Kalona Store Centennial Sparks Community Celebration
Kalona marks 100 years of Reiss Family Center tracing from 1879 when Sylvester Parker opened Kalona’s first store. Kalona Day on June 4 features a parade and bank-sponsored picnic as the town honors its historic general merchandise business and its Civil War veteran founders.
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Kalona
I.S. Edmundson
Isaac Edmundson
Sylvester Parker
Edmundson
Reiss Family Center
Steve Reif
Neta
Reifs
Farmers Savings Bank
United Central Bank of
Edmundson’s
Logan Edmundson
Ervin H
Nita) Reif
Edmundson- Reif
Reif
Logan
United States
Nellie Edmundson
Reiss
Grocery prices dip slightly in AP market basket survey
The AP market basket survey shows May prices down 0.2 percent led by pork chops beef frankfurters and chopped chuck. Detergent rose most, milk juice and eggs remained largely steady. Seven cities saw declines, six saw rises, with overall mixed monthly changes and a 4 percent rise across six cities in early 1983.
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Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Albuquerque
N.M
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
R.I
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Market gains continue as economy shows signs of strength
Stocks rose for a second straight day on Friday amid signs of an improving economy. The Dow gained 1.60 to 1213.04 while NYSE composite climbed 0.26 to 95.13 and NASDAQ and AMEX indexes posted solid bumps. Analysts noted slower gains ahead amid concerns about future interest rate moves and Fed policy, with unemployment easing to 10.1 percent in May.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Incord
American Stock Exchange
Lew Smith
Bear, Stearns & Co
Motorola
Texas Instruments
National Semiconductor
Coleco Industries
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Lyle Gramley
Smith
Standard & Poor
S&p
Deere reaches tentative pact with its union
Deere & Co. and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract after wildcat strikes halted production at 11 Deere plants in Illinois and Iowa, idling about 17,000 workers. Ratification voting by 28,500 Deere UAW members will begin after details are released post vote.
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Moline, Ill
Deere & Co
United Auto Workers
Wildcat
Deere
Illinois
Iowa
UAW International
Stephen Yokich
Deere Uaw
Colorado
Georgia
Minnesota
Tennessee
UAW
Yokich
Uaw-Deere
U.S. car sales rise at five leading automakers in late May
Five major U.S. automakers report a 19.4 percent rise in car sales for May 21 31, totaling 251 748 units versus 210 883 a year earlier. GM up 12.5 percent, Ford 22.2 percent, Chrysler 38.9 percent, AMC 154 percent, VW 7.3 percent. year to date gains mix across companies with GM and AMC posting notable climbs.
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Detroit
U.S
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
AMC
Volkswagen of America Inc
Ford
Chrysler
Norton Simon Trading Halt Pending Major Announcement
Norton Simon Inc stock did not open on the NYSE at the company's request and no announcement was made by close of business. Speculation suggested a possible sale of one of its operations. The prior close was 26,3744, up $1 from the day before.
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NEW York
Norton Simon Inc
New York Stock Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
Norton Simon
Robert Woodrum
Wall Street
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Centennial Sparks
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U.S. Grant
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B.F. Allen
A.J. Rogers
Relief Committee
Logan Reif
Steve
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Reifs Family Center
Marketbasket Comparison
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Phi
Salt Lake Ci
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Frank B. Hall
Ryder System
Atlantic Metro
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