Elmcrest Hepatitis scare prompts shots at Cedar Rapids
Health officials report dozens received hepatitis immune serum globulin vaccines after Elmcrest Country Club warned members and guests of exposure. Hospitals including Mercy and St Luke's logged 25 to 97 shots as Elmcrest officials notified 550 members to consult physicians. The exposed food worker from April 15 to 26 remains hospitalized. authorities stressed containment and timely vaccination.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmcrest Country Club
Mercy Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
Elmcrest
St. Robert W. Weley
George Ludlow
Country Club
Ludlow
Linn County
al Ahearn
State Health Department
Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ahern
Sewage Plant Fees Cut But Cost Still High for Industry
Industrial users face reduced but still steep charges for the new wastewater treatment plant. Total project cost about 60 million with 75 percent federal, 5 percent state, 20 percent local funding. Local share largely falls on industry. Penick and Ford corn syrup plant closure shifts burden to others. Wilson Foods remains vocal as rates climb from 1.577 to 1.355 million for its portion, still above prior estimates.
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Penick and Ford, Ltd
Wilson Foods
Wilson’s
Penick and
Ford
Food Stamp Plan Approved by Senate Agriculture Committee
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved President Carter's plan to waive fees for some food stamp coupons to enable others to be issued free. The tentative 11-6 vote signals Carter’s proposals will likely be adopted as the committee advances them. Chairman Herman Talmadge opposed the approach and warned of possible cash welfare conversion within a year.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Carter
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Police Pay Hike 40 Cents an Hour in Cedar Rapids Contract
The Cedar Rapids city police contract with Teamsters Local 238 calls for a uniform wage increase of 40 cents per hour across the board. The 7.6 percent figure cited earlier in Monday's Gazette was incorrect.
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Cedar Rapids
Teamsters Local
Arrest Made In Cedar Rapids Danish Book World Heist
Cedar Rapids police and Linn County deputies arrested 17 year old Clarence Lee Barker of Omaha after an armed robbery at Danish Book World on Sixth Street Southwest. About $96 cash was taken and a .22 pistol was used. Barker faces robbery with aggravation charges. deputies charged him with two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Clarence Lee Barker
Omaha
Neb
Danish Book World
Sixth Street
Barker
Highway 30 West
Students honored at St. Olaf honors day convocation
Cedar Rapids students Sarah B. Lindsay William B. Malone Sarah M. Meek and Joan L. Windus are among 953 St. Olaf College honorees for maintaining at least a 3.2 GPA at the annual honors day convocation in Northfield Minnesota.
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St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Sarah B. Lindsay
Carroll Drive
William B. Malone
Applewood
Place
Sarah M. Meek
First Avenue
Joan L. Windus
Twenty-ninth Street
Two More Unions Vote Extension in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids painters plan to vote on a contract Friday with other building trades unions possibly voting by week’s end. The painters extended their pact to week’s end while bricklayers accepted a two week extension. Seven trades’ contracts expired Saturday midnight and May or June expirations loom. Painters negotiate with Cedar Rapids Painters and Decorating Contractors Assn. and other crafts with Allied Construction Interests. Friday meeting set for 5 30 p m at 5000 J Street SW. A wage fringe pack age of 60 cents an hour was reportedly offered. a rejection could prompt a strike next Monday.
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Cedar Rapids Painters
Painters
Bricklayers
Cedar Rapids
Union
J Street
Four Charged With Drunk Driving In Separate Incidents
Four individuals faced drunk driving charges this week. Harold H. Lindsey, 26, was arrested at 8:55 p.m. Monday after his vehicle struck two parked cars near A avenue and Twelfth street NE. James Lee Sprague, 25, was taken into custody at 10:30 p.m. Monday after driving into a ditch three miles east of Marion. Virginia Lee Nelson, 41, was arrested at 3:55 p.m. in the 5700 block of Briarwood street SW. Dale W. Travis, 22, of Mt. Vernon, was arrested on First street west in Mt. Vernon at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday. Today former boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson is 57 years old.
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Harold H. Lindsey
B Avenue NE
A Avenue
Twelfth Street
James Lee Sprague
Ellis Boulevard
Marion
Virginia Lee Nelson
Route 1
Springville
Briarwood Street
Dale W. Travis
Third Avenue
Mt. Vernon
First Street
Instant Coffee Price Jump Hits Nestle Brands
Nestle announced wholesale price increases on all soluble coffees effective May 28, with consumer prices for Tasters Choice decaf 8 ounce jars rising to six fifty per jar and regular Nescafe 10 ounce jars at five ninety five. The move follows a 440 percent rise in green bean costs since the 1975 frost that damaged much of Brazil's crop and a 140 percent IC O price index surge over the last year. Brazil supplies about 60 percent of U.S. green beans. The lag to shopper prices has stretched to at least 60 days. ON THIS DATE in 1859 France declared war on Austria.
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White Plains
N.Y
UPI
Nestle Co., Inc
Brazil
U.S
Nestle
International Coffee Organization
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