Milwaukee Embargo Persists as Rail Shutdown Strands Cars
Nash Finch warehouse chief Shippers Al Flaten reports three loaded railcars of cereal and paper plus sixteen coal cars stranded in Marion yards. The Milwaukee shutdown halts most operations west of Miles City and leaves 1,800 Milwaukee employees laid off system wide as Congress fights stopgap plans.
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Nash Finch
Marion
Iowa Electric
Sixth Street
Milwaukee
Flaten
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Railroad
Kansas City
Rapid City
S.C
Minneapolis
Elgin
Lowell Fossum
Chicago
Judge finds no anti trust violation by Cedar Rapids Realtors
Linn District Court rules the Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors MLS does not violate state anti trust law. Judge Ansel Chapman says membership requirements are reasonable and access to the service promotes competition benefiting the public. He notes access is not essential for real estate success in the county. ON THIS DATE in 1864, money order introduced.
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Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors
Linn
Iowa
Heritage books still coming for Linn County reprints
The Linn County Heritage Society reports delays in the 1878 History of Linn County Iowa reprint. Books arrived a month late, a cover error required a return to Walsworth Publishing in Marceline Missouri. Books were shipped to Missouri and may be ready for order distribution by the end of November.
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Linn County
Iowa
Linn County Heritage Society
Carol Powell
Heritage Society
Walsworth Publishing Co
Marceline
Missouri
Burd Elected President of St Luke's Hospital Board
Charles E. Burd of Route 1 North Liberty becomes president of the St Luke's Methodist Hospital board at the annual meeting. Burd, a senior VP for American Federal Savings and Loan, has served on multiple committees since joining in 1973 and is Cedar Rapids Hospital Council member. Six new board members also announced: Horace Webb, Mrs Norman Lipsky, Mrs Don Schmidt, E W Munsell, Mrs William Coppock, and David Clark.
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Charles E. Burd
North Liberty
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Burd
American Federal Savings and Loan
First American Service Corp
Waterloo
Grinnell College
Indiana University
St. Luke’s Board
Cedar Rapids Hospital Council
Newly St. Luke’s Board
Horace Webb
Norman Lipsky
Don Schmidt
E.W. Munsell
William Coppock
David Clark
Extension fair at Lindale Mall hosts crafts and energy demos
Iowa State University Extension Service sponsors a fall fair at Lindale Mini Mall 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday with displays on woodburning stoves energy saving toys and education costs. The event features Create-a-Toy contests dolls for donation more than 150 toy trucks for needy children prizes include 50 dollar savings bonds and 11 categories with first second and third place awards.
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Iowa State University Extension Service
Lindale
Richard Holthaus
Merchants National Bank
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Des Moines
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Second Street
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