Contractors uncertain of labor future in Cedar Rapids area
The Cedar Rapids Iowa City contractor group ACI may continue but its future looks unsure as all members have settled with unions or plans, while one large member withdrew. Rinderknecht and Associates halted talks, keeping some work on the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art but with union pickets at the gate.
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Gazette Stan
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
ACI
Dave Loomis
Loomis Brothers General Contractors
Loomis
Rinderknecht and Associates
Rinderknecht
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Museum
Waterloo
Dubuque
Don Schuttpeltz
Iron Workers Local 89
Hawkeye Labor Council
Schuttpeltz
Bob Havlik
Cedar Rapids Building and Construction Trades Council
Havlik
Verdicts in bid rigging case against Midwest school bus dealers
A federal jury found three defendants guilty and acquitted one in the antitrust trial of several Midwest school bus firms. Saf T Liner of Des Moines was cleared, while Donald Bahnsen United School Equipment of Iowa and Midwest Transportation Inc. of Ames were convicted. Sentencing expected in early September.
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Fort Dodge
Saf Tliner
Des Moines
Iowa
Emery Hadley
Saf- T-Liner
Robert Rost
Minnesota Body and Equipment Company
Minnesota Corporation
David Hansen
Amish farmer defies Minnesota vehicle decal rules in jail
Gideon Hershberger 62 faces seven days in Fillmore County Jail after refusing to display the state required triangular safety decal on his horse drawn buggy. Sheriff Gudmundson says tickets continue and more Amish may end up in jail as officials enforce the law amid religious objections.
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Rick Smith Gazette
Preston
Minn
Fillmore County
Gideon Hershberger
Hershberger
Don Gudmundson
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Gudmundson
Margaret Shaw Johnson
Minnesota
Winneshick
Howard
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsyl
Vania
New York
Indiana
Canada
Canton
Harmony
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