Linn County CETA row with feds over UAW costs grows
Cedar Rapids officials press Department of Labor over $33 078 questioned charges from UAW tied to CETA contracts. Linn County Consortium director Larry Harmon seeks audit clarity, argues some costs are allowable, and plans to reply to Labor while pursuing recovery steps with UAW.
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Cedar Rapids
Donald Canney
Cecil A. Reed
Department of Labor
Kansas City
CETA
Linn County
United Auto Workers
UAW
Canney
Larry Harmon
Linn County Consortium
Linn
Harmon
Department of
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Labor Department
Linn Consortium
Department
Kopel plans audit report on Linn clinic
Merle Kopel said he will issue Thursday a report on an audit of an experimental anti depressant drug study at Linn County Psychiatric Clinic. Supervisor Joe Rinas questions propriety, as county funds support the clinic and concerns over study details persist. The audit aims to ensure reimbursement from Ayerst Laboratories and will include recommendations. ON THIS DATE in 1974 the White House announced George Schultz’s resignation as Secretary of the Treasury.
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Linn
Merle Kopel
Linn County
Joe Rinas
Kopel
Ayerst Laboratories
R. Paul Penningroth
Rinas
Penningroth
White House
George Schultz
the Treasury
Sertoma honors three area police officers for service
Three law enforcement personnel received Sertoma awards at the Greater Downtown Sertoma Club gathering. Cedar Rapids Patrolman Ted McLeod won the lifesaving medal for preventing a jumper from falling from the 16th Avenue bridge. Linn County Deputy Norman Copenhagen and Marion Detective Robert Chiafos earned service awards for years of dedicated duty and bomb squad work, with Chiafos also pursuing criminology studies at Mount Mercy College.
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Sertoma Club
Cedar Rapids
Ted McCleod
McLeod
16Th Avenue
Gareth Clift
Clift
Linn County Sheriffs
Norman Popenhagen
Orlie Workman
Copenhagen
Marion
Robert Chiafos
Sertoma
Larry D. Lavender
Chiafos
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids subscription rates by carrier 1.15 per week mail 7 issues 4 weeks 52 weeks. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to use for republication of all local news and AP news graphics.
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Gazette Company
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
City limits days allowed in Five Seasons Parkade
Cedar Rapids council adopted a rule restricting vehicle parking in the Five Seasons Parkade to seven consecutive days without movement or prior arrangements. A 1970 Ford station wagon has been in the ramp since December 20 with a $160 tab and no owner located. If left beyond seven days, unarranged cars may be towed to protect revenue and deterrence of abandoned parking.
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Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Parkade
Mel Meyer
Meyer
Kansas City
Woman sworn in as Cedar Rapids airport safety officer
Judy Graham, 30, of 3018 Henderson Ave SE, becomes the first woman on Cedar Rapids airport safety force, increasing the unit to 13 officers. Training completed at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, she now patrols the airport and learns firefighting techniques. Her husband and brother-in-law also serve in local law enforcement.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Judy Graham
Henderson Ave
Graham
John
Edgewood
Colesburg
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Des Moines
First Town Meeting Held in Boston in 1743
On this date in 1743 the first town meeting in America was held in Boston marking an early step in colonial self governance. The event underscored local civic assembly traditions that shaped town governance across the colonies.
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America
Boston
Grant Wood salaries raised seven percent in arbitration ruling
Arbitrator Richard Miller ruled for Grant Wood Area Education Agency administration increasing 1979 80 salaries 7 percent for employees represented by the education association. The decision sets a $10 645 base, within presidential guidelines, and aims to keep services for seven counties. State statute required choosing the best offer though the association sought 9.3 percent.
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Grant Wood Area
Erik Driessen
GWAEA
Driessen
Jim Davis
Cedar Rapids Community Schools
Davis
Grant Wood
Education Association
Miller
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