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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1972
Page
2
Murphysboro Police Chief Toby Berger directs traffic around a barricade as crews replace timbers on the Walnut street crossing. The 13th street detour was set Tuesday while Illinois Central Railroad work targets a rough crossing fuel of protests from the city council.
Negotiations between the American Federation of Peace Officers Guards and Enforcement and Security Personnel Local 19 and Richard son Detective Agency Inc. in Herrin are at a standstill. The union argues a 35 cents per hour raise to 2 1/? 2 per hour with seven cents difference, while the company offers 13 cents per hour and cites Nixon wage guidelines. The dispute involves a 60 member union, a 12 employee company, and a small business exemption. The workers at Olin Corp. in Ordill area continue to work.
A Citizens report from Carbondale urges a police community relations board to liaise among residents police and the fire board. Proposals include a storefront staffed by police personnel to answer questions and a survey to gauge citizen attitudes toward police services. The plan calls for crowd control training for city and SIU security and quarterly admin meetings with SIU to improve town gown relations.
The Illinois Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Johnston City High School suspension by John W. Hepler II after learning Hepler graduated June 5 from a West Virginia high school and now lives with his parents. Hepler had been suspended in 1970 for long hair violating the dress code. Judge A. R. Cagle denied an injunction in 1970, and the decision was appealed.
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