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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1971

Page

12

Iowa job security pay hike denied by executive council

DES MOINES AP The Iowa executive council rejected a 15 percent cost of living raise sought by 600 plus employment security commission workers. Council says no authority to fund the increase and directs request to legislature. Officials note raises must align with private industry and merit system pay. Concerns of a potential suit and impact on state salaries are voiced by critics.

Des Moines Iowa Employment Security Commission Towa Council Charles Couch The Wallace Keating Commission Keating employment _ security commission Lloyd “Smith Legislatura Stith

Welles to guest host Cavett show during vacation week

Hollywood column notes Orson Welles will substitute as Cavett host for the week of September 6 through 10 on ABC TV. Welles' casual, engaging style charms audiences as he questions Cavett and proves a possible future host. Steve Allen also subbing Aug 32 and Sept 1 is highlighted as a returning late night figure.

Hollywood UPI Wherson Welles Dick Cavett ABCTV Toovie Welles Cavett Cavett-Welles Nbc-Tv Dean Martin Steve Allen Allen Jack Paar

Baseball a night game lure boosts TV ratings

Nielsen ratings for the week ending July 18 show NBC-TV's Major League All Star game as the top program, beating Hawaii Five-O. NBC plans more regular season night games next year to attract viewers with after dark glamour.

Nbc-Tv

It's a Wacky World launches NBC one shot special

NBC plans a Sept 13 one shot special titled It's a Wacky World hosted by a new cartoon character. Produced in 15 foreign locales with over 200 international elements, the show aims to mirror the Laugh‑In impact and may spin off into a series.

NBCTV Rowan and Martin George Schlatter NBC TV

Local TV Listings Scrambled in Outdated Text

Fragmented OCR shows a patchwork of station codes and place names including Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa City Ottumwa Rock Island Davenport Dubuque and Rochester. The garbled item resembles a TV listings page or a wire service tease with scattered call letters and markets.

Kcre-Ty Cedar Rapids Wmt-Ty Cedar Repide Trwl Waterloo Kiu-Ty Iowa City KTYO Ottumwa Whersty Rock Island

Furniture Stolen from Skogman Model Home

Police report valuables including a television set five chairs and multiple smaller items were taken from a Skogman model home at 322 West Post Road. The theft occurred Sunday night or Monday morning. investigators found a garage door open and a kitchen door forced open on arrival.

Skogman West Post Road

LALANNE in Color Preview on KORG TV 9

A TV tease promotes LALANNE in color segments airing Monday through Friday at 9 05 in the evening on KORG TV 9. The promo warns viewers about waste and urges turning to the channel for the program.

Korg TV

Accord Ends 57 Day Western Union Strike

Washington AP reports a new two year contract for 17 000 Western Union Telegraph Co employees ending a 57 day nationwide strike. The deal includes a 1 percent wage rise plus 4 percent in benefits and enhanced severance, job security for senior employees, and improved hospitalization and life insurance. New York area workers remain on strike, while supervisory Telex and leased wire operations continued.

Washington Western Union Telegraph Co el, Hageman Afl-Cio United Telegraph Workers Hageman Agate New York Metropolitan I Western Union Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America

Inmates Free Two Guards in New Orleans Jail Siege

Armed prisoners led by Black Panthers seized two guards inside Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans for about eight hours demanding negotiations on conditions. Officials met with the inmates as authorities kept watch. the guards were released unharmed. The uprising interrupted a criminal district court trial of 12 Black Panthers.

New Orleans Panthers Jay Schaefer Louis Heyd Orleans Parish Moon ‘Landrieu Heyd Israel Augustine Dorothy ‘Taylor Albert White Peter M. Reine Criminal District Court Augustine

Lookout in 1958 Robbery Freed After Pardon

Attanasio Pedoné, who acting as lookout in a 1958 robbery in which a man was killed, was sentenced to 17 years but pardoned Monday after the court found he has been blind since birth.

Palermo Steily UPI Attanasio Pedoné

Bon Vivant Soups Plans Wider Bankruptcy After Recall

Newark report says Bon Vivant Soups Inc moves to reorganize under federal bankruptcy law after FDA recall of its entire canned line for botulinum poisoning linked to undercooked vichyssoise. A July recall followed a Westchester death and paralysis. court petition notes inability to meet obligations and needs 10 days to prepare complete financial schedules for creditor arrangements.

Newark Bon Vivant Soups, Inc Food and Drug Administration Westchester County N.Y Vivant Bankruptcy Division Federal Court Cmpany FDA Bon Vivant Fis

Humid Weather Accelerates Corn Blight in Iowa

DES MOINES AP Warm humid conditions last week aided southern corn leaf blight in eastern Iowa, with the 1971 crop faring well overall. Soil reports show 53 percent excellent and 45 percent good for corn, 75 percent+ silking, and about 15 percent in the dough stage while soybeans bloom and 35 percent set pods. Oats harvest at 86 percent, hay crops mostly good.

Des Moines Iowa Alalf Comtme

Recess Railroad Talks Indefinitely

Washington AP reports the Hiliz said there are no government plans to extend talks with the union over the rail strike. Assistant Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery noted no plans for a government mediation, as more railroads halt operations and industry closures increase nationwide.

Washington Hiliz Ista

Government weighs emergency rail strike act options

Usery said emergency legislation could be among alternatives but no bill is being drafted yet. Officials seek to determine when a selective railroad strike becomes a national emergency warranting a special act. He stressed ongoing efforts to restart rail traffic with no moves announced. A sticking point is revising divisions forcing workers to relocate, potentially cutting railroad employment. The union threatens to extend the walkout to six more lines by Friday 6 am, which would add 45,009 to the 120,000 already idled. Usery called the impact of the strike on Southern Railway Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Norfolk & Western sneaky serious.

Nixon Congress Usery Southern Railway Union Pacific Southern Pacific Norfolk & Western John

Windsor plant workers reject wage increases in 1971 72 contract

United Rubber Workers Local 269 says 431 members will not receive 26 cent an hour raises in 1971 and 1972, despite a last year contract. Goode and officials urge exploring settlement paths to keep the Windsor plant operating and competitive amid stalled bargaining with Tire and Rubber Co.

Tire & Rubber Go Afl-Cio United ‘Transportation Ars Goodesperties United Rubber ‘Workers Windsor

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