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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1979
Page
9
Winnebago Industries, citing tight fuel supplies, will reduce motor home production from about 320 to 275 weekly beginning April 30 and lay off 270 employees, lowering the plant workforce to around 3,000. The move follows a weak spring market and gasoline shortages.
Des Moines AP reports Park Ranger Henry Savage was dismissed after being accused of using a state car for private purposes. Savage, employed 17 years, declined to comment on the charge as William Brabham, acting director of the Iowa Conservation Commission, confirmed the firing last Friday.
About 300 shippers meeting in Ames urged continued service on the bankrupt Milwaukee Road tracks to northern Iowa. They asked state action via IDOT after Milwaukee asked a Chicago court for permission to embargo two thirds of its Iowa lines beginning May 8.
The Iowa Senate approved compromise amendments to a unemployment compensation bill aimed at tightening benefits and requalification rules. House leaders, led by Roger Halvorson, oppose changes but may accept them to avoid a conference deadlock. Gov. Ray preferred the Senate version. Also noted is the 1937 Social Security first payment anniversary.
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