Wilson Foods files for reorganization under Chapter 11
Wilson Foods Corp the nation s largest fresh pork processor filed for Chapter 11 reorganization to renegotiate its union contract. The Cedar Rapids plant employs about 1700 with no plant closures planned, while executives blame rising wage and benefit costs versus competitors for the decline.
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Wilson Foods Corp
Wilson
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cherokee
Clarinda
Kenneth
Griggy
John Detweiler
United Food and Commercial Workers
Wilson Foods Chapter 11 filing eyed by Iowa hog farmers
Iowa farm leaders weigh how Wilson Foods bankruptcy could affect daily hog buying. Wilson buys about 13 percent of U.S. hogs daily, so changes may ripple markets. Observers question if the move targets labor costs, while Cedar Rapids plant operations are denied.
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Iowa
Wilson Foods
Wilson
the Gazette
Iowa Beef Processors Inc
Stanwood
Cedar Rapids
Ban on long-term grain talks lifted
President Reagan announced the end of the ban on negotiations for a long-term grain agreement with the Soviet Union, saying the step would reaffirm U.S. reliability as a grain supplier. Officials noted the move followed lack of Soviet response to April 7 talks offer and the 1976 agreement requiring minimum Soviet purchases.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
Poland
White House
William Brock
Jimmy Carter
Jensen's parents recount hours leading up to killing
Olga Jensen 68 sobbed as prosecutors questioned her about her son Ady Jensen's final hours. The West Branch death occurred April 14, 1979, in an alleged life insurance scheme. Jeanne Jensen serves 10 years for conspiracy. Robert and Judy Kern hold life terms for arranging a hit. Andrew Oglevie, 25, is accused gunman.
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Jonathan Reed
Gazette
Jones Cedar Bureau
Davenport
Andrew Jon Oglevie
Ady Jensen
Olga Jensen
West Branch
James Ramey
Ady
Jeanne
Jeanne Jensen
Robert
Judy Kern
Iowa City
Andrew Oglevie
Rockford
Ill
Grounds for Divorce Why Dirt Matters in Legally Divided Lives
A witty quip hints at the phrase grounds for divorce linking soil and separation. The line plays on courtroom language and domestic life, suggesting humor in the interplay between dirt and legal dissolution.
Killer Evans electrocuted in Alabama
Condemned murderer John Louis Evans III was executed in the Alabama electric chair after the Supreme Court refused to halt the sentence. He received three 1,900 volt jolts, began at 8:30 p.m., and was pronounced dead at 8:44 p.m. Evans’ final statement denied malice, and his attorney criticized the act as cruel and barbaric.
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Atmore
Ala
John Louis Evans III
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Evans
Mobile
Edward Nassar
Fred Smith
Russell Canan
Smith
George Wallace
Canan
Billy Joe Camp
John Evans
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