Milwaukee Road faces uncertain survival amid bankruptcy
Milwaukee Road officials, federal regulators, and industry figures at a Midwest rail restructuring meeting debated whether the carrier can survive its total financial derailment. Trusteeship under Stanley Hillman and FRA actions loom as cash concerns threaten mid-summer insolvency while possible routing changes and limited loan programs are explored.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
U.S. Transportation
Brock Adams
Milwaukee
Stanley Hillman
Interstate Commerce Commission
City Council Approves Non-Union Pay and Benefit Increases
The City Council on Friday approved a plan that raises non-union workers’ pay and fringe benefits next fiscal year at a cost of about 338 thousand dollars or 7.47 percent. The package includes 4 percent raises for most staff, a July 1 shift to full dependent insurance cost, and full life insurance coverage, with insurance valued at 336 dollars per year per employee who qualifies. Some workers may receive no increase if they do not take insurance or are already above proposed levels.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Fred Nordengren
Investigation continues into death of C R woman
Cedar Rapids police press Friday guarded details as the inquiry into Gloria Jean Hoover 26 of 317 H Ave NW continued. Hoover was shot Thursday evening and died at St Lukes Hospital with authorities treating the case as a possible homicide while considering accident or self-inflicted causes.
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Cedar Rapids
Gloria Jean Hoover
H Ave
Dale Leroy Marti
Bangkok police chief's son killed in Thai-Cambodian clashes
The son of Bangkok's metropolitan police commissioner and five other Thais were killed as Cambodian soldiers and Communist insurgents attacked in northeast and southern Thailand. Police say rebels ambushed a marine patrol in the south, killing five marines before retreating into the jungle.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Private printers eyed for future stamp production
Washington AP reports the Postal Service will test private firms to print some stamps to gauge if outsourcing could work in the future. The experiment aims to determine whether private printing would benefit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the stamp program.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Library approves $5,000 repair contract for downtown Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids library board approves a $5,000 contract with D C Taylor Co to fix roof leaks causing plaster and paint damage. Work to begin in three weeks weather permitting. The board also seeks $118,710 from revenue sharing for materials plus $5,000 for mortar repairs and $11,493 for equipment for 1978 79.
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Cedar Rapids
Library Board of Trustees
D. C. Taylor Co
Thomas Carney
Taylor Company
Carney
Board of Trustees
Fifth Street
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Federal Railroad Administration
Vince Anderson
Marion
Anderson
Conrad Hilton
Midwest Railroad
South Dakota
North Western
Mississippi River
Tama
Green Island
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Robert E. Gallamore
Iowa
Gallamore
FRA
Clude
Bob Krause
D-Whittemore
Krause
House Transportation Committee
Milwaukee and Rock Island Railroad
Dat
Popidsen
C.R
St. Lukes’s Hospital
Gallup
Liv
Mar
Gary Ficken
Jefferson
Jefferson High School
OSCO
2Nd Ave. S.E. Downtown
Lydias
Osco Film Club
Midland
BIS
A.W.1
Delta Tune
ANL
N.B. A.W
TONE
R.F. Gain
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