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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1995
Page
1
Ralston Foods will shut its 85 year old oat mill by March 1, eliminating 100 of 240 jobs and dissolving the industrial oats division. The remaining consumer oats unit will continue but faces fierce competition and higher shipping costs.
Ralston VY Foods, formerly National Oats Co founded 1910, will close its industrial oats division and milling operation in Cedar Rapids. The move will lay off about 100 workers by March 1 including 75 production and maintenance staff and 25 administrative employees. Raicorp Holdings owns the current firm after acquiring Ralston Purina in 1993.
In a razor thin result 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent Quebec chose to remain part of Canada. Federalists won 2,350,657 votes to 2,301,917 with 92 percent turnout. Separatists, though defeated, vow to pursue renewed independence amid a divided province.
Cindy Hadish reports on Jami Shoemaker a 31 year old vegetarian herbalist and librarian who identifies as a witch. She serves as vice president of the Eastern Iowa Witches Alliance which aims to build a cohesive Wiccan community through charity work and community outreach while rejecting sensational Halloween tropes.
Local entrepreneur Marty Pitzel aims to revitalize the Hale area with a new restaurant and bar. Ramblin reports the plan appears on page 1B and signals potential economic interest for the town.
Cedar Rapids Mayoral hopefuls faced pointed questions in a Gazette and KCRG-TV forum at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum armory before 200 attendees. The event spotlighted safety and fire dispute topics shaping the race.
J D Smith and Lee Clancey sparred over Taste of Iowa finances and the Milwaukee flight tied to downtown festival planning. Clancey said startup costs delay profits for 3 to 5 years and the trip incurred no city cost per a mayoral aide.
Rebha Ingham, widow of stabbing victim Michael Ingham, claims Linn County justice is slowed by Phillip Marburger’s checkered past. A grand jury weighs murder or manslaughter charges as Marburger, 30, with a lengthy criminal record, and Ingham, 33, Iowa City, are linked to the March 4 death. Authorities decline to comment on grand jury deliberations while noting similar past cases.
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