Norma Rae of black America speaks on labor and leadership
Sylvia Woods, 72, a Chicago union organizer nicknamed the Norma Rae of black America, discusses union leadership, civil rights, and politics in Cedar Rapids. She recalls forming Chicago’s first laundry workers union in 1935 and her Bendix plant work, criticizing labor leaders while predicting Chicago’s first black mayor and Reagan’s missteps.
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Dale Kueter
Sylvia Woods
Chicago
West Side
Norma Rae
America
New Orleans
Laundry Workers
Bendix
Peoples Church
Cedar Rapids
Bill Winpisinger
International Machinists Union
Sylvia
Era
Reagan
Jane Byrne
Harold Washington
Congress
Million-dollar suit filed in fatal bicycle crash
Norma Salonic administrator of Robert A. Salonic estate sues Frank K. Collette then 15 and Thomas J. Jenascheck owner of the van in Linn County District Court. The suit claims Collette rear-ended Salonic on Highway 13 north of Marion April 17 1981. It seeks 750000 for estate losses and 250000 in punitive damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. “Bear
Salonic
Highway 13
Marion
Linn County
Norma
Frank K. Collette
Thomas J. Jenascheck
Delaware County
Collette
Route 1
Manchester
Jenascheck
Mississippi Valley Reinstates Cedar Rapids Des Moines Flights
Mississippi Valley Airlines will reinstate round trip service between Cedar Rapids and Des Moines starting June 13 with two daily flights. On the same day, the 19 passenger planes on Cedar Rapids Kansas City and Omaha routes will be replaced by 30 passenger Shorts SD-30s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley Airlines
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
MVA
Pat Thompson
Kansas City
Omaha
Volunteers sought for cheese distribution in Linn County
Volunteers are urged to deliver surplus federal American processed cheese to home bound residents in Linn County. About 300 elderly or disabled residents may miss out without at least eight volunteers. Deliveries require only a couple of hours. another site at Covington Church runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call Mary Hadenfeldt at 366-7631 to volunteer.
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Linn County
Mary Hadenfeldt
Hawkeye
Hadenfeldt
Linn
Covington Church
Cedar Rapids adopts nuclear freeze resolution faces federal reply
The city receives a federal response to a council resolution calling for freezing nuclear weapons and pursuing arms reduction talks. Philip A. Farris of the defense department writes that the administration supports arms control and cites Reagan’s proposals and May remarks at Eureka College. Local activists complained the resolution lacked their input and a model template.
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Cedar Rapids
Lois Keller
Philip A. Farris
Secretary of Defense
Reagan
Eureka College
Illinois
2Nd Congressional District
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The
Woods
Mississippi Valley
Caspar W. Weinberger
Keller
Killian
Mastercard
American Express
Visa
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