Grant Wood negotiations stall over fact finder issues
Negotiations between Grant Wood area education staff and the board stalled at the fact finding stage because the chosen fact finder is unavailable due to a busy schedule. The Public Employment Relations Board will propose a new list from which a new fact finder may be selected, as agency administrator Dwight Bode stated. The board said salaries may be retroactive to July and noted continued contracts for current staff while hiring remains difficult without a signed contract.
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Empoyes
Grant Wood Area
Education Agency
Grant Wood Board
Coralville
Public Employment Relations Board
Dwight Bode
Bode
Dallas Bryant
Grant Wood Education Assn
Kathy Aller
Grant Wood
John Cordes
Grant Wood Agency
Sixth Street
Mid Iowa Data Processing Center
Bode Sain
Mt. Vernon
Springville
Beeun
University of Iowa Hospitals
St. Luke's Hospital
Kelchen Faces Linn County Jail Supervision Promise
Republican candidate Larry Kelchen told Linn County Republican Women's Club that if elected sheriff he would maintain close supervision of the Linn county jail. He argued frequent tours are needed to know what is happening there and urged the audience to vote on June 6.
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Linn County
Republican Women's Club
Larry Kelchen
Kelchen
Traffic Cone Heist Spurs City Discussion at Council
City Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer told council thieves took about 900 orange traffic cones in two years, dropping stock from 1,200 to under 300. Mayor Canney suggested cones end up as home decorations, and officials discussed rewards for information and public notices, with no decision reached.
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Mel Meyer
Meyer
Wwe
Donald Canney
Canney
Loses Eye in Using Screwdriver Damages Sought
A Central City man filed a 128500 suit in Linn district court against Shirley R. Zelezny and the estate of Edwin J. Zelezny over an October incident. He says a screwdriver borrowed from a rural couple while repairing a combine brake flew into his left eye causing permanent vision loss. The petition accuses the defendants of negligence including supervision, defective tool, no goggles, and improper instructions for removing the hydraulic seal.
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William M. Welter
Linn
Shirley R. Zelezny
Edwin J. Zelezny
Zeleznys
C R Man Arrested On Marijuana Count
Calvin Love age 23 of 623 Seventh Avenue SE was charged with possession of a controlled substance by Cedar Rapids police Monday night. The arrest followed a stop on a warrant for a traffic violation at about 9 45 PM and a small quantity of suspected marijuana was found. On this date in 1951 the United Nations moved to its new Manhattan headquarters.
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Y Calvin Love
Ovente SE
Cedar Rapids
Love
United Nations
Lake Success
N.Y
Manhattan
Leighton
Nicky Brammer
Eighth Street
Mercy
Harvey J. Goodenough
Twenty-third Street
Eighth Avenue
Seventh Street
Brummer
Peter John Hagen
Country Club Drive
Marion
St. Luke's
Northland Avenue
Blairs Ferry Road
Cynthia K. Overly
Sixth Avenue SE
Martin
First Avenue W
Nine Are Injured in Seven Crashes in Cedar Rapids
Ning persons were injured in seven unrelated accidents in Cedar Rapids Monday. The incidents involved youths and adults from several neighborhoods, with injuries ranging from minor to facial fractures. Police reported traffic violations in several cases and noted cars were driven at speeds and signals misjudged at multiple intersections.
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Ning
Cedar Rapids
Franklin Gregory Lane
Summer Circle
Loia Edith Blackhun
West Post Road
St. Luke's Hospital
Weing Road
Forty-second Street
Lane
William Robert Niederhauser
Mt. Vernon
Mercy Hospital
Ike Frederick Steitzer
Country Club Drive
Blairs Ferry Road
David Patrick Huk
Fifteenth Street
Mercy
Leonard A. Butters
Indianola
Eighth Avenue
First Street
Butters
Gary Gardener
C Avenue NE
St. Luke's
Jeffery’ Allen Leighton
Bever Avenue
Dangerous drugs reported stolen from Fifth Avenue Pharmacy
Police report states dangerous drugs in an emergency kit were stolen from a locked cabinet at Fifth Avenue Pharmacy, 1220 Fifth Avenue SE, sometime during the week end. Improper administration could cause serious injury or death.
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Fifth Avenue Pharmacy
Fifth Avenue SE
Services Pending For Arthur Blofield
Arthur C. Blofield 67 of Coggan died Tuesday in Iowa City after a long illness. He lived in Coggan 30 years, born December 28, 1908 in Control City, married Earth Avis March 27, 1997 in Cedar Rapids. A farmer and milk hauler, he was a World War II Army veteran and member of the United Methodist church at Coggon. Survived by wife, daughter Jan 5 Blofield at home, sons Terry L. Blofield Fremont CA and Ken G. Blofield Burnsville MN, brother Loyd Blofield Central City, four grandchildren. Arrangements pending Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. burial Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Thought for today: Napoleon did supremely well many things that it was supremely ill to do. Herbert Samuel Liberal leader
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Cocoon
Arthur C. Blofield
Coggan
Iowa City
Control City
Earth Avis
Cedar Rapids
Blofield
United Methodist Church
Coggon
Jan
Terry
L. Blofield
Freemont
Calif
Ken G. Blofield
Burnaville
Minn
Loyd Blofield
Central City
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Napoleon
Herbert Samuel
Victor Woman Rita Park Death Under Investigation
Mrs. Richard Rita Park, 53, was found dead Monday in a car at her Victor home. A ruling on the death is pending by the deputy county medical examiner. Services are set for Wednesday at 10:90 am at St Brigel's Catholic Church with a rosary Tuesday at 8 pm at McAninch's, Victor. Bicentennial note recalls Gen John Sullivan writing to Gen George Washington about pay for nonexisting or reduced Continental units.
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Victor
Richard
Rita) Park
Long County
John Sullivan
George Washington
Albany
N.Y
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