Strike Hits 100 Southern Illinois Roofers Local 255
About 100 roofers in 18 counties walked off the job after rejecting a contract Sunday as the Local 255 Mt. Vernon union expired at midnight. Union officials said negotiators and contractors met with federal mediator Ray Hall on Saturday to avert a strike, but this was the second contract rejection. Six firms are affected, and no new negotiations are planned according to Bill Butler of the Southern Illinois Builders Association.
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Southern Illinois Roofers
Roofers Union Local 255
Mt. Vernon
Cording Tt
Ray Hall
Bill Butler
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Southern Illinois
Butler
Suspect in Marion slaying linked to neighborhood visits
Investigators said a suspect 30 to 40 years old, stocky with neath black hair, may have visited the Marion neighborhood three or four times before the murder of Virginia Witte. Witte, 51, was found nude in her home with stab and slash wounds. A late model silver sedan was seen near the house. Police have drawn composite sketches, processed over 100 items at the FBI lab, and hold robbery as unlikely since valuables were undisturbed. The case is being compared with the unsolved Lucille Fliger death in Carbondale, with no confirmed link.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Virginia Witte
Marion
Henshaw
Michael Wiseman
Williamson County Detective Unit
Wiseman
Thompson Bakalis Debate Set in Carbondale July 25
Gov James Thompson will meet Democratic state Comptroller Michael Bakalis in Carbondale for a debate on July 25. It is one of five gubernatorial debates statewide. The Carbondale event will focus on economic development employment and transportation with a three reporter two resident panel and five minute openings and closings.
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James Thompson
Michael Bakalis
Carbondale
League of Women Voters
Bakalis
Springfield
Chicago
Rockford
Peoria
Moreno to lead Illinois Task Force on the Future
Gov. James R. Thompson named Franklyn Moreno executive director of the Task Force on the Future of Illinois. Moreno, longtime head of the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission since 1966, will start July 1. The panel will identify state goals and advise on implementation. Moreno unavailable for comment.
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Franklyn Moreno
Greater Egypt
City Hall stairs prompt funding for repairs in Herrin
Mayor Mario Ottolini says the Herrin Building Commission will cover a 2500 dollar cost to fix a five inch rise between the top step and entrance at Herrin City Hall and police department. The faulty steps have troubled visitors since late 1976.
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Mario
Moochie
Ottolini
Herrin Building Commission
Judge rules Illinois cannot inspect Metropolis coal terminal
Saline County judge Arlie Boswell Jr. rules the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals lacks authority to inspect the Cook Coal Transfer terminal on the Ohio River. The coal dock, a non union site 1,000 miles from its mined coal, employs 60 workers and is said to be routinely inspected by OSHA. The decision follows a January refusal to allow a state inspector entry and precedes a Massac County case charging eight miners with mob violence and property damage for a December protest that closed the dock for two weeks. A $2 million suit by dock operators against the UMW remains pending.
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Barbara Schecter
Southern
Boswell
Massac County
Southern Illinois
UMW
SIU C Likely to Enroll Third Year in a Row
SIU C will probably limit freshman enrollment for a third consecutive year. Vice President Frank Horton said new freshmen admissions may end in July as projections remain uncertain. Last fall SIUC had 22,537 students, and about 10 percent more new freshmen were admitted this year than at the same time last year.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern
SIUC
Horton
Siu-C
SIUC to cap enrollment after admitting about 3000 freshmen
Horton said SIUC plans a enrollment cap after admitting roughly 3000 new freshmen, about the same target as last year. He noted a prior underestimation led to 300 to 400 more students than expected while last fall SIUC had 21114 on campus. This year the target is about 22500 total and 21000 on campus as registrations for nonfreshmen hold steady. Budget limits and housing shortages have driven two-year enrollment limits.
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Horton
SIUC
Indians to interrupt longest walk for Marion prison protest
About 400 American Indians walking cross country will interrupt the Longest Walk in Illinois with a gathering at Marion’s U S Penitentiary to support Leonard Peltier. They travel from Sacramento to Washington, stop at Effingham and Ferne Clyffe, then resume toward Trail of Tears state park before headed to D C. The event unites many tribes and aims to spotlight Indian rights and calls for a new trial for Peltier.
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Russ Mitchell
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
United States Penitentiary At
Leonard Peltier
FBI
Sacramento
Calif
Washington, D.C
St. Louis
Terre Haute
Ind
Effingham
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Johnson County
Trail of Tears State Park
Union County
Kriss Wells
Carbondale
Peltier
Pine Ridge
North Dakota
Wells
Washington D.C
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
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Westernaire Estates
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General Motors Corp
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Jackson County
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Franklin County
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McLeansboro
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Benton
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David Johnson
du Quoin
Vernon Morris III
Steve Thornhill
Charles Mohring
Larry Neibel
West Frankfort
Mike Dillard
Energy
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Lesser
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Herrin
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