Old Ben 24 mine eyed for August revival near Benton
Old Ben Coal Co No 24 north of Benton plans a partial August reopening with about 20 workers. A full return of 440 union workers and 60 supervisors is targeted by 1983 pending contracts and market conditions. The mine, closed 10 months ago, faces a gradual restart with prep plant and two new longwall units planned.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Old Ben Coal Co
Benton
United Mine Workers District 12
Illinois
John Banovic
Old Ben
Rich Sachoff
Sachoff
Satuday
No. 24
Union Electric Co
St. Louis
Nursing home strike averted by contract
Randolph County nursing home residents gain a new AFSCME contract after a threat of walkout was halted by a restraining order and county standby plans. The agreement raises wages 25 cents an hour retroactive to June 1 with potential extra raises up to 10 cents if public aid support increases, bringing pay to 4.24 to 4.65 per hour for about 69 workers. Union president Edith Jones and board chairman Leonard Ernsting praised the peaceful talks and lack of picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Randolph County Nursing Home
Randolph County Board
Leonard Ernsting
Edith Jones
Sparta
Ernsting
Illinois farmer buys Billy Carter gas station at Plains auction
Roy Bertrand of Wadsworth Illinois won the bid to buy Billy Carter’s Plains Georgia gas station for 30000 dollars to help settle delinquent taxes. The sale also included the Plains home, softball field and four undeveloped lots auctioned to pay a tax debt reduced to about 70000. The former president attended but did not bid, and plans were announced to remodel and possibly reopen the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrand
Carter
Billy
J.L. Todd
Billy Carter
Don Carter
IRS
Plains
Buena Vista
Lucille Carter
Virginia Williams
Tidwell Industries
Haleyville
Ala
Reagan
Area actor turns pro in Murphysboro junior high start
Joey Endres began with amateur theater in a Murphysboro junior high class after a teacher's nudge. Now he appears as a principal character in a candy bar commercial, spreading across weekday television features.
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Murphysboro
Joey Endres
Endres
Southern Illinoisan subscription and contact details
Rates for carrier and mail delivery across 18 counties and outside areas. Provides office phone numbers for Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion and classified ad numbers. Postal address for address changes.
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Herrin
Ill
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily
Gore
Illinois
Carbondale
Marion
Restraining order keeps Burlington on the track
The nation's longest railroad resumed normal service after a federal judge ordered strikers to return to work. About 5,000 carmen walked off Friday over a contract notice dispute, while a temporary restraining order barred strikes and picketing. A preliminary hearing was set for Monday in Chicago. Burlington Northern operates 29,300 miles of track across 25 states and employs 57,000 people.
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St. Paul, Minn
Carmen
Pete Briggs
Burlington Novn
St. Paul
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
United States
Canada
U.S
Prentice Marshall
Chicago
Bernard M. Decker
Burlington Northern
Pope John Paul II Meets Officials During Hospital Recovery
Pope John Paul II held private audiences on Saturday marking progress after pleurisy and a virus. Doctors said he remains hospitalized for at least another week, possibly three, while antibodies form against cytomegalovirus. He is to tape a radio message and may undergo another operation after recovery.
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Rome
John Paul II
Gemelli Hospital
John Paul
Meliton
Chalcedon
Ecumenical Patriarchate of
Agostino Casaroli
Vatican
Vatican Radio
St. Peter’s Square
Giuseppe Pallank
Emilio Tresalti
Campers brace for soggy end at Southern Illinois Camp
Campers at Southern Illinois Christian Camp near Carbondale prepare for a wet finale as they play a water battle at a small pond. Counselor Lee Woolard of Goreville leads the splash, with Cedar Creek Road area as the camp’s location south of Carbondale.
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Southern Illinois Christian Camp
Lee Woolard
Goreville
Cedar Creek
Carbondale
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Ben
Banovic
Hugh Evans
Nursing Home
American Federation of State, County and Municip
Sparta Nursing Home
Afscme
Memorial Hospital of
Burlington
Pope
Jerry Lower
Wuniversal
Lees
Berwen
Philadelphia
Bigelow
Cabin Craft
Alexander, Smith, Milliken
Little Schef
Oweer
Mardale Shopping Center
Carol Freeman
M. Jcpenney
Murphysboro Boosters Club
Riverside Park
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