Dozen Halloween candy tampering reports in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police logged well over a dozen complaints Sunday and Monday about suspicious Halloween booty. Two girls, ages 12 and 10, were examined after eating candy and popcorn. doctors suspected more imagination than tampering. Authorities noted pins in bars and apples, blue coating on suckers, and a gooey substance on a bar. An egg in a carton appeared altered with cracks and small white objects inside.
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Cedar Rapids
Political mail blamed for VA pension checks delay
In Cedar Rapids officials denied the delays were caused by political mail. The Gazette reporter learned that delivery problems stemmed from an internal error. About 3,000 checks due November 1 were not all delivered Monday and were postponed to today.
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Cedar Rapids
Mail Dispatch Department
the Gazette
Leichliter Heads Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby Board
Leichliter elected president of the Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby Association at a Sunday meeting at the Jaycee Clubhouse. John Pepper becomes secretary. Barb Taylor vice president. Donald Moffatt secretary. Five directors named: Joel Cronbaugh Hep Hentrich Roger Hoffman Marcus Lawrence Fred Ridenour. A year long six pack pizza fundraiser announced with kits at 14.95 and monthly delivery. Mary Burns named project chair with contact number 362-6357.
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Nevin Leichliter
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids
John Pepper
Marion
Barb Taylor
Terrace Hill Drive
Donald Moffatt
Pawnee Drive
Jaycee
Joel Cronbaugh
Hep Hentrich
Roger Hoffman
Marcus Lawrence
Fred Ridenour
Cedar Rapids Jaycees
Murdock backs faster snow plan with more tandem trucks
Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock proposes using more tandem axle trucks for initial snow clearing on flat arterial streets to speed opening of main routes. Graders handle hilly streets and residential areas after.
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Cedar Rapids
Murdock
College district keeps current wage schedule for teachers
The College Community School District offered no change to the wage schedule, keeping step increases and a total 2.34 percent rise across all teachers worth 75,188 dollars. The proposal was voiced at Prairie High School during a public negotiation session with the College Community Education Association as talks move behind closed doors.
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College Community
Gary Ray
Ray and Associates, Inc
Ray
Prairie High School
College Community Education Association
Education Association
al Maas
Cedar Rapids Firefighters Seek 10 Percent Pay Hike
Local 11 of the IAFF seeks a 10 percent across the board raise for 139 members next fiscal year. They want paid family dental insurance, active style coverage for retired 55 to 65 year olds at personal cost, and paid union convention delegates. Union leaders call the proposal realistic while the city says it will respond Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
International Association of Firefighters
Ron Kuhlman
Jim Miller
Firefighters’ Union
Miller
UAW Members Ratify Harnischfeger Pact in Cedar Rapids
United Auto Workers Local 1316 members at Harnischfeger Corp construction equipment division in Cedar Rapids ratified a three year labor contract through November 3, 1985. The agreement provides no wage increase this year with raises planned in years two and three and fringe benefit adjustments.
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United Auto Workers Local 1316
Harnischfeger Corp
Cedar Rapids
Harnischfeger
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