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Union leaders protest Shawneetown site not pushed for atom complex
Southern Illinois union leaders mail a letter to Gov. Kerner after a state official said Shawneetown was not livable for a federal atomic research complex. The letter criticizes the remark and cites regional backing and past resource allocations.
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Graves
Shawneetown
Illinois
Sam Trefts
Stars
Charles Mileur
Carpenters
Carl Taylor
Electrical Workers
William Held
Andrew Pribble
Connell Smith
Wardell Riggs
Frank Nimmo
William Carliss
Phil Koclanes
Elmer Brandhorst
Rudolph Nordin
Teamsters
Forrest H. Moreland
Norman M. Bright
Anthony Morcert
Atomic Energy Commission
Northern Illinois
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Gray
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
St. Louis
Indiana
Kentucky
AEC
Saline River