Chamber directors protest flight cuts and tax reform push
The Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce called for a strong protest to United Airlines over three Cedar Rapids Chicago flights being cut in April and urged FAA and lawmakers to consider the impact. The board backed tax rollback efforts with the Greater Downtown Cedar Rapids Association and discussed Kansas City Southern potentially taking over Rock Island service in Iowa.
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FAA
Iowa
United
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Denver
Chamber
Cedar Rapids Association
General Assembly
Kansas City Southern
Rock Island
Faxon
Association
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Iowa Department of Transportation
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Former union officers fail in damages suit
Two ex Carpenters Union Local 308 officers Warren Smith and Earl Edwards lost their damages suit in Linn District Court. They had claimed malice in removal actions by rival officers and sought 150000 dollars combined. Judge Ansel Chapman found no proof of wrongdoing and that the defendants acted in good faith while interpreting union rules.
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Carpenters Union Local 308
Warren Smith
Hiawatha
Earl Edwards
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Eugene Shoehigh
Omaha
Five Rivers District Council
of Unions
James Christensen
Calvin Kennedy
Harold Heath
Edwards
Smith
General Office
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Ansel Chapman
Philadelphia
International
Congress Opens in Incomplete Capitol on Opening Day
On this date in 1880 Congress convened in the unfinished Capitol, marking a historic session despite ongoing construction and missing final finishings.
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Congress
Capitol
Dysart editor leaves for Independence post
Dysart based Dysart Reporter editor and GM Lee Benarden will depart at month end to take an editor role with Independence Newspapers in Independence. Drinda Stanger, a Des Moines native and 1978 Iowa State journalism graduate, is named editor to replace him. She has served at the Reporter for several months after previously reporting for the Tama News Herald.
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Dysart
Lee Benarden
Independence
Drinda Stanger
Des Moines
Bonarden
Iowa State University
Tama News Herald
Tama
Gate City
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids Gazette historic masthead details and pricing
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 and published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, with 52 week options and territory restrictions. The paper notes AP exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U Territories
Gazette
Associated Press
Driver Escapes Serious Injury In Creek Bed Crash
Davenport man Franklin Beck, 42, was shaken but unhurt aside from minor cuts after his yogurt truck was forced off Highway 151 between Marion and Springville. He drove onto the bridge’s south side to avoid a head on collision, the vehicle plummeting into the creek below after shearing the railing. A semitrailer had earlier damaged the same bridge railing on July 30.
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Davenport
Highway 151
Marion
Springville
Franklin Beck
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Cedar Rapids-Chicago
2Nd Ave. S.W
Independence Post
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3Rd St
8Th Avenues
F.D.I.C
Stee
Tom Fruehling
SONY
Sundy
Bankamericard
VISA
Technics
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