Allen Industries Announces Three Year Union Contract
Allen Industries Inc employees and management reached a three year contract affecting about 375 Textile Workers of America Local 1374 members. The agreement, announced at a press conference at Herrin City Hall, includes fringe benefits and a pay raise and marks a rare non strike settlement in 10 years. Dayce Corp. vice president Tom Ryan noted about 70 percent of the union voted to accept.
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Hall
Mutual Trust
Tom Ryan
Dayce Corp
Allen Industries
Murdale Water Lines Appraised at 650000 in Carbondale
The Murdale Water District and Carbondale clash over water service as a Springfield appraisal pegs a $650,000 value for the district lines within the city. The study supports negotiations and possible settlement while noting losses of 32 customers including Styrest Nursing Home.
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Murdale
Carbondale
Tom Woolf
Murdale Water District
Springfield
Crawford, Murphy and Tilly, Inc
Richard Crowell
William Ridgeway
Bill Green
Jackson County
Tower Road
Green
Mardale
City of
Crowell
Styrest Nursing Home
Murphysboro council debates double taxation in animal control pact
Murphysboro approves intergovernmental agreement with Jackson County for animal control, with the county reimbursing the city $2 per registered animal. Critics call it double charging since residents already fund the program through taxes. The measure passes 7 to 2 amid parking and water-line actions.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Jackson
Patrick McCann
McCann
Aardvark Ani
Sydney Appleton
Jackson County Humane Society
James Scuras
Leonard Pullis
Murphysboro Business Association
Appleton
Frankfort hires policeman over mayor's protest
West Frankfort city council voted 3 1 to hire Temporary Patrolman William Troutt as a permanent officer over Mayor Mike McClatchey objections. Troutt had two 60 day merit board appointments, and Public Safety Commissioner James Bernhard urged permanent hiring to maintain coverage. The meeting also covered a ambulance radio grant, a modular ambulance sale, street repairs funding, and traffic stop sign upgrades with state assistance.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
William Troutt
West Frankfort
Mike McClatchey
McClatchey
Troutt
Merit Board
Public Safety
James Bernhard
Bernhard
John Simmons
Fred Harkins
George Culley
Carterville High Rally Fires Up Football Night
Kathy Runge leads Carterville High students at a Tuesday bonfire and pep rally as the seniors gear up for the big game against Sans. Kickoff is 6 30 p m at Carterville. Salem visits Murphysboro at 7 30 p m and Nashville plays Harrisburg at 7 p m with forecasts on Page 15.
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Kathy Runge
Carterville
the Sans
Marshall
Salem
Murphys
Boro
Nashville
Harrisburg
Seniors Write Plays in Theater Workshop Idea
Two Chicago playwrights conducted a workshop at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Methods in Playwriting. Martin Jones and Alan Gross encouraged seniors and children to write and perform plays, discuss live theater, and critique local new works by Pam Billingsley.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois An
Martin Jones
Chicago
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Alan Gross
Jones
Gross
Morning Call
Bowdoin College
Chicago Magazine
Siu-C
Christian Moe
Illinois Arts Council
John A. Logan College
Carterville
New York
Pam Billingsley
Murphysboro
Pam
Widow awarded $500,000 in mine accident suit
Creal Springs widow Kathy Robertson Hearn was awarded $500,000 by a Williamson County jury against General Tire and Rubber Company over the death of her husband Thomas Robertson. The May 14, 1974 blast occurred during maintenance on a Galis model 3500 drilling machine at Peabody Coal Eagle No. 2 mine near Shawneetown.
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Creal Springs
General Tire and Rubber Company
Williamson County
Kathy Robertson Hearn
Thomas Robertson
Hearn
Robertson
General Tire
Galis
Rob
Gordon Lambert
Peabody Coal Company
Eagle No. 2
Shawneetown
Six arrested on hunting and firearm charges in Williamson County
Illinois conservation agents and U S Fish and Wildlife with Williamson County authorities detained six Williamson County men on 14 game violation counts and one drug count. Five from Johnston City and one from rural Marion face Dec 7 circuit court appearances. charges include deer with artificial light, possession of deer parts, unlawful cannabis delivery, and other violations.
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Illinois Department of Conservation
U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Williamson County
Johnston City
Marion
Lake of Egypt
William Dorris
Mike Crabtree
Hunters in Franklin County发现骨骼遗骸
Franklin County hunters found a human skeleton in a wooded area about three miles southeast of Akin. Officials recovered about 90 percent of the remains amid leaves, with no signs of foul play. The bones were sent to Southern Illinois University Carbondale for analysis. date and identity remain undetermined.
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O.R. Walley
Franklin County
Charles Mandrell
Oscar Shew
George Rowe
Thompsonville
Akin
Mandrell
Southern Illinois University-Carbondaire
Sheriff’s Office
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Allen Plant
Water Water District
Ridgeway
Richard Green
John Womick
City Water
Pullis
City Hall
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
CDBG
Jackson Community Workshop
Walnut Street
Frankfort
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Benton
Culley
Harkins
Donald Lucas
Illinois Department of Transportation
Jerry Lower
Byline
B.G
Ertson
David Chapman
Robin Dodson
Danny Ashe
Illinois
John Moore
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
The
State Crime Laboratory
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