Long road ahead for jobless meatpackers in Midwest
In Omaha and across Iowa and Nebraska, displaced meatpacking workers face months or years of re employment struggle as plant closings cut roles. Officials cite 1.4 million nationwide jobless, with Congress funding 115 million for retraining though local funds are modest. Industry executives note unemployment around 10 percent and wage pressures as consolidation and imports shift work.
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Omaha
Neb
Congress
Iowa
Nebraska
U.S
Robert Gill
Geo. A. Holmer & Co
State Labor Department
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research
Bill Jones
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Washington, D.C
Hormel
Gill
Omaha World-Herald
IBP Inc
Excel Corp
United Food and Commercial Workers
UFCW
Wilson Foods Corp
Armour Food Co
Wilson
Fourth of July Tub Race in Marengo Draws Crowd
Footage shows Marengo Fire Department Team No 1 racing a water filled bathtub with 8 inches of water, needing at least 6 inches to avoid disqualification. Spectators shower teams with balloons to add water. VFW Post No 8797 from Williamsburg parades in Hogan’s Heroes outfits as Sgt. Schultz gives orders.
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Marengo Fire Department
VFW
Williamsburg
Sgt. Schultz
Open burning case against Odell husband dismissed
Des Moines opened burning complaint against Mary Jane Odell’s husband John Odell was dismissed by the Environmental Quality Commission. The panel noted other dismissals since 1981 and a lack of enforcement actions. Odell testified his back fire sought to halt a prairie fire after a garden blaze.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mary Jane Odell
John Odell
Des Moines Area
Environmental Quality Commission
Polk County
Gary Young
Odell
Young
Whiting Fourth of July dance disrupts town crowd
Police and four K9 units responded to a large street dance in Whiting Iowa as 300 to 600 people gathered. About 30 officers from multiple counties and towns were deployed after the crowd refused to disperse injuring at least one deputy and leading to at least four arrests.
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Whiting
Iowa
Monona
Woodbury County
Dave Imig
Craig Logan
Marion Health Center
Sioux City
Monona County
Des Moines Pedestrian Killed in South Side Crossing
A 23-year-old Des Moines man Milton Cooper was struck and killed while crossing a non marked street on the south side around 1 30 a m. He was hit by Sharon Annunzio 33 of Des Moines whose car sent Cooper about 25 feet into the air and 100 feet away. Annunzio was charged with drunken driving and driving with illegal license plates.
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DES Moines
Milton Cooper
Richard Roemer
Cooper
Sharon Annunzio
Roemer
Annunzio
Marine from Iowa Marine Corps death at Camp Pendleton
Corporal Gregory M. Miller, 22, of Burlington Iowa, a Service Company Headquarters Battalion Marine based at Camp Pendleton, was found dead in his barracks Saturday. Military authorities on Sunday said the death is under investigation but there is no indication of foul play.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Corp
Cindy Grafton
Gregory M. Miller
Burlington
Service Company
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Woodbury
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2Nd Ave
Cedar Rapids
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Bil Reinds
Belle Plaine
D.A. Hinson
13Th St. Thurs
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Veterans Memorial Stadium
Cedar Rapids Reds
Peoria Suns
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Iowa City
Rocky Shore Rd
Anamosa
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Marion
10Th Street
Oelwein
Charles Street
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