Airport negotiators offer no raise in Cedar Rapids talks
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission and Teamsters Local 238 bargained about a possible wage increase and benefits. The airport refused a 1983 84 raise, proposed health insurance cost shifting, employee contribution to uniforms, and layoffs clause removal while a union dispute over who is the true employer continues. A ruling from the Iowa Public Employee Relations Board is pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Brad Livingston
Iowa Public Employee Relations Board
Livingston
Teamsters
Airport Commission
Eagles grand trustee visits Cedar Rapids for anniversary
Vince Cherry, recently elected grand trustee of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, will visit the Cedar Rapids Aerie during its anniversary celebration. A member since 1947, Cherry has led Illinois as state president and held multiple national offices. He retired from Hobart Corp after over 40 years.
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Vince Cherry
Chicago
Ill
Order of Eagles
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Indiana
Cherry
Hobart Corp
City approves housing project in Oak Hill area
About 8 600 in Community Development funds from Oak Hill Neighborhood's allocation will cover Neighborhood Housing Inc. administrative costs. The City Council signed the allocation at a Tuesday informal meeting with formal approval due at today's regular session. The nonprofit plans low and moderate income homes on Cedar Rapids near southeast, with a spring carpentry plan for five families to build each other’s houses, aiming at 1 200 square foot homes around 35 000.
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Oak Hill
Neighborhood Housing Inc
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids lawmaker predicts
Cedar Rapids Republican Rep. Robert M.L. Johnson told EX Club members the next legislative session will pit special interest groups against each other. He urged focus on general state needs including education elderly and disabled services and cautioned on spending. Democratic candidate Denver Dillard discussed insanity defense trends and proposed guilty but mentally ill verdicts with a push for institutionalization in secure facilities.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert M.L. Johnson
EX Club
Johnson
Cedar Rapids Southwest Association
Denver
Dillard
Linn County
Dana
John Ehrhart
26Th St
Craney
Independence
Cedar Rapids Eyes $67 Million Savings From Hydro Plant
Cedar Rapids Water Department could save $67 million over 30 years by using electricity from a proposed hydroelectric plant on the Cedar River near the Five-in-One dam. The plan includes a license exemption filing with the FERC and negotiating electricity delivery with Iowa Electric Light and Power. Bonds would fund construction, with bids expected mid-1984 and online operation in early 1986.
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Cedar Rapids
Water Department
Shaver Road
Coppock
Cedar Rapids Eyes Lilongwe as Sister City
Mayor Don Canney met with John Burroughs Jr. to discuss Cedar Rapids becoming a sister city with Lilongwe or Blantyre in Malawi. Burroughs will gauge Malawi's expectations. a U.S. delegation could visit Malawi if interest remains, with funding to be privately or state department financed.
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Cedar Rapids
Lilongwe
Blantyre
Malawi
Don Canney
John Burroughs Jr
U.S
Africa
Burroughs
University of Iowa
Iowa
State Department
Canney
Dig Your Potatoes Before City Slashes Deadline
A last warning urges gardeners to harvest potatoes from city plots Beverly Robbins Lake and Squaw Creek before plowing begins. Parks Department has mowed weeds and cornstalks. weather permitting, plots will be moved and plowed next week across the three sites.
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City Garden
Beverly
Robbins Lake
Parks Department
Squaw Creek
Cottage Grove rezoning request denied by Linn County Supervisors
Linn County Supervisors Jean Oxley and Ken Schriner received applause after voting to deny Ray Ruggiero’s plan to rezone two acres east of Sylvan Lane SE from R-1 to R-2 for four houses. Opponents cited neighborhood impact. one supervisor supported the proposal citing density policy.
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Linn County
Jean Oxley
Ken Schriner
Ray Ruggiero
Cottage Grove Avenue
Joe Rinas
Ruggiero
Sylvan Lane SE
R-1
Rinas
Oxley
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Linn County Humane Society
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State of Iowa
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