11 Oct 1990
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1990
Page
1
Developers of the downtown Cedar Rapids office and retail complex say the relocation by Perpetual Savings Bank is not a done deal, despite the July announcement. Details appear on page 1B.
Cedarapids Inc a maker of asphalt pavers announced on Wednesday it will discontinue its third shift and lay off 60 factory workers. Details on page 7D.
The European Community and the United States remain deadlocked over trimming farm subsidies and reviving world trade talks. Details on page 100.
Iowa basketball coach Tom Davis introduced his 1990 91 team on Wednesday noting seven new players join a seniorless roster. The influx suggests wide open competition and potential for unexpected early contributions.
The Cedar Rapids City Council awarded a $47,961 contract for Eastern Avenue NE street improvements at 25th to 29th streets. City Wide Construction Corp. bid $47,960.97, narrowly beating E & F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co. at $47,961.19, with R.O. Valley at $50,172.
A light note from today’s column jokes that when a bricklayer retires he throws in the trowel signaling a humorous wrap to a long career.
Cedar Rapids employee Butch Chesmore, out with a broken back, cannot receive sick leave from co workers due to the union contract. Judy Perkins says no provision allows sick day transfers. AFSCME leader Wayne Clymer doesn't oppose voluntary transfers if negotiated between parties.
Washington AP reports confusion over President Bush position on higher taxes slows work on a new budget deal. Bush avoids commitment saying let Congress clear it up while lawmakers press for tax policy clarity amid budget talks. Farmers face shifts in federal farm subsidies as committees seek $13 billion in five years with a triple base plan and 15 percent reductions.
Financing to reopen the Farmstead hog and lamb slaughtering plant in Albert Lea Minnesota would bring 600 to 700 jobs back to the south central community which lost its largest employer when the plant closed March 20 City Manager Paul Sparks said the move lifts unemployment and a cloud over the town while UFCW Local P 3 leader Denny Colvin warned workers could be pawns and noted concerns over wage standards and industry structure Ray Roberts Farmstead Foods vice president said experienced workers will be retained
A Harvard led study of 45,589 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, finds caffeinated coffee unlikely to harm the heart. Decaf shows a weak, uncertain link with higher heart risk at high consumption.
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