Teamsters trial delayed to November in extortion case
Four Cedar Rapids Teamsters officials face trial in U S District Court on an indictment accusing them of conspiring to threaten non union drivers with force and fear to collect an initiation fee. The trial date moved from October 13 to November 30 due to scheduling conflicts. Names include Harry J. Wilford Herman J. Casten Everett G. Dague and Herman Boeding. The case stems from alleged criminal activity at a construction site and seeks to deny drivers union representation.
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Cedar Rapids Teamsters
Harry J. Wilford
Herman J. Casten
Everett G. Dague
Herman Boeding
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Couple files suit over care facility rent and benefits
A Fort Dodge couple claims Webster County care facility placement violated civil rights after they were denied veteran and general relief benefits. The suit seeks injunctive rent payment, nominal and actual damages, and punitive damages, arguing students at Iowa Central Community College are improperly deemed ineligible despite disability.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
Richard
Cheryl Pfander
Iowa Central Community College
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Legal Services Corporation of Iowa
Pfander
Pfanders
Rancher arraigned in cattle theft case in Cedar Rapids
Delayne Elmer Long, 37, a rancher from Osage Kansas, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids on a charge of transporting cattle stolen from a Nebraska ranch to a Mechanicsville safe barn. Magistrate James Hodges set November 30 for trial, with Long free on a $25,000 personal recognizance bond.
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Osage
Kan
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska
Mechanicsville
James Hodges
Elmer Long
Long
Linn County CETA funded through carryover funds
Linn County CETA will continue through December using about $300,000 in carryover from 1980-81 as Congress has not allocated funds for 1981-82. Five of 25 permanent and 10 temporary Linn County staff were laid off amid expected budget cuts of about 45 percent, with programs kept afloat by carryover funding.
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Linn County
Ceta Consortium
Congress
CETA
Bob Ballantyne
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Department of Labor
Ballantyne
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William L. Thomas
Iowa District Court
Ansel Chapman
Iowa City
Thomas
Linn
Johnson
Iowa
Tama
Benton
Jones Counties
Teamsters
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courts
Dial
Teele
Bearcat
America
Marion
Killian
Bones
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