Miners may ratify contract. construction locals hold line
Construction Local 2117 leader Seldon Dawson said area mines will not be picketed for now if the miners approve their national contract this Saturday. He warns many key issues remain, and predicts a very close vote with potential future action if talks stall.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Association of
Bituminous Contractors
ABC
Washington
UMW
Willard Esselstyn
Esselstyn
Dawson
BCOA
Illinois
Temporary relief for stranded North Bend residents expected today
North Bend residents near confinement as flood waters recede slowly. County crews planned to raise North Bend Road by three and a half feet using gravel trucks to restore a single exit for about 60 people while fear remains of more rain washing out the work. Residents express anger at delayed repairs and worry about market access for hogs, with long-standing flood history and past Bend Lake construction noted.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
North Bend
Williamson County
Ervin Walker Jr
Duane Whittenborn
Colp
Clifford Road
Clifford Bridge
Lou Emma Erby
Erby
Bend Lake
Walker
North Bend Road
Reagan shifts to three year tax cut plan amid coalition push
President Reagan unveils a slimmer three year tax cut totaling 37.4 billion with a 2 percent personal rate reduction, marriage penalty relief, and protection for investment income, while cutting business tax relief and retaining conservative support. The package aims to win Southern conservatives and backers in Congress though faces Democratic opposition.
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Washington
Reagan
House
White House
Hance
Texas
Barber B. Conable
Rn.y
George Bush
Associated Press
Moral Majority forms Jackson County chapter in Illinois
Rev Robert Stewart of Moral Majority Illinois launched Jackson County activity at Murphysboro Baptist Temple with about 30 attendees. He argued humanism undermines truth, praised school prayer and Bible study, and listed opponents including Darwin and Dewey while noting chapters exist in 70 of Illinois counties. no PAC yet, but lobbying continues in Springfield on church preschool licensing and anti discrimination bills.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Humanism
America
Moral Majority
Illinois
Jackson County
Jerry Falwell
Lynchburg
Baptist Temple of
Murphysboro
Robert Stewart
Stewart
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles Darwin
Karl Marx
John Keyes
God
Sigmund Freud
John Dewey
John Wellhausen
Springfield
Good Evening Weather Tonight and Weekend Forecast
The National Weather Service predicts possible thunderstorms tonight with a low in the upper 60s or low 70s. Partly sunny and very warm Saturday with highs in the upper 80s. Rain chances around 70 percent tonight. The Illinois forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms Sunday through Tuesday, with overnight lows in the upper 50s and 60s and daytime highs in the upper 70s and 80s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
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