Hotel Toledo Fire Destroys Top Floor. Minor Injuries Reported
Toledo fire chief Robert Walford and firefighters Doug Yuska and Larry Simpson inspect a burned-out apartment in Hotel Toledo after a blaze on the top floor of the three story brick hotel. The fire, believed to start in a stereo system, caused minor injuries to two firefighters and two residents. owner plans repairs with no cost estimate yet.
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Toledo
Robert Walford
Doug Yuska
Larry Simpson
Arbitrator backs Cedar Rapids city on firefighter wage increase
Arbitrator Milton O. Talent sided with Cedar Rapids, ordering a 7.6 percent salary increase for firefighters effective July 1. The decision rejects the union's 11 percent demand, accepts full family health coverage, and denies extra longevity pay and overtime compensation for alarm room operators.
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Milton O. Talent
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
International Association of Firefighters Local 1Y
Talent
Council On
City enters union arbitration on an up note
Cedar Rapids negotiators opened arbitration with AFSCME Local 620 after winning an earlier arbitration with the Firefighter's Union. Arbitrator Neil Bernstein heard four issues wages job classification upgrading citywide job bids and family insurance enrollment. The union seeks a wage hike of 13 percent while the city offers 8 percent plus insurance cost shifts. Bernstein promised a decision by Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union
Afscme
Neil Bernstein
Washington University
St. Louis
Fact Finder
David Mitchel
Forestry Department
Joe Day
Day
Sterling Benz
Bernstein
Police hunt two men in rusted gray Chevelle
Police seek two white men in a gray rusted Chevrolet Chevelle with out of state plates seen near Johnson Avenue NW at 9 16 p m A Cedar Rapids man reported a shotgun being aimed as he drove by A second incident reports Refugio Martinez Jr 31 arrested for reckless and drunk driving after a hit and run at Mike's Lounge Two other youths and a man charged with burglary weapons and license offenses with releases on recognizance
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Cedar Rapids
Johnson Avenue
Michael Bronson
Hanover Road
Bronson
Refugio Martinez Jr
C St
Mike
16Th Ave
Martinez
Viola Forde
42Nd St
Linda Eis
15Th Ave
Ronnie R. Bean
Third St
Marion
Bean
Linn County
Franklin Junior High
Weber L. Patterson Jr
Third Ave
Patterson
Memorial
Meadowbrook
Cab driver charged with assault and indecent behavior
Police charged Martin M. McEowen a 33 year old Yellow Cab driver with assault and indecent behavior after a southeast side woman said he diverted her to Otis Road SE and parked the car before engaging in indecent acts. She said no contact was reported. He was booked and released on a promise to appear.
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Martin M. McEowen
34Th St. NE
Yellow Cab Inc
McEowen
Otis Road SE
Destina
Cedar Rapids United traffic climbs while national drops
United Airlines reports systemwide passenger totals fell in January and February 1980, with February nationwide at 2.54 million versus 3.16 million the previous year. Cedar Rapids bucked the trend, with 17,382 passengers in February, up 5.2 percent from 16,525. Local manager Marty Kloska cites a 3 percent to 5 percent rise in the first two months, signaling a regional gain against a national decline led by higher fares and tougher competition per United chairman Richard J. Ferris.
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United
Cedar Rapids
Marty Kloska
United Airlines
Richard J. Ferris
Kloska
Cedars
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