Rockwell to Lay Off 37 In Cedar Rapids Divisions
Rockwell International will lay off 37 production employees Friday at its Collins Commercial Avionics and Collins Avionics and Communications divisions in Cedar Rapids. The job cuts follow February notices to meet production requirements under the IBEW contract. Thirty three workers were laid off in February under the same provision.
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Collins Commercial Avionics
Collins Avionics and Communications
Cedar Rapids
Rockwell
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Thomas Hobson
Management Communications
AIDS art exhibit expands at CSPS Cedar Rapids
The Arts Over AIDS exhibit opens today at the CSPS gallery in Cedar Rapids after CSPS received $2000 from the Iowa Arts Council. The show is expanded with six weeks of related activities and now includes more works. Details appear on page 3B.
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CSPS
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Arts Council
Bats Protected In Iowa Under New Endangered List
DES MOINES Iowa senators cleared a bill 37 10 to add wild bats to the protected non game species list joining fish birds reptiles and amphibians. House File 2080 excludes most bats inside occupied buildings and the measure goes to Governor Branstad for action.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Partridge Family star Danny Bonaduce headlines Cedar Rapids club show
Former TV child star Danny Bonaduce is doing stand up at Penguin's in Cedar Rapids from April 9 to 11. The Gazette notes his comeback as a comedian and his Friday appearance.
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Danny
Danny Bonaduce
Penguin’s
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Iowa Universities Await Budget Cut Details On Furloughs
Iowa public universities race to resolve how to save 4.8 to 6.8 million dollars by July 1. Officials seek clarity on whether furloughs will affect union workers only or include nonunion staff. Governor Branstad backs union-only limits while guidelines are finalized.
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Lyle Mulier
Johnson County
Iowa City
Iowa
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Cedar Rapids woman charged in computer file destruction case
Cedar Rapids police charged Ramona Taylor a 25 year old woman with first computer damage after she allegedly destroyed a batch of company files at Video Ltd. The incident at 4060 Glass Rd NE disrupted operations for about three days and cost over 5000. Taylor was released after promising to appear in court April 7.
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Jeff Burnham
Cedar Rapids
Video Ltd
Glass Rd
Roy Karon
Karon
Ramona Taylor
First St. SW
Waney
Taylor
Linn County Attorney’s Office
Frank Engrav
Com
House Ethics Names 22 Overdrafts Abuse Bank Writ ers
The House ethics committee names 22 current and former members as top overdraft abusers over 39 months with deficits surrounding pay periods. Former Rep. Tommy Robinson led with 996 overdrafts. Rep. Robert Mrazek was second at 920.
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House Ethics Committee
House
Chamber
Associated Press
James Scheuer
D-N.y
Charles Wilson
D-Texas
Tommy Robinson
Arkansas
Robert Mrazek
Ethics Committee
House Bank
Bill Alexander
Jim Bates
Calif
Doug Bosco
D-Calif
Tony Coelho
Charles Hatcher
Dga
Charles Hayes
D-Iil
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
Joseph Early
Dmass
John Conyers
Dmich
Robert Davis
Rmich
Vast Armillaria Fungus Likely The Largest Living Organism
Canadian researchers report in Nature that a 40 acre Armillaria bulbosa colony spreads under a Michigan hardwood forest. Weight around 220000 pounds with age at least 1500 years, possibly older, and connected across eastern North America and Europe.
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Nature
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Myron Smith
University of Toronto
Ontario
Smith
North America
Europe
Bush unveils 24 billion in aid for former Soviet states
President Bush announced a 24 billion international aid fund for the former Soviet Union to support democratic reform and economic aid. The plan would use IMF backing with G7 partners and include 600 million in new grain credit guarantees and 500 million for Ukraine and other republics.
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Soviet Union
Bill Clinton
New York
Clinton
International Monetary Fund
Group of
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Japan
France
Britain
Italy
Canada
United
International Fund
Russia
Ukraine
Armenia
James Baker
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