Milestone election set for Illinois UMWA District 12
An Illinois mining milestone unfolds as UMWA District 12 voters cast secret ballots for president and secretary treasurer from 7 am to 5 pm at 55 polling places. AAA runs the election under US District Court Judge Omer Poos with about 130 election judges and law students from St Louis University and the University of Illinois.
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Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
American Arbitration Association
AAA
Omer Poos
Springfield
Poos
District 12
Lester Wolff
St. Louis University School of Law
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Southern Illinois
Champaign
Law
Industrial Labor
University of Illinois
Wolff
U.S. District Court
Kenneth Dawes
Sesser
Albert Benson Jr
du Quoin
Billy K. Wall
West Frankfort
Illinois and National Fatalities in Coal Mining Report
The Bureau of Mines notes no Illinois fatalities in April 1973 with one for April 1972 and a February 20 1973 death in Franklin County. Nationally 39 mining deaths occurred January to April 1973, led by Kentucky and West Virginia with 12 each, down from 58 in 1972. Industry advocates urge state control of strip mining rules and oppose broad federal slope limits.
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Washington Ilinois
Bureau of Mines
Illinois
Kermit Smith
Franklin County
Kentucky
West Virginia
Congress
United States Gypsum Co
Frank C. Appleyard
Chicago
House
Subcommittee On the Environment
Appleyard
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
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Lewistown
John David Tucker
Shawneetown
Progressive Mine Workers of America
PMWA
Umwa District 12
John L. Lewis
Joe Shannon
Herrin
Sahara Coal Co
Edward Gibbons
International
Arnold Miller
John Rippon
Westville
Danville
Media News Service
Washington
Belleville
Wood River
Collinsville
Carbondale
Buddy L. Grillmaster
AMOCO
Amocco
Amoco Portable
Saw-Mart
Bill Havel
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Chuck Berger
Ft. Massac
Vogler
Frank Black
Russell Taylor
Paul Hale
Bill Minckler
Dave Marrs
Dennis Rathjen
Illinois Carbondale