UMW official loses election in three way race
Walter Suba, longtime member of the United Mine Workers negotiating committee, was defeated for a seat on the International Executive Board. He finished last with 193 votes while Richard Trumka won with 2,280. Trumka will take office in June, likely leaving Suba on the bargaining team for now.
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United Mine Workers Negotiating Committee
International Executive Board
Walter Suba
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Richard Trumka
Trumka
Washington
Suba
Reagan tactics stir budget fight in Congress
President Reagan campaigns to secure support for a lean budget plan, while House Speaker ONeill urges Democrats to stand firm. With White House talks and private counts suggesting solid backing from many Democrats, the House also considers Fauntroy’s alternative cuts and social program increases as the budget battle tightens ahead of the vote.
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Washington
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Reagan
White House
Associated Press
O'Neill
Phil Gramm
D-Texas
Walter Fauntroy
D-D.c
Congressional Black Caucus
Logan College to raise tuition about $30 per semester
Trustees approved increasing cost per credit hour from 10 to 12 beginning fall semester to generate about 100000 in new revenue. The plan follows expected cuts from state and federal sources and would keep the existing tax rate while funding facilities planning.
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Logan College
Tony Stevens
Esthe
Thinosan
Tijop
Bn A
de Aer
Robert E. Tarvin
Tarvin
Logan
Illinois Eastern College
Teamsters Chief Frank Fitzsimmons Dies of Cancer
AP reports Teamsters Union President Frank Fitzsimmons died of cancer at age 73 in Scripps Clinic La Jolla San Diego after three weeks of treatment. San Diego Evening Tribune cited a source and said hospital declined to confirm.
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San Diego
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Scripps Clinic
San Diego Evening Tribune
la Jolla
Carpenters strike in Southern Illinois stalls with no talks
About 1,500 union carpenters in 13 southern Illinois counties remain in limbo as negotiations with contractors stall. Picketing continues, delaying Herrin Unit 4 School improvements and other public projects, with no talks scheduled beyond next week.
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Carpenters
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
Illinois
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Johnson
Union
Saline
Gallatin
Pope
Pulaski
Hardin
Massac
Alexander
Vincent
Bill Butler
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Marion
Butler
SIBA
Herrin Unit
William Clarida
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Southern Illinois University
Memorial Hospital
George Maroney
Maroney
Carbondale
Eldon Gosnell
Carbondale's growth slows after suburban spread probes
Carbondale's final 1980 census count shows a 19.2 percent population rise from 1970 to 1980, with housing units up 49 percent. Officials attribute this to early 1970s apartment construction and annexations, noting suburban expansion beyond city limits and questioning housing vacancy versus occupancy trends.
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Tom Woolf
Southern
Donald Monty
Brookside Manor
Lewis Park Apartments
Southern Hills
Lake Heights
Calhoun Valley
Carbondale
Monty
Makanda Township
Boskydell Road
Murphysboro
Kent Drive
Lake Road
Wood Road
Country Club Road
Weather outlook Fair and cool tonight then sunny Thursday
The National Weather Service forecasts fair and cool conditions tonight with highs in the low to mid 40s. Thursday should be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 60s. Illinois extended forecast calls for a chance of rain Friday through Sunday and a gradual cooling trend.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Israel Air Campaigns Over Lebanon Tension Rise
Israeli warplanes buzzed across Lebanese skies suspected of challenging Syrian SAM missiles in the Bekaa Valley. The United States and Soviet Union prepared diplomacy to avert a broader clash while Syria insisted on keeping missiles and demanded time for talks with U.S. envoy Habib. Menachem Begin said Israel would wait for a diplomatic solution but warned removal or further strikes could imperil Israeli troops.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
United States
Soviet Union
Syria
Israel
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Khaddam
U.S
Philip C. Habib
White House
Habib
Middle East
Menachem Begin
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Illinois Community College Board
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Belleville
Egyptian Contractors Association
Herrin
Association of General Contractors of Illinois
Springfield
Clarida
South Side
Jerry Lower
Louie Teller
New Johnson Creek
Kinkaid Lake
Ann Landers
Georgy M. Korniyenko
Damascus
Maariv
Israel Radio
Begin
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