Banovic joins challenge to UMW leadership
Mount Olive native John Banovic joins a Pennsylvania lawyer turned miner and Rich Trumka of Pennsylvania to challenge UMW leadership. Banovic runs for secretary treasurer with Cecil Roberts of West Virginia for vice president and Trumka for president. Announcement at noon news conference in Carbondale. Banovic cites dissatisfaction with Sam Church and aims to grow union power through organizing and negotiations without strikes.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Mount Olive
John Banovic
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United Mine Workers District 17
UMW
Banovic
Cecil Robers
Rich Trumka
Carbondale
Trumka
Sam Church
Charleston
W.va
Pittsburgh
Litchfield
First National Compac Council
District 12
UMW International
Roberts
Retailers forecast bright Christmas in Southern Illinois economy
Retailers in Southern Illinois report cautious optimism for a strong holiday season despite high interest rates and a sluggish economy. Merchants in Carbondale Marion Herrin and Murphysboro cite steady or rising sales, credit usage and price cutting as shoppers prepare for Christmas while some fear tighter credit and costs could trim profits.
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Southern Illinois
Business Association
Carbondale
Gary Keithley
Sears
University Mall
Keithley
Stoo C.A
Bud” Oldani
J.C. Penney
Oldani
Mets
Dennis Dooley
Bill Barras
Baldwin Piano and Organ Center
Herrin
Herrin Merchants Association
Barras
Malcolm Zwick
Zwick
Tower Square Plaza
Marion
Jane Bales
Tower Square Merchants Association
Bob Platt
Marion J.C. Penney Company
Platt
Murphysboro
Jim Higginbotham
Personalize Anti-Pain Mailbox Gift From Makanda Artist
An unusual Christmas gift arrives from Joan Mager of Route 1 Makanda who crafted a personalized anti pain mailbox for friends Mark and Mary Peterburs of 305 Lynda Drive Carbondale. The artist completed the touches today as the Peterburs are set to return home Saturday from a holiday trip.
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Joan Mager
Makanda
Mark
Mary Peterburs
Lynda Drive
Carbondale
Weather Forecast Notes for Upcoming Weekend
The National Weather Service predicts fair and colder tonight with a low in the upper 20s to low 30s. Saturday brings variable cloudiness and highs in the upper 40s to low 50s, followed by mainly cloudy conditions Sunday and Monday with a chance of showers and a warming trend into mid 40s to low 50s by Tuesday.
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National Weather Service
Security tightened over Libyan hit teams in U S
AP reports U S government security officers take warnings of Libyan or other extremist assassination teams seriously. The notices said potential infiltrators could come from Canada or by other means, naming six would be killers. Secret Service FBI and others have tightened security as Caspar Weinberger and Alexander Haig Jr. prepare to travel abroad amid fears of threats to top officials.
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Banovic
U.S
Washington
Reagan
United States
Canada
Middle East
Secret Service
FBI
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
ABC News
Thurday
End of an era for Varsity Grill in Carbondale
After 22 years of simple meals and pinball, the Varsity Grill in downtown Carbondale will close this weekend. Owner Frank Hiller, who transformed the former Varsity Drug Store into a plain, nostalgic greasy spoon, faces closure as Kerasotes Brothers Theatres may repurpose the space for a larger lobby and game room as the theater building expands.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Frank Hiller
Varsity Grill
Carbondale
Hiller
Varsity
Varsity Drug Store
Varsity Theatre
The
Mar
Pinckneyville
Kerasotes Brothers Theatres Inc
Springfield
Dennis Kerasotes
Hiller to close shop as downtown Carbondale transforms
Hiller announces departure from a long running South Illinois Avenue restaurant. He recalls the street’s shift from a shopping hub to entertainment with limited variety and cites the 1960s university boom, liquor licenses, and University Mall opening as milestones. He credits location and business size for resilience.
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Hiller
Carbondale
South Illinois Avenue
Oper
College Street
Illinois Avenue
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University Mall
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Gerald Hawkins
Illinois
Hawkins
Trumka-Roberts- Banovic
Coal Age
Trumka-Roberts
Indiana
Southern Illinoisan
Joe Jines
Ann Landers
SIU
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