Shippers Press for Continuation of Rock Island Plan
Shippers urged the ICC to let another carrier run the Rock Island Lines Iowa trackage for up to 180 more days while seeking a permanent fix. They warned that ending service would hike farmers costs and that many elevators have suffered substantial losses since January. Directors urged timely final restructuring before the six month period ends.
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West Bend
Rock Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Midwest
ICC
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
Rock
Kansas City Terminal Co
Harold Stark
Packers Elevator Co
Clarksville
Stark
Northeast Iowa Shippers Association
Vinton
Manly
Department of Transportation
Raymond Kassel
Gulf Ports
Kassel
John Gibson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Charles Stark
Retailers win 20 year fight over boxed beef in Chicago
Chicago area retailers secure a three year contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers union allowing precut boxed beef from processors. Iowa Beef Processors spokesperson says the shift will create jobs and stabilize prices as Chicago butchers ratify the deal amid concerns over employment attrition. Wages rise 91 cents an hour retroactive to Sept 23 to $459.80 weekly.
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Chicago
Butchers’ Union
Charles Harness
Iowa Beef Processors
Dakota City
Neb
IBP
Harness
John Riordan
Illinois Food Retailers
Associaton
Illinois
Association
United Food and Comercial Workers Union
Riordan
Milwaukee seeks partial shutdown of Milwaukee Road lines
A federal judge will be asked to authorize suspension of about half the Milwaukee Road lines as of Thursday. The move would cut 4,760 miles of track while preserving Amtrak and Chicago CTA service. The request follows a stalled $15 million loan and the railroad’s 1977 bankruptcy filing amid a broad restructuring plan.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Richard B. Ogilvie
U.S
Thomas R. McMillen
McMillen
Milwaukee
Ogilvie
Amtrak
Regional Transportation Authority
The
Collision Claims Life of Independence Man
Independence 83 year old Louis A. Luckel was killed when his car backed from a private driveway into the path of a westbound gasoline transport truck driven by 25 year old Wesley Stoner. Stoner was uninjured. Services are pending at White Funeral Home.
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Independence
Louis A. Luckel
Luckel
Wesley Stoner
Stoner
White Funeral Home
Discrimination denied in job demotion in Iowa hearing
In Des Moines Peg Pabon, head of the states largest department unit, denied demoting 37 year old William Adams of Cedar Rapids from an affirmative action post, asserting poor performance and attitude. Adams contends race and sex discrimination. a Merit Employment Commission hearing ran 32 hours with testimony from both sides. The commission was to rule by November 8.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Peg Pabon
William O. Adams
Pabon
Adams
State Merit Employment Commission
Social Services Department
Anamosa
Gene Vernon
Kerns to be sentenced November 6 in Cedar County
Robert and Judy Kern, both 33, were convicted Oct. 18 of first degree murder in the shooting death of Ady Jensen. They face a mandatory life sentence in Cedar County District Court. Jensen was killed April 14 at his parents’ West Branch home. JeAnne Jensen, 33, pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder her husband and received a 10 year term.
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Tipton
Iowa City
Ady Jensen
Robert
Judy Kern
Cedar County
Jensen
West Branch
Jackson County
JeAnne
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By John McCarroll
Merit Commission
Vernon
Empire Photo
Kerns
Crocus
Green Swords
Canaries
3Rd Ave
Hope
Menards Energy Saver
Hhipe Inst Furniture
Hope's
Suenard Cashway Lumber
Uae
Lindale Mall
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