women, with lawmakers pressing for distinct budget packages and criticizing the women’s plan as failing.
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Washington
Carter Administration
White House
John P. White
Carter backs neutral Afghanistan amid Soviet withdrawal
President Carter, in a letter to Yugoslav leader Tito, says he would back a neutral Afghanistan if Soviet forces withdraw promptly. An unnamed administration official described the letter, noting it is not framed as a response to Brezhnev's Friday address. Brezhnev had urged U S and neighbors to guarantee non interference while military aid ends.
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Washington
Carter
Afghanistan
Soviet Union
Josip Broz Tito
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Flood pleads guilty to conspiracy. gets probation
Former Rep. Daniel J. Flood, facing charges of conspiracy, bribery and perjury, pleads guilty only to conspiracy under a plea bargain. He is placed on one year probation after telling Judge Oliver Gasch he could be convicted in a trial.
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Washington (Ap
Daniel J. Flood
Dpa
Flood
U.S
Oliver Gasch
Williamson County joins bid for federal criminal justice grant
Williamson County commissioners voted unanimously to join as many as 15 area counties in seeking designation as an entitlement jurisdiction under the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission. Union County will decide next week after reviewing a draft agreement promising no extra cost beyond current dues.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Union County Board of Commissioners
Greater Egypt
Herrin
Ron Clark
Williamson Board
Justice System Improvement Act
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Sheriff's Department
LEAA
Clark
Seaa Beto
Marion
Robert Butler
Union County Board
Bud Rendleman
Wolf Lake
Union County
William Ballard
Rendleman
Gerpdc
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Potter Stewart
Stewart
Ralph Hood
Sparta Community Airport Authority
Lyle Hill
Hill
Hood
Edmund G. Brown
Bush
Tom Tillotson
Jerry Lower
Ann Landers
Williamson
Bid For Law Enforcement Grant Union
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
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