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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1973

Page

15

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.

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.

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 Featuring Chuck Berger Ft. Massac Vogler Frank Black Russell Taylor Paul Hale Bill Minckler Dave Marrs Dennis Rathjen Illinois Carbondale
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