Cornell geologist teaches Universal salesmen rock tests
Cedar Rapids firm Universal Engineering Corp. sent eight sales staff to a Cornell College seminar led by Dr. Paul Garvin. The session taught on site rock evaluation using a pocket knife scratch test and an acid test to judge limestone toughness.
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Universal Engineering Corp
Colesburg
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Cedar Rapids
Paul Garvin
Garvin
Universal
Theodore M. Anderson
Iowa utility plants eco preserve to save rare species near Muscatine
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co plans a 500 million coal plant south of Muscatine on 1650 acres known as Big Sand Mound. The company set aside 400 acres as an ecological preserve protecting the Illinois mud turtle and other endangered species including snakes and the Plains pocket mouse. Groundbreaking could come this summer with a 1983 startup date pending Commerce Commission hearings.
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Davenport
Iowa
Sam Wilson
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Muscatine
Muscatine Island
Big Sand Mound
Illinois
Drake University
Christianson
Missouri
Iowa-Illinois
Iowa-I
Lowa
Wilson
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Illinois, Iowa Power and Light Co
Des Moines
Iowa Public Services
Sioux City
Eastern
Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Wilton
Tipton
New Furniture Showcase In Cedar Rapids
Pidgeon's Furniture Showcase at 3117 First Ave SE in Cedar Rapids debuted last August after a full revamp. The store offers area specific showcase rooms with coordinated wallpapers paints furniture and accessories to inspire decorating ideas and prevent mis measuring errors.
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Pidgeons
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Pidgeon’s Furniture Showcase
First Ave
S.E
Designer Showcases Blend Style and Practicality at Store
The display lines merge designer touch with client needs creating a coordinated, exciting whole. From traditional to contemporary, the store offers sofas from 269 to 1400 and bedrooms from 400 to 3000, featuring brands like American of Martinsville Bassett Broyhill Hooker Lane Selig Singer Stratford Thomasville Serta Simmons Flexsteel Daystrom Bernhardt Dixie Stanley La-Z-Boy Gordon Rembrandt.
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American of
Martinsville
Bassett
Broyhill
Hooker
Lane Selig
Singer Stratford
Thomasville
Serta
Simmons Flexsteel
Daystrom
Bernhardt
Dixie Stanley
La-Z-Boy Gordon
Rembrandt
Jim Winter Leads Pidgeon's Des Moines Furniture Stores
Jim Winter has managed the Pidgeon's Des Moines operation since 1977 and built a long career as a furniture store manager. Pidgeon's stocks well over 25,000 furniture appliance TV and carpet items. Five retail stores are served by a central warehouse in an 83,000 square foot building.
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Jim Winter
Pidgeon
Des Moines
Pidgeon’s
Pidgeon's Value Promise Extends to Full-Service Delivery
Pidgeon's emphasizes matching product quality with service including a full-time customer service manager, two furniture repairmen, more than twelve appliance and TV service staff, nine carpet service workers, and delivery across Iowa. Services include special orders, layaway, pre-delivery inspections, in-home setup, six radio controlled trucks with union drivers, and computerized inventory to inform buyers, aiming for 4100 percent customer satisfaction.
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Pidgeon’s
Iowa
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