Singer workers approve contract ending nine week strike
The Singer Co Climate Control division employees, about 800 members of Sheet Metal Workers 459, voted 344 to 200 to accept a contract. The deal adds 86 cents per hour over two years to reach $6.21, raises pension to $9 per year of service, and includes a one year reopener. The plant will resume full operation after the holiday, while some relatives outside the union questioned the offer.
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Randolph and
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Red Bud
Singer Co
Carter
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Randolph
Davids
Goliath
Singer
Red
North County News
Singer Union
St Charles man wins in Du Quoin pie eating contest
Ed Balsat of St Charles Missouri won the grand championship at the 1979 Du Quoin State Fair Farm and Folk Festival pie eating contest. In the over 12 division first place went to Balsat, with Chris Lincoln and Joe Trzinski following. In the 12 and under boys division Todd Croner won, Howard Baxter took second, Mark Maguire third. In the 12 and under girls division Alicia Trzinski was first, Shelly Orf second, with no third place awarded.
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du Quoin
du Quoin State Fair
Ed Balsat
Chris Lincoln
West Palm Beach
Fla
Joe Trzinski
Todd Croner
Marion
Howard Baxter
Mark Maguire
Bessemer
Ala
Alicia Trzinski
Shelly Orf
St. Louis
Carbondale man charged with selling of fireworks
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group agents and Anna police arrested William D. Reissaus in Carbondale after he allegedly offered to sell fireworks to two undercover officers. Reissaus, 51, was charged with selling fireworks and released on bond. Over $1,000 in fireworks were found in his van and may be more in a Carbondale warehouse.
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Southern Illinois
SIEG
Anna
William D. Reissaus
Carbondale
Lawrence Boyer
Reissaus
Turco Nears Tentative Three Year Contract Settlement
Turco Manufacturing Co of Du Quoin reached a tentative three year contract with Local 799 of the Laborers Union late Friday. The deal mirrors a rejected February proposal. Union members will vote Monday afternoon at the Du Quoin Boys Club. Turco employs 275 at its Du Quoin plant manufacturing gas grills and swing sets.
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Turco Manufacturing Co
du Quoin
Laborer’s International Union
Presi
Dent Delbert Doerflein
Turco
Sesser firm paid 1977 water rates for 22 months
Everett Thompson of Sesser Concrete Products Co says the plant was billed at 1977 water and sewer rates for 22 months after a billing error. City records show 1,008,800 gallons billed at 371.76 in August 1977, with $1,171.11 total reimbursements to date.
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Water Department
Sesser Concrete Products Co
Everett Thompson
Thompson
William Schettler
Eugenia Eubanks
Steeleville homemaker’s quilting blends art and craft
Violet Ebers, a Steeleville homemaker, demonstrates her quilt designs at the Du Quoin State Fair Farm and Folk Festival. She learned from her grandmother forty years ago and creates intricate patterns with up to 12 full size quilts yearly. Her works sell for 120 to 550 dollars, reflecting the shift from traditional crafts to a quilting business boosted since the Bicentennial.
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Violet Ebers
Ebers
Steeleville
du Quoin
Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Guild
Cambria schedules tax meeting for July ninth
Cambria villagers prepare for a July 9 town meeting at the Cambria grade school to weigh service cuts or tax increases. Mayor Roy Adams says added taxes may be considered without a referendum, and calls for citizen involvement amid tight budgets and upcoming road and park improvements.
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Cambria
Roy Adams
Adams
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
George Stavroulakis
Department
Citizens’ Park and Recreation
Illinois 13
Blairsville
Flea in Her Ear at SIU Carbondale sparks laughs and embarrassment
SIU Carbondale Summer Playhouse opens with A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau. The farce features a revolving bed and pratfalls amid a cast of quirky characters, with Joe Proctor directing and Darwin Payne designing sets. The critic notes the production’s humor conflicts with dated attitudes and urges audiences to see it despite discomfort.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Georges Feydeau
SIUC
Joe Proctor
Darwin Payne
Richard Ross
Garth Christian Schumacher
Victor-Emmanuel Chandel
Poche
John Seibert
Camille Chandel
University Theater
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