Native Sons Find Jobs Scarce In A Tough Market
Senior Cedar Rapids and Iowa College students attending Operation Native Son learned this year’s job market is employer driven. Companies showed limited hiring while many unemployed or near-graduates sought leads. Officials warned optimism should be cautious as layoffs persist and openings remain scarce.
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Dale Kueter
Stur Walter
Cedar Rapids
Eastern IoWa College
Operation Native Son
Native Son
Chamber of Commerce Personnel Managers Committee
Iowa
University of Town
Lynn Waite
Waite
Twenty-Seventh Street
Marion
McGaffie
Des Ferguson
Square D Co
Hitchhiker Robs Man. Wallet Taken With Cards
David Kessler reports he picked up a hitchhiker on Sixth Street SW Tuesday evening. The robber, 20 to 22, six feet tall and 200 pounds with blond shoulder length hair, produced a knife and demanded the wallet at about 5 14 p.m. near the 4700 block. He was let out near Hawkeye Downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kessler
J Street
Sixth Street
Kessler
Hawkeye Downs
Commercial Haulers Oppose New Cedar Rapids Dump Fees
Six commercial rubbish haulers told Cedar Rapids city council they object to a plan to base landfill fees on registered vehicle weight. They urged scales at the landfill and argued the $158,000 revenue estimate is low, contending actual revenue could reach $300,000 and that firms will pass costs to consumers.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Spores
Spores
Louise Gibbs
Center Point Road
Donald Canney
Younkers Depot
Heimder
Iowa
Ronald Keefer
Society of American
Third Avenue SW
The
Cedar
delia/Rapids
American Sections
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Tess
Regis- Canney
Landill
iMarion
Dubuque
Ldes
Perry Harris Bound Over For Grand Jury In Robbery Case
Perry Harris, 28, of 01 Fifth Street SE, was bound over to the grand jury on a robbery with aggravation charge after a municipal court preliminary hearing. Edwin Hart, 28, of Viola, reported the Dec. 18 hit and wallet theft at Twelfth Avenue and Seventh Street SE. Hart said four men assaulted him, wallet recovered later.
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Perry Harris
Fifth Street
Grand
Edwin Hart
Viola
Hart
Twelfth Avenue
Seventh Street
Grand Jury Charge Against 19 Year Old in Rape Case
William A. Jordan, 19, of Alburnett was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in municipal court on a rape charge. The incident involved a Cedar Rapids woman, 20, at a Fortheast side laundromat on November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Jordan
Alburnett
Cedar Rapids
Fortheast
Hazel on KCRG-TV Channel 9 Wednesday
A terse TV tease hints that Hazel is the standout feature on a forthcoming midweek broadcast on KCRG-TV Channel 9. The fragment implies a local station schedule highlight with Hazel as the central persona.
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Es“Tate
Hazel
Kcrg-Tv
4-H Club urges iBike paths in Cedar Rapids
The Handi-Helpers 4-H club asks Cedar Rapids city council to create special bicycle paths modeled after New York City. The letter includes a magazine article praising bike routes as safer, cleaner travel and reducing air pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Handi-Helpers
Snowplow Hit by Jet in Fog Fatal Plow Driver Dead
In Turin Italy a Ali talia jetliner struck a snowplow with its right wing as it prepared to depart for Rome in dense fog. The plow driver died while the plane and rest of the crew and passengers remained unhurt.
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Turin
Italy
Alitalia
Rome
Not Protesting Job Award, Randall Says
Randall of Handit Wrecking denies protesting the award for razing the old city hall. He protests the council holding his certified bid check while Borntrager gets extra days to secure bond and insurance. The Gazette errs in reporting he objected to the award.
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Oelwein
Harry Randall
Handit
Greeley
Oelwein City Council
Randall
Gazette
Daniel Borntrager
Borntrager
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Dale Wood
Texas Avenue
University of Kansas
Collins Radio Co
Town Manufacturing
Paul McGarhie
Gaels
Tom Merryman
Chad Wymer
Iowa Development Commission
Cedar Rapids Area College
Wymer
Tim Press
A Avenue
Iowa State
Sharon Gallagher
Ninth Avenue
Uniersity of
Dave Bender
First Avenue
Jerry Elsen
Gatette Stet
Fred Filling
Canney
Pilling
Engi
Neers
Pater
Unchonla Ndp
Asst
Gareth Clift
Clift
NDP
Oak Mill
Riverside
William Wells
E. T. Howell
Wells
Carl Landino
Landino
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
B. T. Howell
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Howell
Mt. Vernon Road
Creston
Strand Theater
Grand Jury
Illinois
Gor Nad & Electric Company
Iee
Elaut
iBike
C.R
Save At Farmers State Bank
Farmers State
Wig
Farmers State Bank
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