Promotions and appointments across Iowa and Virginia firms
E Larry Hable Jr from Cedar Rapids named Miller-Morton Co marketing services manager in Richmond VA. Herald A Smith CRST Inc board chair elected second vice president of the Common Carrier Conference Irregular Route. Bruce Thayer named WMT Stations music and sound manager. Michael L Stoffregen joins Bohemian Savings and Loan as Mount Vernon Road SE branch manager. Lester R Kampman becomes Hawk Bill Co test supervisor for prototype evaluation and QC testing. Ground Water Associates sold to Associated Engineers Inc with Cedar Rapids division. Manufacturing Engineers Society to meet at Amana Refrigeration parking lot Thursday 6 pm with tour and Ox Yoke Inn dinner at 8:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Larry Hable Jr
Cedar Rapids
Miller-Morton Co
Richmond, Va
Hable
Des Moines
Herald A. Smith
Valley Brook Drive
Crst Inc
Common Carrier
American Trucking Associations
Michael L. Stoffregen
Bohemian Savings and Loan
Mount Vernon Road
American Federal Savings and Loan Office
Lester R. Kampman
Hawk Bill Co
Vinton
Chromalloy Farm & Industrial Equipment Co
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Amana
Ox Yoke Inn
Seminar series on work system design at ISU in Ames
A sequence of ISU sponsored seminars in Ames covers work system design to boost productivity and job satisfaction with April 17 and April 25 26 sessions. Fees range from 125 to 165 dollars. contacts include Bob Love and James Sjobakken at 110 Marston Hall Ames 50011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State University
Ames
ISU Engineering and Management Institute
Bob Love
Marston Hall
ISU
James Sjobakken
Isa
Iowa
American Society of Appraisers
Ramada Inn
Iowa Real Estate Commission
Society
P.O
Waterloo
The Business Outlook You can't beat stock market
This column argues beating the market is futile and discusses Babson’s findings on timing failures. It explains dollar averaging as a long term method, warns against choosing losers, and notes key events like Iran, oil prices, and Three Mile Island shaping markets. It ends with the 1917 Austria Hungary note.
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Wall Street
David L. Babson & Co
Babson
Wall Street Record
Dow Jones
Iran
Three Mile Island
Carter
Washington
Collins Opens Interconnect Lab at Cedar Woods Facility
Rockwell Collins Interconnect Products announces a 4300 square foot advanced interconnect laboratory at its Cedar Woods site. The lab employs engineers and technicians to analyze requirements for programs and develop new processes for multilayer printed circuit boards used in Rockwell’s communications avionics and aerospace systems. Bob Wright, director of engineering, notes work on boards with 24 layers and 0.006 inch line spacing and anticipates stricter future demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell-Collins Interconnect Products
Cedaroids
Interconnect Products
Rockwell
Bob Wright
AmEx to acquire OFI division from Verriton Corp
American Express Co. said it agreed to buy the OFI division of Verriton Corp. OFI provides specialized computer response services and is a unit within the company. The deal was announced Wednesday in New York and expands AmEx’s technology services portfolio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
American Express Co
OFI
Vernitron Corp
Iowa-Illinois Gets Louisa Generating Station OK
The Iowa Commerce Commission authorized Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co to begin construction of the 650000 kilowatt Louisa Generating Station five miles south of Muscatine. The $500 million plant will be built on 1650 acres along the Mississippi River with completion planned for January 1983.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Louisa
Muscatine
Mississippi River
U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Iowa Commission
Natural Resources Council
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa-l Illinois
Louisa Station
Iowa Power and Light Company
Des Moines
Iowa Public Service Company
Sioux City
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
City of
Tipton
Kirkwood College Teaches Business Courses Across Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College collaborates with the Cedar Rapids Community School District to offer business classes at multiple high schools and centers. Washington High hosts Beginning and Advanced Bookkeeping, Typing, Business Communications, and two new classes How To Start Your Own Business and Small Business Display. Other sites include Jefferson High, Kennedy High, Lincoln Community Education Center, Linn Hall on campus, and Marion Independent High School with varied shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and computer programming courses. Registration is by phone numbers 398-5412, 351-3294, and 1 800 332 8833.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids Community
Washington High School
Washington
Jefferson High School
Kennedy High School
Linn Hall
Kirkwood
Marion Independent High School
Iowa City
Mortgage rates near peak as regulators see stabilization
UPI report indicates average new mortgage rate at 10.32 percent in March and 10.47 percent for existing homes, with board chairman Robert McKinney cautious that rates may be stabilizing rather than continuing to rise, though not yet a trend. The note adds a Coast Guard alert from 30 years ago about an abandoned schooner with two children aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Federal
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Robert McKinney
McKinney
Coast Guard
Argentina raises wheat forecast to 7.8 million tons
The agriculture secretariat increased its estimate for the 1978 1979 wheat harvest from 7.5 million to 7.8 million tons. The revision reflects updated crop projections in Buenos Aires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Agriculture Secretariat
Notice to Bidders for Cement Floor Line Contract
Notice announces bidders must submit proposals by a specified date for a cement floor line project. It states the board may award to any responsible bidder based on quality and cost, and reserves the right to waive informalities and reject all bids. It mentions preference for local or favorable interests and outlines bid submission and contract award procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olbi
Geevice
Jyisi
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WMT
Ground Water Associates Inc
Norman, Okla
Associated Engineers Inc
Fort Dodge
Associated Engineers
Coiffures Unlimited
17Th St. SE
Kenneth Ries
R.L. Smith
R.L. Smith and Co
Annis
Nan) Dwyer
First Trust & Savings Bank of
Oxford
St. Mary’s Auditorium
Bureau of the Census
Margery Scheie
Marion
Bohemian Savings and Loan Association
National Thrift News
Bohemian
Savings and Loan
U.S
Raytheon Co
Sedco Systems Inc
Melville, N.Y
Vernon Co
Newton
Three Arts Advertising
Vigortone Products Co
Iowa National Agri-Marketing Association
Three Arts and Vigortone
Three Arts
Joseph Koenig
Mutual of Omaha Companies
A.J. Shepherd
Don Everist
B Ave
Patterson Dental Co
Minneapolis
Personal Dynamics Profiles
Colorado Springs
J.A. Livingston
Dow
Vietnam
Austria
Hungary
United States
America
Germany
Collins
Interconnect Lab
Alarm Service
Kelly
Kelly Security Services Inc
1St Ave
Iptm
Pfeiler - Hawkins Rance Agency
First Avenue
S.E
Porsche
Volkswagen
Mazda Highway 6
K-Mart
Illinois
Richard B. Miller
Iowa-Illinois
Kirkwood College
Lincoln Community Education Center
Ninth Street
18Th Avenue SW
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North Towne Place
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