Jepsen urges embargo on all trade with Soviets
U S Senator Roger Jepsen with Senator Mack Mattingly and over 55 colleagues calls for an across the board embargo on Soviet trade to supersede the grain embargo. He argues the current policy harms farmers and fails to deter Soviet aggression.
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Jepsen
Soviets
Washington
U.S
Roger Jepsen
A-Iown
Soviet Union
Mack Mattingly
R-Ga
Defense Intelligence Agency
General Accounting Office
McLaughlin Named New MVA Head and CEO
John J. Louis Jr. announced Burl W. McLaughlin elected to the board and appointed president and chief executive of Mississippi Valley Airlines. McLaughlin succeeds Charles A. Draine, who stepped down as chairman in December but remains a director and major stockholder. Draine cited other business interests. McLaughlin is senior vice president of TH Inc Consulting Group International and has prior executive roles at Eastern Airlines and United Airlines.
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Mississippi Valley Airlines
John J. Louis Jr
Burl W. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Charles A. Draine
Draine
TH Inc. Consulting Group International of
New York
Northeastern
Eastern Airlines
United Airlines
Drunk Driving Arrest Quota Dropped for Iowa Patrol
Iowa State Patrol eliminates the five drunk driving arrests per year requirement while keeping a six motorist contacts daily standard. Public Safety Commissioner William Miller said 130 troopers missed the arrests last year, but only eight failed the contact target. policy shifts take effect April 1 with possible discipline for low performers.
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Des Moines
Patrol
Ed Dickinson
Public Safety
William Miller
Miller
State Troopers Association
Dickinson
Iowa
Central City and Linn County Update Burglary, Drunk Driving and Franchises
A $500 portable television was stolen from William Stickley's 3403 Rogers Road NW between 11 p.m. Monday and 4 a.m. Tuesday. Dean Baumann reported $315 of tools missing from a polo building on Route 3 Central City between Sunday evening and Monday afternoon. Central City voters will decide Tuesday on renewing a 25 year General Telephone Co. of the Midwest franchise with noon to 8 p.m. polling at the fire station. Four people were arrested for drunk driving in Linn County with arrests in Marion Cedar Rapids and elsewhere. Louis Blair, former St. Luke's administrator, received the 1981 Distinguished Service Award from the American Protestant Hospital Association in San Antonio.
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William Stickley
Rogers Road
Central City
Dean Baumann
Sheriff's Deputies
General Telephone Co
Midwest
Central City Telephone System
Linn County
Robert O. Hook
Ridgemore Drive
Harlan E. Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Louis B. Blair
Thompson Drive
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
College of Chaplains
American Protestant Hospital Association
Blair
San Antonio
Texas
St. Luke’s
Division of Health and Welfare
Board of Global Ministries
United Methodist Church
Linn Co op shelves gasohol plan amid high costs
Linn Cooperative Oil Co of Marion puts its gasohol still project on hold amid a wait and see stance due to administration changes and higher interest rates. GM Arnie Gertsen cites increased production and petroleum costs, slower farmer purchases, and ongoing market uncertainties while noting a 1.051 million savings on 18.3 million in sales and potential Center Point area expansion for ammonia facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Cooperative Oil Co
Marion
Arnie Gertsen
Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Gertsen
Center Point
Co-Op
Dennis Etzel
Alburnett
Bob Zinkula
Mount Vernon
Paul Lillie
Charles Webster
Troy Mills
Maurice Garnett
Four North Linn teachers eyed for layoff amid budget cuts
North Linn administrators recommended to the school board that four of 68 instructors be terminated to trim costs. The proposed layoffs target Laurie Brown, Linda Dearinger, Michelle Elam, and Carol Nagle with five day hearings possible. Nagle requested a May 4 hearing. The board also rejected resignations of football coach Jerry Senters and softball coach Raymond Owens.
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North Linn Community School
Robert Timmons
Timmons
Laurie Brown
Walker
Linda Dearinger
Michelle Elam
Coggan
Carol Nagle
Nagle
Jerry Senters
Raymond Owens
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John McCarroll
C.R
33Rd Avenue
Charles D. Glen
14Th Street
Howard W. Price
Route 1
Midway
Linn Co-op
Gasohol
By al Swegle
Garetta Farmadita
North Linn
Linn Health
Dial
Ifor
Seront
Klinger Office Supply
3Rd Ave
Northrup King
Touch 'N Cycle Engine
von Shield A
Highway 149
Westdale Mall
First Avenue SE
Lindale Mail
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