Insurance Switch Upsets Marion Employes
Marion faces weeks of grievance procedures after the city council changed its health insurance carrier from Blue Cross Blue Shield to Phoenix Mutual. Three bargaining units filed grievances. the Police Association calls the move a breach of contract and cites lack of advance notice. The city designated a 26 000 fund for claims while last year 64 000 was paid, raising questions about future costs and tax implications.
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Marion
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Phoenix Mutual
Marion Policemen’s Protective Assn
Chiafos
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Donald Hoskins
Hoskins
Protective Association
Realistic hunting simulations at Iowa Bow Hunting Jamboree
Last weekend archers took part in the Iowa State Bow hunting Jamboree with three dimensional life sized targets. The exercise offered a safer, slower pace as targets did not run away. The piece notes the event was held on Page 4A.
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Iowa State
Rhodesia Plan Faces South Africa Hurdle
The United States and Britain outlined a joint one man one vote approach for Rhodesia but failed to win South Africa's backing. Cyrus Vance and David Owen met with R.F. Pik Botha after hours of talks seeking acceptance of black majority rule in the breakaway colony.
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London
United States
Britain
Rhodesia
South Africa
U.S
Cyrus Vance
David Owen
R.F
Pik
Botha
Owen
Weather Outlook With Warm Days This Weekend
Clear to partly cloudy today through Sunday with highs in the mid 80s and upper 50s lows tonight. Sunday highs in the low 80s. A long winded patriotic program is noted when they play the Stars and Stripes Forever.
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Stars and Stripes
Chelsea Savings Bank Robbery Stuns Tama County Town
Four suspects, two men and two women, robbed the Chelsea Savings Bank in Tama County, netting more than $20 000. Tellers were ordered to the floor as the vault and safe were rifled. two cars, both Chevrolets, were involved. Investigators described the assailants and noted the blue car carried an Iowa 64 prefix. Authorities cautioned no leads were released seven hours after the holdup.
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Chelsea
Chelsea Savings Bank
Tama County
FBI
Bill Kell
Omaha
Kell
Marshall County
Tama County Sheriff's Office
Motorcycle Crash Injures Barnes Brothers Near SW Intersection
Robert Alan Barnes 26 and his brother Jay Barnes 27 were injured in a road crash at Second Street and Eighth Avenue SW. Both were treated at St. Luke’s hospital. Robert released after surgery. Car driver David Brainard 21 faced charges for an improper left turn.
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Robert Alan Barnes
Third Street
Second Street
Eighth Avenue
Barnes
Jay Barnes
St. Luke's Hospital
Robert
David Brainard
Cedar Rapids
Pilot Hijacks Air France Jet In Brindisi Arrests
A 19 year old Egyptian student hijacked a Cairo bound Air France Airbus and forced a landing in Brindisi Italy. The pilot ejected the hijacker into police custody as fueling occurred. Interior ministry spokesman Tarek el Khater from Cairo was named and questioned to determine motive.
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Brindisi
Italy
Interior Ministry
Tarek el Khater
Cairo
Air France Air
Energy Plan Delays Shortage Forecasts Yet Fails to End Dependence
Dartmouth researchers analyze President Carter's energy plan and project a 10 year postponement of a world oil shortage while US dependence on foreign oil persists. The study notes conservation gains but insufficient new US fuel production and warns oil shortages could hit by 1983 without broader action.
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Carter
United States
Dartmouth College
Roger Naill
Technology Review
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Four States Search for Iowa Nebraska Murder Suspect
Authorities in Iowa Nebraska and surrounding states pursued Robert E. Williams 39 of Lincoln Nebraska in a manhunt for the slayings of Virginia Rowe Catherine Brooks and Patricia McGarry and the rape of a fourth woman. Warrant issued in Nebraska and Iowa. Williams last seen heading north in a brown 1975 Chrysler near Milford Iowa.
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Milford
Iowa
Nebraska
Robert E. Williams
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa Great Lakes
Virginia Rowe
Sioux Rapids
Spencer
Clay County
Ed Kelly
Catherine M. Brooks
Patricia McGarry
No Gag Order on Police Press in Son of Sam Case
New York authorities denied a bid for a gag order on police officials and media amid the Son of Sam hunt. David Berkowitz remains in custody at a hospital as psychiatrists begin mental competency evaluations to determine his ability to aid in his defense.
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New York
Sam
David Berkowitz
Berkowitz
Brooklyn
New York City
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Larry Tanner Marion Bureau
City Hall
Robert D. Chiafos
The
Gazette
Police
Lawrence Asaro
Richard E. Cayler
Associated Press
UPS
NEW York Times
Fido
Williams
Fort Knox, Ky
Korea
Diana Haeberlin
Army Post
Berk
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