Unions Pricing Themselves Out of Market
In Iowa a shift appears as Des Moines carpenters accept 15 percent wage cuts to work outside Polk County and keep union contractors competitive with open shop builders. ABC president Gerald Oliver promotes merit shop free enterprise and choice on the job amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Iowa
Gerald Oliver
Associated Builders and Contractors
ABC
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Rodney Stafford
Oliver
Baltimore
Brown and Root
Houston
Roland Smith
Des Moines Construction Council
Contractors’ Organization
Smith
Polk County
Des Moines Area
Union Carpenters
Dick Johnson
Johnson
Open shop merit clash shapes Iowa construction scene
ABC's Oliver defends merit shop pay as based on worth, details open shop growth and union tensions in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and other Iowa areas. Local union leaders report wage compromises while aiming to stay competitive amid non union competition and cost factors.
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Oliver
Kirkwood Board Approves Liquor on Campus Policy
Kirkwood Community College board approves a revised second reading allowing possession and sale of alcohol on campus with three conditions: a class C license and insurance, administrator approval, and sales and supervision by Kirkwood staff during sanctioned programs. Alcohol not for students or the public.
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Kirkwood Board
C.R
Kirkwood Community College Board
Kirkwood
Morris Allen
Marion
John Swanson
All-Iowa Fair Hosts Polo Exhibition Amid Weekend Events
At the All-Iowa fair a Saturday polo exhibition features a three against three match by the Iowa City Polo club versus the Fair Wind Farm team led by Jimmy Newman Mark Hemmingway and Steve Richards. Sunday offers Senior Citizens day with half price gate admission and a Barnes RCA Rodeo show. Navy balloon display June 29 30 with career talks. The fair runs ten days through July 4.
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Iowa City Polo Club
Fair Wind Farm
Iowa City
Jimmy Newman
Mark Hemmingway
Steve Richards
Dick Meade
Nick Estle
Ed Spencer
Jim “Gomer Pyle
Nabors
Navy
Enrollment Up at Coe College Summer Term
Summer term enrollment at Coe College rises about 10 percent from last year. A total of 362 students are enrolled for the six week session starting June 6, including participants in three music workshops, up from 329 in the first session of 1976. The second six week session begins July 11.
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Bardonner
Army
National Guard
Coe College
Sponsors Sought for Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derbies
Cedar Rapids sponsors are needed as the two-race Soap Box Derby on July 10 grows to a record entry of over 100 entrants. Jaycees and the derby group seek donations to fund car construction and Akron bound trips for junior and senior winners in Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa events.
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Jerry Knight
Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby Assn
Knight
Jaycees
Jaycee
Akron
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
The
Derby Association
Iowa
Willard Brown
Area IV
Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp
Aging Unit Honors Three Eastern Iowans
Three Eastern Iowans Edward Sears 76 Cedar Rapids A C Chick Forward 70 Iowa City and Royal Tuttle 84 Norway were chosen by Heritage Agency on Aging for Area Ten honors. Sears winner Linn County Forward Johnson County and Tuttle Benton County will represent Area Ten at Senior Citizen Day August 23 at the Iowa State Fair.
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Iowa City
American Assn. of Retired Persons
Organization For South Iowa
Congregate Meals Advisory Board
United Way Planning Board
Lions Eye Donors Committee
Tuttle
Benton County
Armed Services
Florence Hawkeyes
On This Date 1940 Transport to Canada Amid Nazi Invasion Fears
On this date in 1940 a substantial amount of money was moved from England to Canada as a precaution against a possible Nazi invasion of Britain. The threat did not materialize.
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England
Canada
Britain
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Dale Kueter
Traverse City, Mich
Con
Chuck Swore
Building Trades Council
Swore
Union Builders
Open Shop Trend
Water Report
Charles Bardonner
Environmental Department
Iowa Hall
Henderson
Rockford Road
Skills Center
Agriculture
Coe
7Th Avenue
First National Motor Bank Eet
Spikes & Vinca Vines
Cash & Carry
Scotts
Burpee & Ferry Morse
Sprice
Arden Hoes
Center Pt. Rd
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