Coal pact anniversary weighs on wages and hours
Wages and hours loom in 1984 as miners and operators assess the 1981 contract after a 22 month strike led to a 40 month pact. Absenteeism policy, arbitration shifts, and potential pensions and benefits changes shape union and company talks amid a slowing economy and upcoming UMW election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern
Illinois
UMW
United Auto Workers
Clifford Wece
Johnston City
Freeman United
Bill Adams
Herrin
Ben No. 26
Lesser
Michael Bunton
District 12
Consolidation Coal Co
BCOA
Mark Jacobson
Zeigler Coal Co
Candy Bunion
Arch Mineral
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp
Delbert Bargo
Thompsonville
Freeman 4
Peabody Coal Co
Ron Greenfield
Leonard Gazewski
Washington
Bunton
Morris Feibusch
Wece
Feibusch
Seph Brennan
John Banovic
Banovic
Zeigler
Jacobson
Adams
Consol
Sam Church
Church
Volunteers rebuild Jackson workshop after devastating fire
About 300 guests attended a Saturday event at the Jackson Community Workshop in Murphysboro to celebrate the rebuilt facility at 20-25 N 13th St. The June 25, 1981 fire damaged the original building, prompting $50,000 in labor and cash donations and a new $200,000 structure. Union workers and local businesses contributed, with city and fire department support. Equipment moves in this week and full operation is expected within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson Community Workshop
Murphysboro
13Th St
Jackson County
Curt Kohring
Kohring
Hearing Set Friday on Bowen Center Closure Suit
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Francis Barth ordered the state to respond within a week to parents of Bowen Center residents seeking to block the center's closure. A 10 a.m. Friday injunction hearing will decide whether residents can be transferred to Anna Mental Health Center. The judge barred transfers until the hearing ends. Gov. Thompson backs converting Bowen to a correctional facility and seeks planning funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Cook County
Francis Barth
A.L. Bowen Developmental Center
Barth
Harrisburg
Anna Mental Health Center
James R. Thompson
Bowen
General Assembly
After the Tornado is Over Memoir of Murphysboro Disaster
The piece recalls the 1925 Murphysboro tornado that claimed 600 lives as it moved from Murphysboro through De Soto to West Frankfort. Norman E. Hooker, once a Cen tralia mail train worker, wrote a song commemorating the tragedy, with a chorus reflecting loss, remembrance, and funeral scenes. Betty English shares a copy of the blue sheet music. Robert Hastings comments on flood memories and his writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman E. Hooker
Centralia
Murphysboro
de Soto
West Frankfort
Tornado Publishing Co
Kenneth Hooker
Betty English
Creal Springs
Southern Illinoisan
After the Tornado Reflections at a Reunion Harbor
The piece recalls Marion High School Class of 1942 reunion reprints and the May 29 tornado. It shares author Hastings’ meditation on loss and renewal, citing the Murphysboro 1957 tornado survivor George Butcher, whose tragedy led to a new hopeful connection through a meeting with a Sparta woman and a rebuilt life. The harbor metaphor frames life as ongoing arrivals of births, marriages, and friendships amid grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Marion Holiday Inn
Murphysboro
George Butcher
Butcher
Sparta
Carbondale Bowl closes pending injunction hearing
Carbondale Bowl Inc operates at Mar Dale Shopping Center and has shut down the bowling alley while awaiting a Jackson County Circuit Court ruling on its injunction against Murdale Bowling Lanes Inc owners Danny and Greg Parrish. A hearing is set for 9 a.m. Monday in Murphysboro. The court denied a temporary restraining order to stop removal of equipment last week. The lease ran from Sept 11, 1970 with five year terms into 1990 and a renewal at annual rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Carbondale Bowl, Inc
Mardale Shopping Center
Carbondale Bowl Inc
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Carbondale Bowl
Murdale Bowling Lanes Inc
Danny
Greg Parrish
Richard Richman
Bowl suit over lease and equipment sale at bowling lanes
A civil complaint alleges Mardale Bowling Lanes entered a lease with Allen Knight and Associates and T and K Associates Inc. Gregory Eversden, an official of the Knight group, negotiated purchase of equipment from Carbonale Bowl and linked it to continuing the lease. Carbonale Bowl seeks an injunction alleging intended forceful possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardale Bowling Lanes
Allen Knight and Associates
T & K Associates Inc
Gregory Eversden
Knight Group
Carbonale Bowl
Carbondale Bowl
Carbondale Bowl Lease Dispute Stirs Local Tension
Danny Parrish and Greg Parrish of Murdale Bowling Lanes seek possession while Carbondale Bowl manager Judy Baine cites lease renewal and extension. City Clerk Janet Vaught notes the Carbondale Bowlease renewal for 1980 81 liquor license application. Lease extension keeps 11 jobs at stake with a $22 500 annual rent, affidavits show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Parrish
Greg Parrish
Murdale Bowling Lanes
Dan Parrish
Mardale Bowling Lanes
Carbondale
Janet Vaught
Goreville to get cable TV this summer
Goreville residents may see cable television by August after the village board approved a My Communications General Inc plan. At a May 25 meeting representative Robert Kirgbaum outlined service levels from 9 to 25 dollars per month and a 3 percent village share of gross proceeds. A one week free trial was offered to residents once the system is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goreville
Communications General Inc
Robert Kirgbaum
Kirgbaum
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Arbitration Review Board
National ‘‘Supreme
Rank and
Jackson Workshop
City of
Murphysboro Fire Department
John Kasky Inc
Commercial Union Insurance Co
Korando Pepsi
Building Services Supply
Green’s
IGA
Lastour Corp
Boren’s Iga
Wides Distributors
Phillips & Arnold, Inc
Robert L. Morgan Builders
Missouri Industrial Equipment
Stanton Excavating
Pullis Excavating
Edwards Excavating
Voss Heating
Litton Plumbing
Miner Electric
B & C Plumbing
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Richard Green
William G. Ridgway
Twomey & Hines
Kroger Company
Walnut St
Dominick Gentile
Sandy Catt
Peyton Kunce
Jackson
Bowen Suit
Hooker
Kenneth and
Earl
Robert J. Hastings
Illinois Baptist State Association
Hastings
Byline
B.G
Norman Hooker
Bauer Bros Eee
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