Arbitration grants Cedar Rapids firefighters larger package
Arbitrator Harvey Nathan awarded Cedar Rapids Local 11 firefighters a package about 55 000 more than the city offered. The ruling gives a 7 percent wage increase July 1 plus paid dental insurance and DXL medical coverage, while the city had proposed 4 percent raise and insurance only. The city must adjust its budget, potentially cutting two fire department vacancies if needed.
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Nathan
Cedar Rapids
Jim Miller
Miller
Wholesale price drop seen as good news in recession
The Labor Department reported a 0.1 percent February fall in the Producer Price Index for finished goods, the first decline since February 1976, sparking mixed views. White House officials called it good news on inflation, while private economists warned it reflects economic weakness and a severe recession.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Larry Speakes
Murray Weidenbaum
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Statesman Seeks $5 Million For New Museum From Herrick Bequest
Des Moines attorney L Carl Dickinson urged a special committee to use a $5.1 million bequest from G G Herrick to fund a new Iowa state museum. He argued a historic building would honor Herrick and Iowa's early road builders while allowing the state to decide the final use. Dickinson hoped Herrick would be pleased with the outcome.
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Judy Daubenmier
Wette
Des Moines
Bureau
L. Carl Dickinson
G.G. Herrick
Dickinson
Glenn Herrick
Iowa
Herrick
Glenn
Nicaraguan prisoner retracts Cuba El Salvador claims
In Washington Orlando Jose Tardencillas Espinosa recants earlier confession of Sandinista training and Cuban influence in El Salvador. He says torture and threats forced him to lie, and that a U S Embassy official pressured him to testify against Americans.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
State Department
el Salvador
Orlando Jose Tardencillas Espinosa
Cuba
Ethiopia
Nicaragua
Tardencillas
Dean Fischer
U.S
Fire litigation over Coralville duplex damages reaches jury
Johnson County District Court jurors awarded $25 815 to Coralville duplex owners Dennis Gordon and David Huston for a 1978 fire. The suit named Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co. Lee Gripp Transfer Co. Ruth Ladearious and Barbara Bianchi. Damages were assessed against the transfer firm Ladearious and Bianchi.
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Ins Wuurny Bureau
Iowa City
Johnson County District Court
Coralville
Iowa Citions
Dennis Gordon
David Huston
Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Lee Gripp Transfer Co
Davenport
Ruth Ladearious
Texas
Barbara Bianchi
Clinton
19Th Ave
Ladearious
Bianchi
E. David Wright
Cedar Rapids
Coralville Fire Department
Politician Faces Scrutiny Over Public Trust Claims
A veteran political figure is accused of misrepresenting facts to the public while maintaining a calm, controlled voice. The exchange centers on accountability and the duty to inform voters.
Freeway Killer Bonin sentenced to death in California
William George Bonin, the so called Freeway Killer, was sentenced to death in Los Angeles for the sex torture murders of 10 young men and boys. He was ordered to be executed in the San Quentin gas chamber and to serve 10 consecutive life terms if any death sentence is commuted or reduced.
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Los Angeles Times
LOS Angeles
William George Bonin
San Quentin
Los Angeles Superior Court
William Keene
Bonin
Keene
Supreme Court
Orange County
California
San Bernardino
Kern
Riverside
San Diego
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International Association of Firefighters
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
FMAMJ
Producer Price Index
Tom Merryman
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Salvador
Marion
State Supreme Court
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