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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1985
Page
2
A wedding reception last Saturday marked the first event at the new Delaware County Community Center at the county fairgrounds in Manchester East Iowa. The facility is not yet fully completed but hosted its inaugural gathering.
A Cedar Rapids Christmas tale centers on a mother from Anamosa and her two daughters ages 5 and 2 who lose track of family members after meeting grandparents and mistaking meeting points. After hours of searching and police reports, the trio is found at Target on the east side. The story emphasizes that family health and safety outweigh shopping.
Center Point's Corner Store resumes liquor sales after Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department and Jon Sholes reach a 30 day temporary agreement. State assumes liability for him as an agent during the period while he secures dram shop insurance coverage.
Crowds pack Lindale and Westdale malls and Armstrong's downtown as Dick Hogan notes last minute shoppers buy turkeys hams and gifts. Liquor stores move briskly while many endure cold weather but remain in high spirits.
Speculation ties the four month Hormel strike at Geo A Hormel Co Austin Minnesota to Farmstead Foods plant rejection of a contract offer by United Food and Commercial Workers in Albert Lea. Voters 608 to 395 rejected the Farmstead deal. Cedar Rapids Local P-3 approved 524 to 504. Wilson Foods across several plants approved 650 to 467 with Monmouth closing in May and wage gains tied to profits.
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