Miller Orders UMW Bargaining Team Home Amid Coal Strike
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller sent the union bargaining team home after coal operators walked out of talks for a week and show no current willingness to resume negotiations. The strike has idled about 160,000 UMW members and affected roughly half of the nation’s coal production while picket-line violence and gunfire reports emerge from Kentucky and Illinois.
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Pickets threaten coal shipments as UMW strike widens
Outside a truck terminal in St Clair County, 50 to 75 coal miners picketed and pelted rocks. Lt. Kroenig said three deputies and five state troopers were present while David Nurenberger noted no coal haulage until the UMW strike ends. Behnken described damage from a rock attack and six people inside the terminal. Several drivers returned to work but left their trucks behind as windows were broken. Across Kentucky and Indiana, more clashes occurred as nonunion mines faced disruption and a rival union failed to restrain UMW pickets in Knoxville. A judge dismissed the Welfare and Pension Trust Fund suit seeking to halt picketing.
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Carter pushes multilateral arms pact with European concerns
President Carter, touring Europe, said any Soviet arms agreement would address Western European security and noted potential Arab-Israeli progress. He met Belgian officials, discussed trade and dollar problems, and faced a small protest against the neutron bomb near the U S Embassy. Carter also planned talks with King Baudouin and EU Commission officials in Brussels.
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School violence higher in halls than streets for teens study says
A three year, 2.4 million study by the National Institute of Education finds teenagers face greater personal violence risks in schools than on streets, especially in junior highs. Most danger occurs during class transitions in hallways and stairs with other risky areas including restrooms and cafeterias.
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National Institute of Education
Not here says area principal on school crime claims
Lincoln Junior High School principal Robbery and assault may occur in urban areas, but Jacober says no assault with a weapon has happened at the Carbondale junior high. He cites discipline issues and denies robbery reports, calling national survey findings urban conjecture.
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Larry Jacober
Ior High School
Allen McPherson
Southern Illinois
Allen Industries lays off fifty in Herrin due to weak auto sales
Page 3 reports Allen Industries in Herrin cut about 50 workers as auto sales slump. The economy widens layoffs in the region as production slows and demand remains soft. The action reflects ongoing industry pressure affecting workers and communities dependent on manufacturing.
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Mayor Stevens misconduct charge dismissed for statute limit
Judge William Lewis in Williamson County Circuit Court dismissed the official misconduct charge against Johnston City Mayor Bill Stevens due to expiration of the statute of limitations. Stevens, indicted last October, was accused of accepting a fee in 1970 to influence a franchise award for Southern Illinois Cable Television Co. The ruling noted public funds laws and discovery extensions but found no public funds public claim. The grand jury also indicted former Herrin mayor John McVey and two city officials.
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William Lewis
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Williamson County
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Southern Illinois Cable Television Co
Foggy U.S. 51 crash kills Carbondale man
A 21-year-old Carbondale man, Lawrence D. Swan of 1786 Evergreen Terrace, died when his 1965 Dodge Dart rear‑ended a truck on U.S. 51 near the Carbondale Mobile Home Park in dense fog. The truck driver Herb Joles, 43, and his passenger Michael Joles, 18, were slightly injured.
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