Leaders oppose Job Service closings in Herrin and West Frankfort
Herrin and West Frankfort leaders mobilize protests against the state Labor Department plan to close 22 of 60 Job Service offices amid federal funding cuts. Herrin may stay open with partial staff. decision due within 30 days. In West Frankfort a unanimous council vote urged state reps to keep the office open.
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Bonnie Marx
WIN
Mount Vernon
Herrin
Chamber of Commerce
Eldon Hall
Allen Industries
Allen
Harrisburg
Marion
Mike Fiorenzi
Effingham
Metro-East
Fiorenzi
West Frankfort
Thompson
George Culley
Franklin County
Murphysboro Council Reviews GTE USS Billing Plan
Murphysboro aldermen express reservations after GTE presents Usage Sensitive Service. The plan charges per local call, proposing 13 exchanges switch by 1991, with ICC hearings to decide after Friday. Current monthly basic charges cited. residents fear uneven regional billing under the new system.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
General Telephone Company
Murphysboro
GTE
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
GTE Carbondale
Harley Leitzke
Busi
USS
Leitzke
Sen
William Ryan
Carbondale
de Soto
Robert Fenwick
Leonard Pullis
Don Morgan
Morgan
Charles Meadows
Benton Council approves chili supper by fire auxiliary
Benton Finance Commissioner Charles Webster criticizes using the Benton Fire Station for the Volunteer Fire Department auxiliary chili supper saying the city has no control over finances while the council votes 3-2 to approve. Mayor Leland Brown defends the group noting community benefits and non city accounting.
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Jean Ann Bailey
Southern Illinoisan
Benton
Charles Webster
Women’s Auxiliary
Volunteer Fire Department
Webster
Ervin Simpson
John ‘Jake’ Seymour
Walter Anderson
Leland Brown
Brown
Murphysboro joins protests against CIPS rate increase
Murphysboro residents joined area communities opposing a 26.7 percent rate increase request by Central Illinois Public Service Co. before the Illinois Commerce Commission. Alderman Robert Fenwick spearheaded a unanimous council vote against the change, arguing the extra money funds a Newton power plant and that consumers are subsidizing poor planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
Robert Fenwick
Fenwick
Newton
CIPS
Fire damages Herrin shed, animals saved by firefighters
A shed fire at Mark A. Vaughn's 305 S 20th St Herrin at 8 30 p m Tuesday left hay smoldering and one wall damaged. Firefighters reported the rabbits chickens and banty roosters were removed and were fine. The cause was not immediately known.
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Herrin
Mark A. Vaughn
S. 20Th St
Herrin Starts Talks on Pact with Workers
Herrin Mayor Donald Swinford says negotiations with 19 city workers union Local 372 are starting hard line. A first session occurred last week with a second planned Tuesday. Swinford noted a written proposal for contract language was accepted to study. The pay scales show general laborers at 19088 and machine operators at 19628 annually.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Donald Swinford
Swinford
Laborers Union Local 372
Chamber of Commerce
Herrin City
Ed Smith
Springfield
Union
Carl Moore
West Frankfort
Arthur
Sonny’’ Smith
Monty Cooper
Fed economist sees long term U S economy improving
Federal Reserve economist Albert E. Burger told a Marion meeting that long term prospects for the U S economy look extremely favorable though some pain is expected before benefits. He cited Reagan policies lowering inflation and lifting productivity in two to three years with inflation down in 1981 and continued deceleration ahead.
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O.R. Walley
Southern
BG Mends his ways starts 82 bird list
Birdwatcher begins year in yard with a formal list of seen species totaling 23 by Jan. 2. Notes include flyovers, local sightings, and attention to feeder activity. Mentions S.I.S. newsletter by Doug Robinson and Houston Waring, with contact details for participation and bluebird trail information in nearby counties.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Doug Robinson
Houston Waring
S.L.S
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Union County Conservation Area
Robinson and Waring
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Pleasant Hill Road
Benton Council
Oks Fire Auxiliary
Public Square
Federal Reserve
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L.D. Allen
Business Agents Conference of Southern I Ilinois
SII
SII Union Management Council
Walter Barr
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Lyerla Lake
Union County
Ware
S.I.S
Makanda
Grand Tower
Mount Carmel
Bob Jenner
East Church St
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