No new meetings in strike in Southern Illinois
The 10 day old operating engineers strike in Southern Illinois continues after a 90 minute Marion meeting failed to break the deadlock. Federal mediator Edward Richards noted two main sticking points granddaddy clause and work reassignment clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois
Marion
Wardell Riggs
Harrisburg
International Union of Operating Engineers
Riggs
Edward Richards
Evansville
Ind
Richards
Egyptian Contractors’ Association
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Associated General Contractors of Illinois
Wind and hail lash Lake subdivision near Lake of Egypt
A 2 pm Wednesday wind and hail storm hit the North Shore area of Lake of Egypt. Civil Defense director Tom Redickas said the weather was low altitude turbulence, not a tornado. Trees, utility poles, and lines were damaged. homes reported broken windows and torn downspouts. a trailer was displaced. a cabin roof was damaged by a fallen tree. hail sizes ranged from pea to marble. State police noted high wind impact on Interstate 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore
Lake of Egypt
Tom Redickas
Williamson County Civil Defense
Walter McCombs
Charles Connett
Bud Moore
Lakecrest Subdivision
Redickas
High Rise to Get an All Weather Canopy
Rep Kenneth J Gray and Wayne Battle announce an all weather concrete and brick canopy at the Anna Gray High Rise West Frankfort for senior citizens. The $16000 HUD funded project will be in the 1300 block of East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gray
West Frankfort
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Boxcar Fire in Williamson County Sparks Fume Fear
A boxcar load of plastic covered foam mattresses burned on an Illinois Central Gulf freight train in southeastern Williamson County. Fire crews set up traffic controls while experts later determined fumes were not toxic. The train, from New Orleans to Chicago, had picked up the mattress car at Fulton Kentucky and planned to move the wreckage today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
J. P. McClay
J. W. Hales
Paducah
Caboose
New Orleans
Chicago
Fulton
CISCO seeks master plan as funding gap grows for Crab Orchard Lake
The Committee Involved to Save Crab Orchard Lake CISCO says funds are needed to start a program and draw grants. Chairman Jack Wides of Murphysboro reports state and federal lawmakers want a concrete plan including shoreline stabilization and habitat improvements. Budget cuts at Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge compound delays as local supporters travel to meetings and call for private or other agency involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Arimond
Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
CISCO
Jack Wides
Murphysboro
Wides
Chambers of Commerce
Cisco Treasury
James Hubert
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Congress
Hubert
Cambodia
Lester Schneider
Columbia
Ing
Schneider
Suspect in custody after West Frankfort police shooting
West Frankfort officer Curt Blades was wounded in a 2 a.m. confrontation at Jim's Interstate Shell Station after a man with a .22 pistol forced the attendant to call police. Raymond L. Schuetz of Cahokia is in custody. Blades is in satisfactory condition at Upton Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
West Frankfort
Curt Blades
Jim
Interstate Shell Station
W. Main St
James Hood
Franklin County
Raymond L. Schuetz
Cahokia
Loren Lewis
Hood
Blades
Ted Seddon
Seddon
FBI
Schuetz
Upton Hospital
County and Coal Company Face Tax Case Loss
Perry County state’s attorney supported the defense in a tax suit against United Electric Coal Co. as the county contends back taxes from 1972. The case could void the assessment for Du Quoin Unit District 300 and deny the remainder of the tax bill, with potential losses over 36 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Perry County
Michael Grabowski
Union Electric Coal Co
Grabowski
du Quoin
Charles Macaluso
Coal Company
Kenneth Peek
United Electric
Peek
D. W. Costello
Belleville
Macalousa
United Electric Coal Co
William Heisner
Perry County Board of Commissioners
Vic Provart
John Rednour
Vallie West
Macaluso
DCFS to scrap regional structure in plan to reshape department
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services will eliminate its regional administrative framework but may not terminate regional workers. Don Schlosser of the office of community relations notes the Marion regional office has seven employees. Paul Nelson, the regional director, was unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Don Schlosser
Office of
Community Relations of Children and Family Services
Springfield
Children and Family Service
State
Marion
Paul Nelson
Schlosser
Iguana sighting ends in frozen display in Carbondale
A 58 inch tropical iguana found loose near Crab Orchard Lake was picked up by Ivan Wright and frozen by a Carbondale firefighter who plans to stuff it as a wall hanging. Owner Clifton Howell suspects a pet escaped or was released. The iguana, a green blue‑toned lizard, eats vegetables and is not dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Troutt
Big Muddy
Crab Orchard Lake
Carbondale
Lee Settlemoir
Crab Orchard Estates
Crab Orchard
Wright
America
Clifton Howell
Howell
No new sightings of Murphysboro Big Muddy Monster reported
Murphysboro police noted Riverside Park remained busy with cars and campers overnight as no fresh sightings emerged. Earlier in the week two witnesses described a seven foot white hairy creature near Riverside Park, with another two teens spotting a similar figure in Westwood Hills Subdivision. Tracks were found near the Westwood Hills home, a dog followed a trail to a nearby barn, but nothing further was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Westwood Hills
Leroy Summers
Cairo
Tall
Summers
Jackson County
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Charles Reed
Children, Family Services
Sandra Holter
St. Louis
South America
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