Budget cuts force 33 highway department layoffs in Carbondale
In Carbondale 33 highway department workers receive layoff notices effective June 30 as district 9 adjusts to budget cutbacks. 27 reinstatements and back pay claims are noted, with court orders and a temporary injunction shaping the ongoing disputes. The conflict involves Gov. Walker and transportation chief Langhorne Bond, amid party-affiliation claims and a push to preserve the state personnel code.
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Bonite Trouit
Souther Tracis
Carbondale
Dick Adorian
Publc Affairs
Department of Transportation
Springfield
Tom Hood
Safety Responsibility
Hood
Highway Department
District 9
Head
American Federa
Hanley
QI Ilinois Department of Transportation
Cook County
Daniel Walker
Langhorne Bond
Transportation Department
Nam
Gov. Walker
McCormick
Walter F. Bradley
Junction
Norman Albert
Harrisburg
Gilbert R. Barton
Eldorado
Dennis C. Campbell
Creal Springs
Arthur B. Cook
Elizabethtown
Paul W. Craig
Stonefort
John Lewis Davis
Metropolis
Donald Hileman
Olmsted
Venus E. Eleam
Robert Grubbs
Har
Negotiations Resume in Illinois Construction Strike Impasse
Negotiators for Southern Illinois contractors and the International Union of Operating Engineers met today amid a nine day old strike that idled about 175 million dollars of work across 14 counties. Federal mediator Edward Richards called negotiations at a complete impasse, with no new meeting set, as several projects restarts emerged through interim agreements.
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Henry de Fiebre
Ninois
Edward Richards
Richards
Evansville
T.d
Harrisburg
Police at Williamson boxcar fire
Law enforcement officers in Williamson County were dispatched to a burning boxcar emitting fumes possibly fatal. Officials of Winds Central Gulf Railroad notified the sheriff's office about the fire at 14:45. State police and Deputy Sheriff Ova Greer were sent to the site to keep people away. The boxcar was loaded with rubber and the fumes could be deadly if inhaled.
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Williamson County
Winds Central Gulf Railroad
Ova Greer
Southeas
Tia Fie
Craine Appointed Administrator at Menard Psychiatric Division
William Craine of Murphysbarn is named administrator of the Illinois Dept of Corrections psychiatric division at Menard Penitentiary near Chester. He succeeds Terry BrelJe, who moves to Chester’s State Hospital. Craine has taught since 1870 and earned degrees from Illinois Wesleyan, SIU, and Southern Illinois University, with a 1968 doctorate in clinical psychology.
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William
Craine
Murphysbarn
Tmlinois Dept. of Corrections
Menard
Allyn R. Sieliff
Springfield
Terry Brelje
Iiinsis Security
Chester
Cyaine
Why
Faculity
Illinois Wesleyan University
Southern Ilinois University
SIU
Sielaff
Menard Penitentiary
Corrections Department
Br. Craine
David H. Brierton
Office of
Institution Services
Junkyard holdup ends with suspect shot by own gun
At a Marion junkyard two men forced entry. Belgew, 37, was wounded in the fight and hospitalized after a pistol misfire while Wilson, 64, was beaten but unmedically treated. The other intruder, Dino of East St. Louis, fled with about 2,000 dollars. Police recovered a .38 Smith and Wesson and a wallet with 100 and 20 dollar bills plus other denominations.
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Bill Belgew
Metropolis
Marion Memorial Hospital
Metion
Belgen
Jim Dino
East St. Louis
Bert Wilson
Coder Grove
Rt. 1
Marion
Wilson
Ed. Wallace
Belyew
Johnston City
Bennie Vick
Wilson House
Dino
Russell Oxford
Smith and Wesson
Oxford
Murphysboro Monster sighting tracked by police with dog
Murphysboro police and Jackson County authorities pursued a seven to eight foot tall muddy creature after two Murphysboro teenagers reported an accurate visual sighting near Riverside Park. A tracking dog followed a scent toward a barn but found nothing, while witnesses described a large, hair covered figure with a river mud scent.
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Murphysboro
Randy Creath
Cheryl Ray
Riverside Park
Creath
Miss Ray
Warry Bay
Westwood Lane
Jackson County
Ray
Westwood Hill
Relph Bullar
Broperty
Jerry Nellig
West Frankfort license station to stay open
The Illinois Drivers License Examining Station at West Frankfort will remain open at least temporarily. Six Southern Winds stations were slated for closure, but only the West Frankfort site will stay open, based on population projections reviewed by the Secretary of State. The closure plan stems from a statewide reform of driver license offices. Mayor McClatchey offered city hall facilities to host a free station, a factor in the decision.
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Don Frost
West Frankfort
Southern Winds
Michael Howlett
Pinckneyville
Day Quoin
Murphysboro
Herrin
Chester
Secretary of State
of Hoe
LaSalle
Shelbyville
Roan Loke
Howlett
Mike McClatchey
McClatchey
Lyons shaped SIU image as top public relations man
William H. Lyons led SIU information services from 1951 to 1970 and on the board staff until his retirement in 1981, earning praise for building a strong university image. He coordinated news efforts, edited The Newslitter, and helped SIU weather riots in 1970 while shaping public perception to view SIU as a growing, respected institution. Lyons plans travel and camping after retirement, with potential on-campus duties restart.
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Dave Buller
Southern Hlinsisan
Southern Ilinois University
William H
Bil
Information Service
Lyon
SIU
Ilinois
Universil
Edwardsville
Carterville
Lyons
Morris
Stu
Carbondale
West
Siu-Carbondale
Board
University of Ilinois
Champaign News-Gazette
Marissa
Monmouth College
University of Colorado
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