Expansion decisions loom as credit crunch slows Cedar Rapids firms
In mid-1979 Collins Communication Switching Systems moved to new quarters on Collins Road NE. Altorfer Machinery delays expansion citing high prime rates near 19 to 20 percent. FMC defers a major Cedar Rapids plant expansion to June or July with projects already under way at Bowling Street. Local builders note a slowing market as Ground Transportation Center proposals edge in, amid weaker demand after years of growth.
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Collins Communication Switching Systems Division
Collins Road
Altorfer Machinery
Bruce Altorfer
Altorfer
FMC
Bob Price
Cedar Rapids
Bowling Street
Price
Bob French
Blahnik Construction
Rockwell-Collins
Westdale
Square
Klein Tool Company
McKesson-Robbins
Construction firms brace for uneven spring demand in Cedar Rapids
Builders describe a volatile winter with Westdale Mall inside work and higher unemployment. MGD Graphics plans 62,000 more square feet and about 80 jobs by May 1. ADM Corp plans an alcohol plant. Abell-Howe to build it. Budding competition and bid lists grow as small firms face cash strain and uncertain outlook.
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Westdale Mall
French
Blahnik
Central ‘Y
Marion ‘Y
Eagle Food
Blairs Ferry Road
Cedar Rapids
Ed Nielsen
MGD Graphics
Goss
MGD
Rockwell International
Nielsen
Archer Daniels Midland
ADM Corp
ADM
Ed Nissen
Abell-Howe
Nissen
Paul Hutchings
Hutchings
Ted Paulson
O.F. Paulson Construction
Petro-Lewis to Acquire Offshore Texas Oil Gas Blocks
Petro-Lewis Corp agrees to buy a substantial offshore Texas property block with daily output of 325 barrels of oil and 25 million cubic feet of gas. Estimated reserves include 666000 barrels of oil and 56 billion cubic feet of gas.
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Denver
UPI
Petro-Lewis Corp
Texas
Second Kubias Hardware to open new store Thursday
A second Kubias Hardware will open at 10 a.m. in a 12 000 square foot space at the north end of the Westdale Mall parking lot. The site includes a 2000 square foot storage area and serves as principal tenant in a multi-tenant building. The downtown store remains open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubias Hardware
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Kubias
Kubias Hardware
Collins
Lindale Mall
Marion
Rubias
Gary Becker
Patents Brief Highlight Brain Cancer Diagnoses And Other Inventions
A New York Times summary notes Dr. Samuel Bogoch of Boston University Medical School received Patent 4,196,186 for a malignin based brain cancer diagnostic method. The FDA approved the process, with several related patents issued and more expected. The report also covers Terry R. Galloway’s patent on a tritium monitor and Raymond J. McElhannon’s laser guided blind landing system for aircraft, plus RCA’s amorphous silicon solar cell patent 4,196,438 and related licensing.
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Samuel Bogoch
Boston University School of Medicine
Ohio
Bogoch
Food and Drug Administration
Brain Research, Inc
New York
Elenore
St. George
Bermuda
Raymond J. McElhannon
Stamford
Conn
Signal Corps
McElhannon
RCA Corp
David E. Carlson
Photovoltaic Devices Research
Princeton Laboratories
Carlson
RCA
Department of Energy
Refugee TB not a threat says CDC in Atlanta
CDC officials say Southeast Asian refugees arriving since November show TB in about 4 percent, but most cases are inactive and pose no public health threat. Dr Donald Hopkins notes thorough examinations may explain higher diagnoses and that many Americans are not screened to the same extent.
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Atlanta
United States
Center For Disease Control
Donald Hopkins
CDC
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Kari Zobac
Zobac Construction
Zobac
Steve Gatto
Donald Meek Builders
Gatto
Gib Boxa
Boxa Construction
Boxa
John Collins
Carl Kane
New York Times Service
Washington
St. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
University of California
Terry R. Galloway
Energy Department
Patent and Trademark Office
Washington, D.C
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Congress
G.lf.t
Iowa City
2Nd Avenue
S.E
P.O
S. Clinton
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