Group Hopes To Boost Skilled Worker Image
Cedar Rapids area manufacturers and school counselors on Wednesday formed a committee to improve the image of blue collar work among high school students. The group will organize industrial tours, expand counseling information, and promote use of vocational facilities while addressing a skilled labor shortage especially machinists.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn County
Marengo
Sutherland Cook
Chamber of Commerce
Cook
C R Girl Hurt In Car Crash Near Mt Vernon
Shirley Schnieders, 19, of 316 Twelfth Street SE, was treated in Mercy hospital for facial lacerations and cuts after a car went out of control on a country road north of Mt Vernon. The crash sent the car skidding 340 feet before rolling into a ditch. driver Gary Hoyt, 20, of Manchester, was fined for reckless driving. Passenger Keith Rambo, 20, of 1509 Bever Avenue SE, suffered facial lacerations and was later released.
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Shirley Schnieders
Twelfth Street
Mercy Hospital
Mt. Vernon
India Creek Bridge
Fire damages cafe wall at Fourth Street site
A blaze at the Fourth Street Cafe at 23 Fourth Street SE scorched the rear wall and window frame, caused smoke damage, ruined merchandise and food, and led to a closure for repairs. Fire crews arrived at 12:48 a.m. after two witnesses reported smoke. owner Mrs. Alex Nofal said repairs will take several days.
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Fourth Street
Tesse Hunter
Alex Nofal
Linn County men inducted at Fort Des Moines army draft
Eleven Linn County men, including one listed as a delinquent, were inducted into the army Wednesday at Fort Des Moines. The group includes Stephen C. Cronbaugh of 121 Seventeenth Street SW for birth-date tampering, plus ten others led by William L. Ellis and James W. Morey. Several were sent to Fort Leonard Wood as part of the intake, while a nursing school program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington will grant degrees through the University of Maryland.
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Linn County
Fort Des Moines
Stephen C. Cronbaugh
Seventeenth Street
Tis
Wiliam L. Ellis
James W. Morey
Marian Rosd
Robert Wvanous, Jr
Sixteenth Avenue
Michael E. Dencis
Thirteenth Street
Robert E. Mittan
Schaefler
Terry C. Moore
Carrol Drive
Marvin FE. Horak
A Avenue
Larry W.kolsto
Wisconsin Street
Donald C. Schirm
Hinkley Avenue
Edward € C. Suathoff
Mt. Vernon
Schirm
Fort Leonard Wood
Army Recnsters
Army
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington
University of Maryland
Army Reserve
Walter Reed Hospital
Cedar Rapids Group Forms Jobs Steering Committee
John Johnson chairs the personnel managers committee of the Chamber of Commerce. He will gather members for a new committee to coordinate employer and school official efforts in tours of schools and vocational training facilities. The group may steer the launch of the new workforce initiative with Armed Forces involvement.
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Cedar Rapids
John Johnson
Chambersjof Commerce
Johnson
Quaker Oats Union Pact Sets Two Year Contract
Quaker Oats Co and three Cedar Rapids craft unions signed a two year labor pact retroactive to April 8. Wages rise five cents an hour at start with a one cent equity increase and seven cents on April 8 next year. Hospital medical plan costs shift to the company. sickness benefits extend to 26 weeks. four weeks vacation after 20 years. About 110 engineering and maintenance employees under IAM Local 831, Carpenters Local 1039, and Sheet Metal Workers Local 263 are covered. production workers already ratified a two year deal in February.
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Quaker Oats Co
Cedar Rapids
International Assn. of Machinists
Carpenters Union
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Ohio Educator to Address Fraternity Founders Day Banquet
Dr. Eldon Smith, president of Ohio Wesleyan College, will address a Phi Delta Theta Founders Day banquet at 6 32 pm on April 22 at the Holiday Inn. Alumni from Eastern Iowa and University of Iowa members will attend with local reservations via John Ballard Cedar Rapids between 8 am and 5 pm EM 4 7947. Smith will also speak at Founders Day meetings in Des Moines and Ames during his Iowa visit.
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Eldon Smith
Ohio Wesleyan College
Phi Delta Thata
Holiday Inn
Iowa
University of Iowa
John Ballard
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Ames
Government to remove War memorial from city vestige
UPI reports the government announced on Thursday that the French embassy will remove a War memorial from the city, calling it a vestige of French colonialism. Copies are available at Amos Memories To Go company business offices and residences in Saigon.
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Amos Memories
Gompany Buamesa
Saigon
UPI
Youth Admits Thefts At SW Side Homes
A 15-year-old Cedar Rapids youth was arrested for breaking into three homes over three weeks. Capt. Lester Woodward said the confession cleared thefts at Wesley Ames 1237 Sixteenth Ave SW, two pocket knives from Raymond Allee 127 Sixteenth Ave SW, and a transistor radio from Gilbert Jones 1128 Fifth Ave SW. The arrests followed recovered evidence.
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Cedar Rapids
Gilbert Jones
Fifth Avenue
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Jeavol
Lance Cpl
Donavan K. Saville
Don Saville
Fourteenth Street
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Corps
Bruce E. Phillips
William L
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Seventh Street
Act
First Marine Brigade
R. A. Schreder
Hawaii
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Jowans
Ohio
Smulekoff
Tannex
Deak
Hacsivasits
Channel 9
Bob Brooks
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Acrilan
Oakland Road
Bulova
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