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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1968
Page
13
Johnston City receives a 60 day extension to close its open dump and arrange waste disposal. City council approves buying a 1968 pickup from Broadway Motors, trading in a 1960 truck with a 1933.17 gap, to support water department work. A surplus street light from the old disposal plant will be relocated to Ward Four.
A three year contract between Allen Industries Inc. of Herrin and Textile Workers Union Local 1347 provides a 12 cent per hour wage increase retroactive to January 1 plus benefits. The pact includes a new Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, an extra paid holiday, improved vacation, bereavement pay and jury duty pay. The agreement was announced February 14 by Vic Reback and Eddie Stewart after an overwhelming vote in favor.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad reaches an agreement to sell its Evansville line to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The deal awaits Interstate Commerce Commission approval as part of prior Missouri Pacific control orders.
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