Miners Hear Optimistic Terms in Illinois Contract Talks
Local presidents of the striking United Mine Workers in Illinois met in Springfield for a second time in 18 days to hear contract details that could end the coal strike. The mood was upbeat as officials noted gains in the latest proposals compared with prior ones.
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Charities
Roberts Springfield
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Southern Illinois area school board filings close for April 8 election
Area filings ended Friday for Southern Illinois school boards with ballots set for April 8. Withdrawals allowed until Tuesday. term lengths hinge on a new elections bill. Incumbents and nominees listed for Akin 91 B, Anna-Jonesboro 37, Anna 37, and Jonesboro 43 districts with terms varying from two to three full terms depending on future provisions.
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Southern
Illinois
Miners vote anticipated as hunger drives talks at Old Ben Coal
Rocky Morris, president of Local 1487 at an underground Old Ben Coal Co. mine near West Frankfort, says gains exist and a ratification vote is possible, though miners feel not all demands met after 103 days. He adds miners are hungry and ready to return to work.
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Rocky Morris
Old Ben Coal Co
West Frankfort
Morris
Miner protest over medical costs at Old Ben mine
Bruce Gibson and fellow Morris pit committee members condemn the 1974 contract that left miners and families without medical care. They vow to take the issue to their members as the union battles a drained health and welfare fund and seeks deductibles after funds depleted last year.
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Bruce Gibson
Morris
Old Ben Mine
Gibson
Jothers
UMW Illinois
Kenneth Dawes
Mass of school board filings spill across Southern Illinois
A long list of candidates filed for two or three term seats in numerous school districts and community colleges across Southern Illinois. Incumbents and newcomers compete for full and partial terms at Chester, Cobden, De Soto, Benton, Carbondale, Murphysboro, Pinckneyville, Du Quoin, Johnston City, Trico, and many others with named individuals and districts including Carbondale Community High School District 165, Herrin, Marion, and the Shawnee and Rend Lake college districts.
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Anna-Jonesboro Community
Don Tripp
Carter L. Partridge
Alton Mansfield
Silas Otten
Robert Hughes
Benton Consolidated
Harry Treadwell
Benton
Dale Richardson
Northern
David Rea
Browning
Richard D. Jones
Ewing
Lesser
Richard Stablefield
Robert Adams
Paul Genisio
Ewing Northern Community Consolidate
Ron Link
Benton Community Consolidated
Jack D. Stewart
Stanley Harp
George Alsebrooks
Carbondale
Michael Altekruse
Linda Brandon
Carbondale Community High
B. J. Schwegman
Wesley Gibson
Jerry Lacey
Richard Cannon
Giant City Community Consolidated District
Barrett Rochman
George Starkweather
George Holmes
Gerald Laffoon
Makanda
Johnston City Community Unit
Charles Reed
Melburn Babington
Patrick Henry
Pittsburg
Eddie J. Griffith
Oral Potts
James R. Escoe
Thompsonville
Nancy C. Reed
Lake Creek Township
Corinth Township
Murphysboro Community Unit
Mary Adams
Charles Meadows
Kenny Carr
Ivan B. Lively Jr
Murphysboro Township
E. L. McLaughlin
Pinckneyville Community Consolidated
Ronald Jenkel
David Boggis
Darrel Wolfe
Cathy Lee
Max Keene
Pinckneyville Community
Alan McClurken
Tom Easton
Phillip Corley
Stewart Wright
Charles E. Thomas
Pinckneyville
Stephen Edwards
Fred Wieman
Pinckney
Shawnee Community Unit District
Wolf Lake
Charles Smith
Fay Wasmund
Arthur Ward
Grand Tower
By Fhar
Tamaroa Community High
Bill Long
Robert Kabat
Dubois
Leonard Klamm
Tamaroa Elementary
Vickie L. Morris
Sherry Fisher
Thomas Jablonski
Ronald Ward
Bobby G. Morgan
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Gary Lynn Pentecost
Marion
Robert E. Cody
Rebecca
Becky’’ Brymer
Johnston City
David McChesney
Metropolis judge elected chief of First Judicial District
Massac County Judge Robert H. Chase, 63, elected chief judge of the First Judicial District by district judges at the Marion Holiday Inn. He will replace Judge John H. Clayton, who retires April 1 after serving as chief judge since 1970.
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Massac County
Robert H. Chase
First Judicial District
John H. Clayton
Chase
Metropolis
Marion Holiday Inn
Clayton
Williamson County
William Lewis
Anna
Robert Porter
Vienna
Bertha Erickson
University of Illinois
Elected Chief Judge of the First Judicial Circuit
A formal notice confirms the appointment of the new chief judge for the First Judicial Circuit. The selection marks a leadership transition within the circuit court system and sets a roadmap for judicial administration and court operations.
