Longer paid vacations spread as time off grows
A Conference Board survey shows paid vacation lengthening since 1964 with six weeks common and costs rising to about 8.2 percent of payroll by 1973. The rise includes birthdays and floating holidays, two added holidays in the last decade, and broader time off for jury duty bereavement and personal matters across office and nonoffice staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
New York
Corporation
Conference Board
Safety award goes to Carbondale man
Herman Thetford of Carbondale received the Southern Illinois Builders Association SPOT award and a lifetime SPOT Club membership. The award honors safety head protection on construction sites in Southern Illinois. Thetford, an employee of E. T. Simonds Construction Co., qualified after being struck on the head by a backhoe bucket. he wore a hard hat and avoided serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Thetford
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Southern Illinois
Thetford
E. T. Simonds Construction Co
Air Illinois to qualify inspectors for DHC 4 Twin Otter ops
The FAA selects Air Illinois to train general aviation inspectors to check crew operating procedures on DHC 4 Twin Otter aircraft. Gene Dzendelet says 16 inspectors join a two month program with 12 for initial qualifications and four for recurrent training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Illinois
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Gene Dzendelet
Air I Illinois
Siuc Graduate VA Appoints Moore Voluntary Service Chief
William K. Moore, a voluntary service trainee at the Veterans Hospital in Portland Oregon, was named chief of the voluntary service at Marion Veterans Hospital. He will oversee public information recruitment orientation and coordination of volunteers. Before working for the Veterans Administration Moore previously held a civilian position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Moore
Veterans Hospital
Portland
Ore
Marion Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
Moore
Northeast Illinois Boy Scout Council
Glencoe
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Marion
Mayberry Music Relocates to Davie Street in Anna
Mayberry Music moves from Illinois 146 shopping center to 130 E Davie St Anna and offers guitars banjos lessons plus repairs. Open 9 to 5 daily except Sunday with Friday 9 to 6. two employees attend to instruments, TVs and stereo equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayberry Music
Anna
Illinois 146
E. Davie St
Music Company
Merl O’daniel
Hinkle
Melton Nelms
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Energy expert from Australia awarded NSF grant
Dr. Norman R. Sheridan of the University of Queensland Brisbane will teach at the University of Illinois and receive a $25,000 NSF grant as one of 32 foreign energy scholars for 1975 and 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
National Science Foundation
Norman R. Sheridan
University of Queenland
Brisbane
Australia
University of Illinois
Wisconsin taverns win right to call themselves saloons
Madison Wisconsin AP reports that taverns in Wisconsin may now label themselves saloons after Circuit Judge Richard Bardwell struck down a state law banning the term. The ruling is praised as a win for free speech and straightforward drinkers.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Richard Bardwell
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