Marion auto mechanics strike in Marion
About 60 mechanics from 19 Marion dealerships and shops voted down a new contract after six weeks of talks. The union seeks higher wages and insurance. proposed raises total 1.30 per hour over three years and a new per hour rate plus incentive. 39 mechanics favored striking, 10 opposed. 35 rejected the contract, 15 approved. Federal mediators to be brought in as management calls the proposal fair. The strike affects numerous local businesses including Absher Motor Sales and Marion Ford Mercury.
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Ann Schottman
Southern Illinoisan
Marion
Marion Auto Mechanics
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Herrin
Thirtynine
Bill Absher
Absher Motor Sales
Absher
Boy 4 With Suitcase Tells Police Tale More Exciting Than Truth
Columbus officials identify a wandering four year old, Charles Todd Jr., who said his mother ordered him from home. He rode with a suitcase to the east side, saying the bag was packed by his mother. Parents consented to care by an elderly church acquaintance. no charges expected. The boy, speaking haltingly, could not recall his name or address. He is to be reunified with his parents, Charles and Anna Mae Todd, as Franklin County workers monitor the case.
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Columbus, Ohio
William Rowe
Charles Todd Jr
Charles
Anna Mae Todd
Columbus
Rowe
Foes vow to tie up Senate on labor bill with 500 amendments
Senate floor confronts a high-stakes battle over labor reform as opponents led by Sen. Orrin Hatch promise hundreds of amendments to block cloture on the measure pushed by Majority Leader Byrd. Backers concede a lengthy process ahead with a May 15 vote window and possible cloture hurdles amid a major lobbying push from labor and business groups.
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Washington
Senate
Orrin Hatch
Hatch
Utah
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Byrd
West Virginia
Organized Labor
Scouts share Eagle badges with invalid Wittine case echoes nationwide
Gregory Wittine, 23, disabled and in a wheelchair, earned Eagle Scout work last fall but was denied the rank due to aging out at 22. About 100 letters and five Eagle badges have been sent to his Long Island home from scouts nationwide urging reconsideration.
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New York
Boy
Florida
California
Long Island
Gregory Wittine
Associated Press
Wittine
National
Boy Scouts of
Stock Market Slides With Losses Outpacing Gains
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.15 to 838.18 by noon as losses outpaced gains two to one on NYSE listed issues. K Mart declined 15 to 255 amid lower earnings forecast for the first quarter. The NYSE composite index dropped .31 to 54.05 and the ASE market value index slipped .08 to 137.16, with volume at 16.5 million shares.
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New York
K Mart
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Weather outlook and city budget note
The National Weather Service forecasts fair and unseasonably cold weather tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Partly sunny and warmer Wednesday with a high in the lower 70s. Fair Thursday, increasing cloudiness Friday and a chance of showers Saturday with highs in the 70s and lows around the mid 50s. The Carbondale City Council has set spending priorities from federal grant funds. Sloppy hospital buying practices waste millions in tax money, congressional investigators say. An agriculture leader says the nation's farm economy is the solution to inflation. President Carter's arms sales should be scrapped.
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National Weather Service
Draft 기대 줄고 SIU names unlikely in NFL draft
National Football League draft starts with few if any Southern Illinois University Carbondale players likely to be selected. An argument between San Francisco’s Bill Madlock and a rookie umpire dominates headlines as Vida Blue’s Giants beat the Cardinals. Illinois tuition and fees exceed those in 18 states per the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Peabody Coal leads a vigorous legal attack against enforcing the federal strip mine control law.
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National Football League
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
San Francisco
Bill Madlock
Vida Blue
Giants
Cardinals
Illinois University
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Peabody Coal Co
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Marion Auto Mechanics Strike
Absher Motor
Mayer Brothers Auto Sales
Ervin N. Baker, Inc
Karr- Barnfield, Inc
Marion Ford-Mercury, Inc
Aselton International Sales
Leon Webb Auto
Western Tire Dodge
Marion Body
Marion Motor Parts, Inc
Blankenship and Co., Inc
Branson
Sunoco
Kimmel Auto Supply, Inc
Zeigler Body
A and A
Lloyd West
Jake’s Tire Co
Paterson Auto and Electric
Nancy Essex
Franklin County Children’s Services
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Hill
Senate Natural Resources
Subcommittee
Carter
U.S
South Korea
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Joint Chiefs
Thomas Malloy
Cranston
R.I
Phillip Burton
Scout
New Brunswick
N.J
Greg
Phoenix
Manhattan
Richard Golden
Golden
Carbondale
Ann Landers
Dollars & Sense
Rts
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