Hawkeye Labor Council urges Coors boycott in Cedar Rapids
The Hawkeye Labor Council asks 230 area retailers to stop handling Coors beer amid a Golden Colorado brewery strike. Coors began distribution Monday to a seven county area from a new Cedar Rapids warehouse. Brewery Workers Local 366, with 1,400 members, has been on strike since April 5, 1977, over company policy rather than wages.
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Hawkeye Labor Council
Cedar Rapids
Coors Beer
Coors
Golden
Colo
Robert Carson
50Th Ave
Steve Haneborg
Labor Council
Brewery Workers Local
Carson
Labor unions threaten boycott over Coors policy
Carson says Coors requires lie detector tests for applicants and vows a union boycott across eight counties with a legal campaign to alert members and the public. He notes picketing of retailers stocking Coors while retailers are urged not to stock until the dispute ends. Haneborg calls the skunky claim false and defends the beer.
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Carson
Labor Council
Labor Organization
Strangers give CPR save a life at medical office
A nurse and two staffers at the Medical Associates office rushed to aid Frances McBean 87 after she collapsed from an apparent heart attack. CPR revived her before EMS arrived, and she remained in serious condition at St Luke's Hospital ICU. A bystander later helped an elderly woman who wandered from Kingston Hill, providing transport and funds for her care.
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Medical Associates
Second Ave
Patty Hoover
Gladys Reinhardt
Robbie Reeves
Gladys
Patty
Hoover
Reinhardt
Frances McBean
Second Ave. SE
Reeves
Mrs. McBean
Red Cross
OSHA
Second Avenue
Stuart McQuiston
Big City
Kingston Hill
12Th St
Third Avenue SE
Craig Harmon
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Third Avenue
Harmon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Airport panel meeting stalled by missing Cedar Rapids council
Cedar Rapids airport commissioners prepared to discuss a road relocation with City Council at the morning Airport Commission session, but council members failed to attend. Mayor Canney and Parks Commissioner Reinis were unavailable, others offered no explanation.
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Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Robert Blythe
Donald Canney
Chicago
Stan Reinis
Roy Jameson
Edgewood Road
Blythe
Roundups for Westside Catholic schools listed this Tuesday
First grade roundups set for three westside Catholic schools with info sessions and classroom visits. St Patrick's hosts 9:30 a.m. session with tours from 10 to 11:30 a.m. St Ludmila's runs 9 to 11:30 and 1 to 3:20 with tours and a magic show. St Jude's roundup 9:30 to 11:30 includes a building tour and story time. 30 years ago coal train service restrictions lifted after coal strike.
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Westside
St. Patrick’s
St. Ludmila’s
St. Jude’s
Center Point approves rezoning for Casey's General Store
Center Point City Council unanimously rezoned property on Highway 150 from residential to commercial to allow a Casey's General Store. Petition signatures opposing the plan could not stop the action. Casey's says the store adds four to five local jobs and targets towns of 1500 to 2000 population. Local resident Larry Wright protested. others cited growth and community needs. Don Nelson noted the planning commission backed the move amid updating the town's 10 year plan.
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Center Point
Casey’s
Larry Wright
Wright
Ron Kelderman
Iowa
Jesup
Marengo
North Liberty
Vinton
Springville
Kelderman
Don Nelson
City Planning Commission
Chuck Ferguson
Orchestra festival set at Kennedy High School
Kennedy High School will host the Mississippi Valley Orchestra Festival with about 150 students from five Iowa high schools rehearsing Friday night and Saturday, culminating in an 8 p.m. Saturday concert in the high school gym. Guest conductor John Duckwall, Elmhurst Symphony director, directs selections including Gluck and Vivaldi works. Soloists for the Vivaldi concerto are the orchestra directors Rayburn Pierce, Raymond Comstock, John Hoffman, Jack Ranney, and Bruce Eilers. Admission is 1 for students and 1.50 for adults.
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Kennedy High School
Iowa
John Duckwall
Elmhurst, Ill
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Washington High School
Gluck
Larsson
Vivaldi
Franck
Rayburn Pierce
Davenport Central High
Raymond Comstock
Iowa City West
John Hoffman
Jefferson High
Jack Ranney
Washington
Bruce Eilers
Kennedy
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Dale Kueter
Kedatp Opidsen
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McQuiston
Colorado
National Labor Relations Board
James Silverthorn
Silverthorn
Haneberg
Sharon Hannen
Gazette
Orchestra Festival
RC Cola
the Giant Store Giant
van Heusen
Junior, Missy
Queen
M&m
Mars
Musketeers Reg
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Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Quaker State Motor Oil
Iless du Pont
DU Pont
DuPont
Miss Breck
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Lucite
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