Budget talks continue on district’s 1980-81 needs
Vanessa Shelton reports College Community School District frames a tentative 1980-81 budget with projected revenues of 5,968,120 and expenditures surpassing revenues by 351,634. The board studies program cuts and priority areas, while administrators propose savings from staffing changes, nurse reductions, kindergarten schedule shifts, and library staffing to balance the year.
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William Bach
Bach
Robert Bostwick
Police wage talks advance as Sunday vote looms
Cedar Rapids police in the bargaining unit will vote Sunday on a city wage offer at Teamsters Hall. The dispute follows months of talks since December with a fact finding process and rejections from both sides. The Teamsters seek an 11.9 percent rise, while the city offers 6.3 percent plus benefits.
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Cedar Rapids
Ber
Teamsters Hall
J St. SW
Harry Graham
Teamsters Union
Graham
Burglaries Reported: $1400 Stolen From Lounge and Home
Burglars netted more than $1400 in each of two incidents reported Thursday. At Side Track Lounge 169 Fourth St SE thieves took a 950 dollar cash register and 580 dollars in cash. In a later home burglary Floyd A. Sanborn 1005 Ninth St SW reported jewelry coins and watches missing from drawers including two gold wedding ring sets.
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Fourth St. SE
Floyd A. Sanborn
Ninth St. SW
Fund drive for ambulance in three Linn County towns
Volunteers in Palo Shellsburg and Atkins will canvass Sunday afternoon to raise about 30000 dollars for a new ambulance for the Palo Fire Department. The current unit serves western Linn and eastern Benton counties and must be replaced.
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Palo
Shellsburg
Atkins
Palo Fire Department
Linn
Benton Counties
Cedar Rapids AFSCME Local 620 Accepts Fact-Finder Report
Union members vote 3-1 to accept the fact-finders report while the Cedar Rapids City Council rejects it. The dispute could move to binding arbitration with wage proposals of 8 to 13 percent and 6.4 percent from the city. Wayne Clymer notes limited negotiation time remains before arbitration.
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Firefighters Factfinder
Robert Dunham
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Cedar Rapids
Afscme
Wayne Clymer
Fact Finder
Clymer
Fields Jr. acquitted in Cedar Rapids robbery case
A Linn District Court jury acquitted 28 year old Douglas G Fields Jr of first degree robbery in a Sept 15 7 Eleven store heist. The trial noted no link to expert testimony on eyewitness unreliability though jurors cited evidence gaps such as a limp tattoos and a hunting knife description.
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Douglas G. Fields Jr
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Fields
Michael Jaynes
Jaynes
Deborah
Verla Pollock
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Marcus J. Williams
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Howard G. Burton
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