Error notes two full terms available in the system
A brief notice records an interface error noting two full terms are open and instructs to review the correction code references, including the tag -22-78, for adjustment. The terse entry reads like a system or clerk warning about term availability and required follow up.
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Akin Community Consolidated District
Bob Buntin
Gene Summers
Bob Sieveking
Anna-Jonesboro
Everett Ury
Jim Carter
Ben Edwards
Jonesboro
Jonesboro Community Consolidated District
Ernest Russell
Don Choate
Younsters
Springfield
Chester
Chester Community Unit
Michael Welge
Betty J. Wagner
Frances Barnes
Robert Jeffreys
Richard Dethrow
Robert C. Reid
Christopher
Christopher Community High School
Marvin Well
Charles Jacoby
Jerry Aken
Christoph
Herb Licklinger Johnson
Vickie Perry
Bobby Irk
Gary Ceasar
Cobden
Cobden Unit 17
Paul Askew
Sam McVay
Robert Wolfe
Wendall Miller
Patrick Brumleve
Crab Orchard
Terry Bailey
Donald Richey
Ralph Mataya
Sherman Blumenstock
de Soto
Dongola
Terry M. Keller
Larry Lingle
Larry Lovell
Enos W. Gaskell
Dorothy L.arrott
Gorham
Mississippi Valley Community Unit District
Donald S. Guetersioh
Jacob
Homer Bunselmeyer
Rockwood
Alvin Stone
Gary Korando
Herrin
Herrin Community Unit
Lowell Hall
Chittyville
W. William
Bill” Brown
R. D. Kane
Wilson Harland
Michael E. Absher
William Russell Ward
Robert “Bob” Osowski
Lick Creek Community Consolidated District
Fred Pitts
Curtis Barringer
Larry Vaughn
Marion Camp
James Dutton
Alfred Craft Sr
Troy Schlenker
Vernon Paul Rice
Earl Wilson
Bob Osborn
Murphysboro
Logan Community Consolidated District
James K. Toms Jr
Dean Kirk
Trico
Trico Community Unit
Campbell Hill
William Spiller Jr
Willisville
Marcia Behrens
Ava
Darrel Ehlers
Dale Rothert
Unity Point Community Consolidated District
John W. Chester
Arthur Vincent
Zeigler-Royalton Community Unit
Guy Humphrey
Royalton
Dean Sanders
Mulkeytown
Frank Pasquino
Zeigler
John Prudent
Robert Biggs
Southern Illinois Community College
Sparta
Elvorado
Ralph Zoller
Vergennes
Don Wisely
Bill Batteau
Sharon Glasco
Jim Stewart
Somerset Township
Marion Community Unit
James W. Sanders
West Marion Township
Dwight le Masters
Diane Miller
Lloyd Reese
Dennis Conley
Sally Kirby
East Marion Township
Sparta Community Unit
Larry W. Leet
Joseph August
James R. Ashley
Laurence H
Larry’’ McGuire
John F. Wright
N. Illinois
Southern Ilingisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North
Iilinois Avenue
North 161m Street
S. 12Th Street
Aaurphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois and
Military
Southern Illinois
John A. Logan
Rend Lake
Steeleville
Steeleville Community Unit
Martin Dudenbostel
Roger Lee Fedderke
Glenn A. Armstrong
Jesse F. Hicks
Ronald B. Stephens
Tamaroa Community Consolidated District
Gerald Zmudzinski
Gerald Herbert
William
Read Lake College, Inc
Richard E. Herrin
Jean Ann Scroggins
Waltonville
Joe McClure
Mt. Vernon
John W. Stephens
McLeansboro
George Allen Weed
Mitch Fulford
Joe H. Scrivner
C. C
Andy’’ Anderson
Shawnee College
Ullin
C. G. Ulrich
George Hellman
Villa Ridge
Thomas Beaches
Cairo
Glendale
Glendale Community Consolidated District 160
Victor Lovel
Frank Biggs
Jim Hendrix
Ed Ejigenrauch
Russell Phillips
UMW
du Quoin
Stotlar Lumber CO
University Mall Builders Special
Robert H.chase Eee
Error
First Judicial Circuit
Clifton
Kip” Litton
Democratic
Pd. Pd
Clifton Litton
S.I.U
Equitable
Jackson-Union Counties Port
Democrat
Bruce Richmond
Phyilip Gottlieb
R.O. Box
Ill
State Board of Elections
Ilinois
Herrin High School
Coal Mines
Norge
The
Dept. of Transportation
Holly Park Nursery
Charles Eldridge
Williamson Co
Flickinger
City OF
Jackson County Humane Society
Berger, Jr
Murphysboro, Ill
PVE Boots Fashion
Ladies & Childrens
Tae
Ben’s Outlet
Bat Taaia
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