Illinois Senate rejects plan to tax oil for RTA rescue
Illinois Senate rejected a 5 percent oil tax in the RTA region to fund the Chicago transit system. Gov. Thompson contemplates a special session as the RTA faces deeper financial crisis, risking massive commuter disruption. Mayor Byrne seeks CTA control to keep buses and trains running within Chicago.
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Illinois Senate Today
Senators
Senate
Philip Rock
Regional Transportation Authority
Jane Byrne
Chicago City Council
Chicago Transit Authority
Council
CTA Board
Rock
City of
Chicago
Howard Carroll
RTA
Jack Schaffer
Crystal Lake
Schaffer
GOP
Oak Park
James R. Thompson
Thompson
House
Jim Skilbeck
Illinois
Cook County
CTA
UMW council approves tentative coal contract term ending strike
The United Mine Workers bargaining council unanimously approved a tentative contract ending the 64 day soft coal strike. The measure passed 36 to 2 after meetings with UMW President Sam Church. Ratification by about 160,000 miners is expected to take about 10 days.
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Evan M. Davis
United Mine Workers’ Bargaining Council Today
UMW
Sam Church
Eldon Callen
Church
UMW District 12
Illinois
Kenneth Dawes
Washington
Arbitration Review Board
District 12
UMW International Board
Tony Kuwaja
Bobby R. Brown
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Ohio
Appalachian
Indochinese couples learn US childbirth through hospital classes
Five Indochinese couples in Murphysboro take four two hour prenatal classes at St. Joseph's Hospital Memorial Hospital. Sister Helen Lester teaches Lamaze and natural family planning with translator Pradit Chatcharathoon. Nutrition by Cheryl Kazemek aids integration of customs with American care. The program, first of its kind in Southern Illinois, aims to empower husbands to coach their wives during labor and delivery.
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United States
Jackson County
St. Joseph’s Hospital Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Helen Lester
Pradit Chatcharathoon
Carbondale
Cheryl Kazemek
Murphysboro Health Center
Helen
Kazemek
Illinois
Local UMW presidents eye approval of latest contract proposal
Interviews with Southern Illinois union leaders suggest the new United Mine Workers contract proposal could pass locally after a 56 percent national approval and a 29 locally in Southern Illinois. Key issues include a $1.90 pension royalty and first-time miner probationary period, plus protections against subcontracting non union labor.
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United Mine Workers
Illinois
Washington
Jim Walker
Zeigler Coal Co
Coulterville
UMW
UMW Washington
Consolidation Coal Co
Burning Star No
Pinckneyville
Jim Thomas
Weather outlook showers and cooler weekend across region
The National Weather Service forecasts a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with a mid-60s low. Saturday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with a high near 80. Illinois forecasts show cooler conditions Sunday with possible showers and thunderstorms, low 60s, high 70s. Monday remains fair and cool with highs in the upper 60s to upper 70s, then warmer Tuesday with mid-50s to mid-60s lows and mid-70s to mid-80s highs.
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