Meatworkers accept pay cut amid plant closure threat
National UFCW leaders condemn the Estherville Morrell plant wage cut of two dollars per hour and reduced benefits as management cites lack of competitiveness. Workers face a take‑it‑or‑lose‑your‑job choice, mirroring Dubuque Packing with broader auto industry belt‑tightening triggering mid‑life contract renegotiations to align wages with market realities.
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United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Estherville
Morrell
Iowa
Estherville Beef Plant
U.S
White House push to loosen Voting Rights Act provisions
The White House proposes two amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that could weaken protections. It seeks to liberalize bail-out provisions for discriminating jurisdictions and shift from effect to intent in proving discrimination. Southern states remain monitored as black representation trails their populations, with reapportionment efforts challenged for diluting black voting power.
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White House
South
Justice Department
START and Theater Nuclear Talks With Brezhnev in View
The piece weighs whether Reagan can push START from rhetoric to real negotiation. It argues the zero option emphasizes theater talks, notes Brezhnev’s rejection, and flags Western limits: uncertain Western support, doubts among NATO experts, and the imbalance in conventional forces shaping START prospects.
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New York
Reagan
Europe
Brezhnev
NATO
United States
Washington
Soviet Union
North America
Start
Thrift shop heat vs oil giants spark a quirky fuel debate
A narrator mocks oil and deregulation while promoting thrift-store fuel options. He lights heat with Casanova memoirs, a 1929 velveteen settee, and zoot suits, arguing oil price spikes and deregulation push consumers toward unconventional warmth. The piece blends satire with energy concerns and wary humor about changing energy costs.
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Casanova
Letters on Educational Issue in Iowa City Sparks Debate
Julia Bedell chairperson of music at South East Junior High condemns personal attacks and ad hominem remarks directed at Dr. James Ferguson while praising community engagement in an Iowa City educational matter. Since 1979, music performance within guidelines overseen by Dr. Cronin and principals is defended as part of achieving intelligent questioning and answer development in education.
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Iowa City
James Ferguson
Cronin
Julia Bedell
Music South East Junior High
Letter on school music program and advertising timing
A reader defends the South East Junior High music curriculum after an Oct 29 concert and criticizes improper ad timing in the Gazette. The writer urges Dr. Ferguson to scrutinize curriculum procedures and asks advertisers to publish notices for future days rather than single day sales.
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South East Junior High
Gazette
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