Twelve Arrested as Strike-Tense Day at Wilson Foods Plant
Riot police and 60 officers moved on the Wilson Foods strike site in Cedar Rapids as 12 people were arrested for disorderly conduct and related offenses. A teen was hurt and hospitalised while rock throwing and name calling occurred during the day. An injunction shielded pickets and union activity, with local and national union leaders set to meet in Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson Foods
Third Street
14Th Avenue SE
Wilson
Linn County
Mercy Hospital
Linn District Court
Chicago
Injunctions Bar Violence and Picket Interference at Wilson Foods
Linn District Court grants two injunctions during Wilson Foods strike. One bans violence or threats against picketers and reckless driving toward the plant. The other bars union members from obstructing plant entrances with large massed picket lines.
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Linn District Court
Wilson Foods
Avenson repeats Branstad veto double-cross claim
Iowa House Speaker Donald Avenson accuses Gov. Terry Branstad of a double-cross for vetoing the lottery and other measures after Democrats backed his preferred bills. He says cooperation between the Legislature and the governor is shattered and that future sessions will chart their own priorities. Branstad has vetoed six times this year, with two full bills and parts of four appropriation measures rejected.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Donald Avenson
Doelwein
Branstad
Avenson
Susan Neely
Robert Ray
Sandinistas Expel Three U.S. Diplomats Over Plot Claims
Nicaragua's Sandinista government ordered Linda Pfeifel, David Greig, and Ermila Rodriguez Rodriguez expelled as persona non grata accusing them of CIA plots to kill leaders. The trio left Nicaragua for Guatemala City and then Washington, with embassy officials denying the charges.
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Managua
Nicaragua
U.S
CIA
Gilbert Callaway
Guatemala City
Anthony Quainton
Callaway
Washington
Linda M. Pfeifel
David Noble Greig
Ermila Rodriguez Rodriguez
Foreign Ministry
Iowa grants fund 21.7 million for 20 eastern cities
Gov. Branstad announced 21.7 million in federal community development grants will aid 20 Eastern Iowa cities with streets bridges and other improvements. Total impact includes 7.8 million in ongoing grants and 16.2 million local matches creating about 3500 jobs across 100 state communities.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
State Office For Planning and Programing
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United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Ray Baker
Utp
J.M. Flansburg
Nancy Stevens
Gary Peterson
Roland Krekeler
Chip Magid
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Sandinistas
Yanks
Cedar Falls
Abby
Marion
East Iowa
U.S -World
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