Wilson Foods suspends 60 to 70 workers in dispute
About 60 to 70 beef kill workers at Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids plant were suspended indefinitely for refusing a work assignment. Plant manager Forrest Mykleby said management may reassign duties under the contract while the plant operates. Union leader Dennis Nebendahl called it a misunderstanding and urged a meeting to resolve the issue.
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Wilson Foods
Cedar Rapids
Forrest Mykleby
Dennis Nebendahl
P-3
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union
Gazette
Nebendahl
Mykleby
Homestead Tax Credit Deadline Approaches Friday
City and county offices in Cedar Rapids urge 1500+ taxpayers to file homestead or personal property tax credits by 5 p.m. Friday. Piersall notes the deadline, with offices at May’s Island on 5th floor city hall and courthouse basement open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. A Saturday opening caused confusion about hours.
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Dale Piersall
City Hall
May’s Island
Cedar Rapids
Piersall
Fire damages ReNo Battery building in Cedar Rapids
A fire at ReNo Battery service on 1215 Second Street NW was blamed on a fan. The blaze damaged the north wall and roof. heavy smoke. Firefighters identified Walter Eckardt as owner. Doug Hladek treated for heat exhaustion. Cedar Rapids temperature was 91 degrees during the incident.
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ReNo
Second Street
Walter Eckardt
Doug Hladek
Cedar Rapids
Corrected ID for child in pudding finger-paint photo
The Gazette clarifies the picture page caption from June 24 identifying the child at the Fillmore playground. The subject is Mark Waller of 1322 F avenue NW, not Jason Sydow of 1009 F avenue NW.
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Fillmore Playground
the Gazette
Jason Sydow
F Avenue NW
Mark Waller
Two Arrests in Malicious Injury and Larceny Case
Richard Dean Hunt, 21, of 718 Fourth Avenue SE, was charged Monday with malicious injury to a motor vehicle after Jolene Marx reported a broken window on her car. Brenda Sue Stroud, 26, of 1558 Bever Avenue SE, was charged Monday afternoon with larceny by warrant. No further information was released.
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Richard Dean Hunt
Fourth Avenue SE
Jolene Marx
Route 3
Brenda Sue Stroud
Bever Avenue SE
Drunk Driving Charge Filed Against Robert L Beaumont
Robert L Beaumont aged 46 was charged with drunk driving after officers stopped his car near Sixth Street and Thirty third Avenue SW at 2 25 a m Tuesday.
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Robert L. Beaumont
Sixth Street
Thirty-third Avenue
Cedar Rapids Briefs Highlight Local Notices and Incidents
Local notices report hospital visits for Mrs. Lilli Zimmerli at University Hospitals in Iowa City and various ads for services and sales. Theft and burglary reports include a saddle worth 600 dollars and home items valued at 600 dollars plus 263 dollars in cash and cards. a meeting of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band is noted for Wednesday at 6 30 p m. The College Community school board meeting is canceled and rescheduled for July 12.
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Lilli Zimmerli
Havencourt
University Hospitals
Iowa City
James Ganshirt
Sixth Street
Randy Schoenfeld
Keith Gerlick
College Community School Board
Weather and river notes plus anniversaries for the week
A weather snapshot reports high and low temperatures, precipitation, humidity, wind, and sun times with a June normal range and a 1977 total. It includes Mississippi river stage readings for several towns, a forecast of partly cloudy days and possible thunderstorms, and a 1965 note about U S and South Vietnamese leaflets over North Vietnam.
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U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Birth Announcements From Mercy St Luke's Highlight Local Families
June births reported at Mercy and St Luke's hospitals include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Leonard Kucera Blairstown and a son to Mr and Mrs Steve Kalous. St Luke's records list several newborns including two at 1632 Thirty-fourth Street NE and multiple twins and singles from various named parents and addresses. An El Paso Texas birth is noted for Daniel L Jackson’s daughter born June 22, with Jackson’s and Jackson family connections listed.
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Leonard Kucera
Blairstown
Steve Kalous
Heath Street
St. Luke's
Gerald W. Baker
Thirty-fourth Street
James R. Klima
First Street
Mark Hess
Waukon
Keith Beaure
el Paso
Texas
Daniel L. Jackson
Jackson
Richard Jackson
Sinclair Avenue
Herbert L. Dorsey
Eastern Avenue
Liquor Stores In Iowa To Close For Inventory
Iowa liquor stores will close Thursday for inventory until 4 p.m. The shutdown affects all retail outlets, with operations resuming after the four hour period.
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Iowa
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Mary Burke
Stott
Nebendah
Cedar Rapids Briefs
Temple Judah
Lindsay Lane
Bever Ave
32Nd St
Beverly Kusel Brumbaugh
Wright-Way R.V
Hiawatha
Adv
Ron Moore
Route 2
Sheriff's Deputies
Decorah
Emerald Knights
Montrose Hotel
St. George’s Church
United States
Jerome’s
Rare Iron Cross Begonias
Pierson’s Florists
Ellis Blvd
Avenue Floral
16Th Ave
Johnny’s Parkway
Ellis and
Five
John Erceg
Eleventh Street
Dennis
Diane Bizek
Don Treka
Twelfth Street
Breakin
Venus
Fycatne
C.R. Weather
Coralville Lake
Mississippi River
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Lansing
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Guttenberg
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Nationa
Ngeles
Tempel
Fain
Egend
New York State
Bill Malloy
The
Diamond Store of
Malloy Jewelers
Second Ave. SE
Mobile Home
Kmart
S.W
Collins Road
N.E
Orin
Paul
Tom
Bob
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Eileen Ann
Bernard Edward Heyer, Jr
Allen James
Teresa Ann Walkner
Carol Renee
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Jane L
David Humphrey
Virginia Marie
Victor Carl Miller
Sharon
Dean Holerud
Raymond K
Diane L. Houser
Catherine Ellen
Donald David Nagel
Edgewood Road
I-380
F Avenue
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Center Point Road
Johnson Avenue NW
Mainland
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
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Virgin Islands
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