HUD ready to OK subsidized Carbondale housing
HUD signals readiness to approve a 150 unit subsidized housing project in Carbondale called The Fields under Section 8, with final action stalled until a Chicago meeting between HUD IHDA officials and local residents. City seeks a 90 day extension to study concentration, while Ad Hoc Task Force examines housing impact and school enrollment before HUD reviews the plan.
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HUD
Carbondale
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chicago
Lewis Lane
Sandra Bricker
Turn Ihda
Bricker
Community Development
Ms. Bricker
Ray Buss
Paul Simon
D Carbondale
IHCA
Sue Mitchell
Barbara Bennett
Mitchell
Buss
Simon
Bennett
Carbondale High School
Don Monty
Little People of America helps make it a smaller world
Shirley E. Johnson profiles Little People of America and its central Illinois chapter, tracing how short stature shapes daily life and adapts to a world built for average heights. Bud Miller and JoAn Huffman share experiences from medical issues to employment challenges, fashion, and social inclusion.
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Little People of
America
United States
Bud Miller
Decatur
Miller
Little People of American, Inc
LPA
Little Prairie
District 6
Central
Illinois
Marion
Charlotte Gregory
Sullivan
JoAn Huffman
Springfield
Mark Twain plan to end strike falls short of full settlement
Mark Twain Marine Industries back-to-work plan after a three month strike falls short of full settlement. NLRB hearing continues May 14 in West Frankfort City Hall as parties dispute back pay and unfair labor practices amid resumed hiring and unresolved terms.
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc
National Labor Relations Board
West Frankfort
NLRB
William F. Jacobs
Rayford T. Blankenship
Keltner Locke
Laborers International Union Local 87
Barry Levine
Local 87
Blankenship
Labor disputes shadow Mark Twain Marine plant history
The NLRB filed its first complaint against Mark Twain Marine Industries in May 1969 after four workers claimed discharge for unionizing. A months later strike and union election followed with Local 87 losing majority status. The ongoing labor saga includes threats, testimony on secret deals, and a shift in company leadership with Blankenship named president.
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Mark Twain Marine Industries Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Laborers International Union of North America
Lee Seibert
Local 87
Blankenship
Locke
Mark Twain
NLRB
Andy Anderson
Anderson
Vern Simms
Simms
Henry Gauwitz
Springfield
Coal Belt Electric Railway Ends Service in 1926
The Coal Belt Electric Railway served Marion Carterville Herrin and surrounding areas from 1902 to 1926 delivering coal miners shoppers and visitors on a once hourly to two hourly service. Demand waned as highways and cars grew and Missouri Pacific received permission to discontinue the line on October with the actual shutdown on November 15 1926.
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Southern Illinois
Essex
Oakland
Hupmobile
Coal Belt Electric Railway
Bill Wylde
Carbondale
Barbara Burr Hubbs
Williamson County
Illinois
Maranda Cavanas Scoby
Carterville
Marion
Herrin
F. S. Peabody
The
Peabody Coal Co
Iron Mountain Co
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
North Market
West Main Streets
Courthouse Square
Peabody No. 3
Crenshaw Crossing
Fordville Energy
Taylor Crossing
Hafer Crossing
Cen
Tral Illinois Public Service Co
Missouri-Pacific
Mo-Pac
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Avenue
Herrin Daily Journal
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Cat Bonugic
Hel
Tom Woolf
Capital Development Associates of Chicago
Joe Jines
JoAnn Huffman
Shirley E. Johnson
Southern Illinoisan
By Cathy Saxenmeyer
Ben Gelman
Division Street
Park Avenue
Charlie Birger
Sheltons
Byline
B.G
Coal Belt
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