New coal pact edges closer as talks resume in Illinois
United Mine Workers bargaining council poised to receive a new tentative contract proposal from UMW and Association negotiators. John Banovic urged optimism as the noon meeting approached amid a nine week strike. Industry chief Bob Brown and UMW President Sam Church signaled progress toward settlement. The draft restoration of a $1.90 per ton royalty to union pension funds, the loss of the 45 day probation, and a $150 bonus for returning to work immediately are among discussed points. Past-practice language and wage scale rules complicate the agreement, with union leaders insisting wage parity is not being pushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
United Mine Workers Bargaining Council
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
John Banovic
UMW District 12
Illinois
Banovic
Ing
Bobby R. Brown
Pension
UMW Rank and File
Sence
Eldon Callen
Association of Bituminous Contractors
BCOA
Callen
ABC
Tax cut talks move toward compromise in Congress
Washington AP reports Treasury Secretary Regan and lawmakers Sen. Bob Dole and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski held a breakfast meeting to discuss a substitute for Reagan's proposed three year 30 percent personal tax cut. They signaled progress but differed on timing and length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Tax Committees
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Regan
Treasury Department
Bob Dole
Bran
Senate Finance Committee
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
House
Ways and Means
Dole
Rostenkowski
Reagan
Penny parking meters may vanish in Carbondale move
In Carbondale inflation threatens penny meters as a new meter rate plan aims to cover $9,000 annual losses. The proposal, backed by Towne Central, would set nickel minimums for half hours and raise long term rates, with a June 8 hearing upcoming.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Towne Central
Charles Vaught
Cherry
Walnut
Jackson
Washington
Monroe
Rawlings
University Streets
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Walnut Street
Campus
Vaught
Paul Sorgen
Sorgen
Visual aid cow joins Johnston City speech class ghost
Johnston City High School Speech I class grows to 22 students plus a ghost and a Holstein cow in a semester ending demonstration. Tim Grider, 16, milked the cow on stage while Bryan the ghost and others delivered humorous speeches.
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Johnston City
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Johnston City High School
Tim Grider
Bryan
Julie Harris
Katherine Kowalis
Harry Reynolds
Grider
Miss Harris
Father of the Year contest call and weekend forecast
Southern Illinoisan invites letters naming Father of the Year with 500 words or less and required personal details. National Weather Service forecasts showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s, followed by warmer Saturday and cooler Sunday with further rain chances.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Ill
National Weather Service
Illinois
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