United pilots strike after stalled talks over pay
United Airlines pilots walk out after contract talks stall over two tier pay. ALPA spokesman Dave Jewell said 5 300 pilots are striking following the midnight deadline amid ongoing mediation efforts.
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Boston
United Airlines
Dave Jewell
Chicago
Air Line Pilots Association
United
National Mediation Board
Meredith Buel
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Novak
Private wine sales may not mean Sunday sales
Iowa lawmakers who backed private wine sales believed Sunday carryout would be allowed. Liquor Director Patrick Cavanaugh said the statute does not provide for Sunday wine sales, while Sen. Richard Drake argued the bill intended equal treatment with beer and Sunday carryout from 10 a.m. to midnight.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
ES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Patrick Cavanaugh
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
Drake
Senate Commerce Committee
Circus Parade Grabs Cedar Rapids Streets Tonight
El Kabir Shrine Circus crowds Cedar Rapids as cars and elephants fill downtown for a parade. The show rolls into Five Seasons Center tonight with three additional performances scheduled Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
el Kabir Shrine Circus
Five Seasons Center
Oregon Opens Lottery With King Kong Stunt Event
Oregon launches its lottery with a $50,000 media stunt featuring an eight story King Kong on the Portland city building and balloons containing tickets. The spectacle drew thousands, including a crowd following helium balloons as they drifted away. Similar promotions ran in four other cities with gorilla costumes distributing flyers.
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Portland
King Kong
Washington State
Oregon
Jerry Florence
Pihas, Schmidt, Westerdahl
U S snubs Islamic Holy War demand over hostages in Lebanon
The White House says the United States will not be intimidated by threats from Islamic Jihad in Lebanon. Families of four American hostages push administration to do more. a released Irish UN official and Jesse Jackson seek paths to freeing detainees.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
White House
United States
Lebanon
U.N
Ireland
Islamic Jihad
U.S. Marine
Beirut
Jihad
U.S
America
Our Brothers
Kuwait
Lawrence Jenco
Joliet
Ill
Congress
Reagan
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
National Airport
Treasury checks lure farmers into Oregon trust scheme
Senate aide Grassley warns Iowa farmers trading farmland for so called obligation checks risk losing land or cash. Treasury says the Oregon trust notes are not official instruments or cash redeemable by the federal government. The trust claims the government owes 100 million dollars for uranium ore and uses letters to recruit Midwest farmers.
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David Lynch
Washington
Charles Grassley
Lowa
Treasury Department
Grassley
Oregon Trust
Treasury
Iowa
U.S. Treasury
Oregon
Midwest
Trust
Noti
Ore
Robert Wright
Missouri
Wright
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