Deere workers vote to ratify three year pact with UAW
UAW locals across Illinois and Iowa reported strong ratification trends for Deere & Co contracts. About 30,900 workers cast ballots with 89 percent approving the master agreement and 85 percent backing the local contract as 20,000 Deere employees remained off the job in Dubuque Ottumwa and Waterloo plants. The pact includes 3 percent annual raises, quarterly COLA, expanded retirement benefits and free eye and hearing care for retirees and dependents.
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Milan
Ill
Deere
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Dubuque
UAW
Dick Shoemaker
UAW International
Illinois
Iowa
Pat Greathouse
Abortion Rights Action Week Kicks Off in Iowa City
A press conference at the Johnson County Courthouse marks the start of Abortion Rights Action Week. Iowa advocates plan to mail thousands of postcards to federal and state lawmakers urging a woman’s right to choose, with petitions and leaflets to educate the public on reproductive freedom.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Jan Scolastico
Iowa Abortion Rights Action League
Iowa
John Culver
Roger Jepsen
House of Representatives
Scolastico
Congressional
U.S. Supreme Court
Paula Klein
Emma Goldman Clinic For Women
Ozark flight attendants push vote to Thursday
Striking Ozark Air Lines flight attendants postponed the ratification vote on a tentative agreement until Thursday. Local 26 spokeswoman Linda Beerman said members needed more time to study the deal reached after a marathon talks session. The airline serves 67 cities in 21 states and has been idle since September 14 amid wage benefit and scheduling disputes.
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ST. Louis
Ozark Air Lines
Linda Beerman
The
Association of Flight Attendants
Chicago
Miss Beerman
Ozark
Charles Ehlert
Two Iowa lawmakers enter race for U S House seat
James West of State Center and Cooper Evans of Grundy Center formally announce runs for the Republican nomination to U.S. representative from Iowa 3rd District. They seek Grassley’s seat as Grassley runs for the U S Senate against Democrat John Culver. West spoke at a Marshalltown breakfast and in several cities. Evans planned press conferences in Water loo Mason City and Des Moines.
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Iowa House
U.S
James West
State Center
Cooper Evans
Grundy Center
Charles Grassley
Grassley
Waterloo
Charles City
Mason City
Clear Lake
Evans
Des Moines
West
Iowa
Congress
White House
Carter matriarch declines campaign button offer in Des Moines
Mrs. Lillian Carter refuses a campaign button at an Iowa fund-raiser as Tim Kraft also declines to wear it. The badge joked about actions the candidate said he would take against Edward Kennedy earlier this year.
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Lillian Carter
Tim Kraft
Iowa
Democratic Party
Des Moines
Kraft
Edward Kennedy
Weekend Iowa traffic toll rises with seven dead
Iowa officials report seven fatalities from weekend crashes across the state. Jeanne Carroll, 19, of Pleasant Hill died in Des Moines after a hit and run. Other victims include Douglas Harbour, 13, from Packwood. Bruce Thoma, 20, near Mapleton. Rick Delutri, 25, Merril, injured. Willis Tolzin, 61, Aurelia. Marvin McCulley, 25, Columbus Junction. Bayless Graham, 23, Davenport, in Rock Island, two-car collision.
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Jefferson County
Douglas D. Harbour
Packwood
Harbour
Fairfield
Sioux City
Mapleton
Bruce J. Thoma
Monona County
Thoma
Rick Delutri
Merril
Delutri
Iowa State Patrol
Willis Tolzin
Aurelia
Larabee
Tolzin
Marvin McCulley
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Grandview
Davenport
Bayless Graham
Rock Island
Ill
Private plane crash kills two in Wisconsin
Julie Marie Plueger 19 and Daniel J. Prusha 22 died when their single engine Cessna 172 crashed in a wooded area near Fall Creek during a thundershower. Prusha co owned Four Seasons Unlimited Aerial Co. and Plueger was a Kirkwood Community College student interning at Younkers.
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Fall Creek
Wis
Wisconsin
Julie Marie Plueger
D Ave
Daniel J. Prusha
Chelsea
Eau Claire
Prusha
Cedar Rapids
Cable, Wis
Four Seasons Unlimited Aerial Co
Miss Plueger
Kirkwood Community College
Younkers
Iowa
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American Federal
Amos Almond Kilmer
Deep River
Hugo
Colo
Patricia Szatkowski
Kansas City, Mo
LaCrosse
Malloy Jewelers
Second Ave
Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Gibson
Realtor
Westdale Mall
American Federal Savings
3Rd Ave
First St
Edgewood Road
Ankeny
Clinton, Newton
West Des Moines
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