Hormel dispute looms over Austin plant plans
In Austin Minnesota, George A Hormel & Co and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union faced a televised call in about a standoff over an eight year no strike contract tied to a $70 million Hormel plant. Company spokesmen warned of a possible relocation if the union rejects the deal.
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Austin, Minn
George A. Hormel & Co
Meat Cutters Union
Hormel
Austin
Kaal-Tv
Austin-Albert Sea
Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Hormel Management
I.J. Holton
Cheap corn sparks surge in hog output and lower prices
Washington AP reports that abundant cheap corn and feed are driving a large rise in hog production. The Agriculture Department forecasts 12 to 14 percent higher 1978 hog slaughter, potentially 86.8 to 88.3 million head, the most since 1971, with live prices near 40 dollars per hundredweight and a midyear decline of about 15 percent from 1977.
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Washington
Bob Bergland
Bergland
Delaware
U.S
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Department
Economic Research Service
Researchers order cows by size at Iowa State facility
Iowa State University opens a 1780 acre beef cow calf research facility near Rhodes. Jersey Angus and Simmental crosses yield small medium and large cows for studies on food production and genetic bases. Other projects include family farms conservation tillage and pesticide assessment initiatives.
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Rhodes
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Ewing
Pioneer Seed Co
Agriculture College
Lee Kolmer
Kolmer
Iowa
Chariton
John Mahlstede
Iowa Experiment Station
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal merit pay urged to reflect performance and local costs
A task force report recommends making government salaries less automatic and tied to performance and local cost of living. It calls for reviewing the merit system as the current approach is not working and suggests using pay to incentivize good work. The panel led by William D. Conley notes fewer than 1 percent have pay raises withheld for poor performance.
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Washington
Federal Personnel Management Project
William D. Conley
Honeywell Inc
Auctions Drawn From Roy Dysart Alice Anamosa and More
A series of public auctions listed for Saturday and Sunday includes Roy Land grebe estate 325 acres southeast of Dysart 1 am sale time for farm goods Leslie Bardoner estate 12 pm near Alice 11.25 acres Emma Ratchford estate near Independence 10 am Edna Richard Moehl estate 4 mi northwest of Anamosa antiques and miscellany 12 pm and Jack Wilder sale 10 am 144 miles west of Midway for Sunday.
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Roy
Grebe
Dysart
Leslie Bardoner
Alice
Emma Ratchford
Edge of Independence
Edna Richard Moehl
Anamosa
Sun
Jack Wilder
Midway
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Carter
Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
College of Agriculture
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Jersey
Angus
Simmental
Bud Ewing
Paul Dahm
EPA
Mahlstede
Rapids Gazette
The
Smulekoffs
Brosh Funeral Home
Solon
ED Kasparek
Mary R. Kasparek
the Gazette
Lyle Donohue
Salon
Edward Kasparek
Wwe
C.R. Glass Co
8Th Avenue
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