Cedar Rapids bus drivers approve first contract wage pact
A two year agreement for Cedar Rapids Community School District bus drivers passed unanimously with full ratification by Local 238. The contract raises base pay to 4.75 and 5.05 per hour over two years, adds extra run and delay pay, longevity, sick leave, and seniority bidding, pending school board approval. President Carter wage guidelines cited.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Schorg
Chauffeurs, Teamsters
Schorg
Carter
Board of Education
Steve Muller
Muller
Legislature Considers Ending Blank Check for Iowa Budget
Iowa House leaders propose a formal budget for legislative operations ending 1981, aiming to curb unchecked spending. The plan, drafted with David Wray, would cap growth in staff and set fixed funding levels for 1980 and 1981, pending Senate approval.
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Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Roger Halvorson
David Wray
House of Representatives
Halvorson
Senate
House
Wray
House Appropriations Committee
Richard Welden
Iowa Falls
SALT II talks near completion with two technical issues
Washington sources say the United States and the Soviet Union are very close to a SALT II accord. Cyrus Vance and Anatoly Dobrynin met 40 minutes with a Monday follow up planned. Disputes cover telemetry data and definition of a new missile type, with MX as a possible U.S. entry.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Cyrus R. Vance
Anatoly Dobrynin
Dobrynin
Vance
U.S
Radioactive Gases Sealed at Three Mile Island Reactors
NRC said leaking gases from the auxiliary building were removed to the sealed reactor housing as cooling continued. Waste water contaminated with radioactive iodine remains on the floor. Gov Thornburgh urged preschoolers and pregnant women stay five miles away.
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Harrisburg
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Dick Thornburgh
Robert Bernero
Austin
Texas
South Texas
Pan Am talks resume with flight attendants union
Pan American World Airways and the Independent Union of Flight Attendants resumed contract talks under the National Mediation Board as a midnight strike deadline looms. Union leaders claim 4500 members affected. Pan Am cites 3651. Chief issues are wages and work rules with potential service impact if no agreement is reached.
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Washington
Pan American World Airways
Union of
National Mediation Board
Pan Am
Dan A. Colussy
Mary Ellen King
United Airlines
Machinists Union
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Harold Denton
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Russell Stover
Lown City
AL Stever
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