Linn County approves pay increase to ease secretary crisis
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved higher entry level pay for secretaries and clerks after reviewing a crisis in hiring. The Aug. 27 effective raise boosts first level clerk typists to 3.55 and clerks to 3.73, with receptionist and related roles rising to 3.68 and 3.86. County official Trude Elliott cited fringe benefits and noted hiring delays. union approval was obtained.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Elliott
Joe Rinas
Pink necktie incident leads to unemployment disqualification
Cedar Rapids bus driver Steven Baril was fired after two misconduct complaints including a near altercation with a student. Job Service of Iowa hearing officer Michael Levine ruled Baril ineligible for nine weeks of unemployment benefits citing misconduct and cited he muttered an insult toward a passenger while denying a transfer to a Black student. Baril was informed of the decision on July 27 and given 15 days to appeal to the Job Service Appeals Board.
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Job Service of Iowa
Michael Levine
Steven Baril
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Des Moines
Youth 5-year-old in stable condition after horse kick
Chad Lenth, son of Mr and Mrs Junior Lloyd Lenth of Route 2 Oelwein, was listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit at University Hospitals Iowa City with head injuries from a horse kick during exercise on the family farm. He was first treated at an Oelwein hospital and then airlifted to Iowa City.
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Oelwein
Chad Lenth
Junior Lloyd Lenth
Gas Supplies in Iowa Expected to Mirror Last August
Energy Policy Council Director Ed Stanek said Iowa gasoline deliveries this month should roughly match August of last year. He warned that after priority users, retailers may receive about 75 percent of last year’s gasoline, with diesel and heating fuel about 7 percent under August 1978.
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Iowa
Energy Policy Council
Ed Stanek
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U.S. Department of Energy
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