Notable travel and sports musings across states and teams
The column blends travel notes from Florida to Oregon with praise for Nebraska rest stops and humorous views on interstate travel. It shifts to a NJ Meadowlands trip, a golf quip about Lahinch, and a casual look at an Off-Field Football draft run by Bob Vernon. It also covers the Iowa Tennessee kickoff change and Marcus Jackson’s McDonald’s success in Dayton and Moraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Montana
Alaska
Platte
Iowa
Illinois
Bob Vernon
NFL
Manhattan
Vernon
Chuck Long
Fimo
Bears
Marcus Jackson
Coe’s
Dartmouth
Wright State
Ohio
Marcus
Dayton
McDonald’s
Moraine
McDonald's
Iowa to Issue Larger IDOT Road Maps in 1988
Iowa will issue 58 percent larger road maps in 1988, expanding space for travel information and tourism prompts while keeping map size practical for drivers. New maps measure 26 by 37 inches, up from 18 by 34 inches, with a 72.8 percent price rise to 11.6 cents each. IDOT will purchase 500,000 maps after DEO cannot fund its share, and the project is a joint IDOT and Department of Economic Development effort aimed at boosting tourism and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Lee Olson
Iowa
Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Gander
Patrick Cain
Idot Transportation
IDOT
Warren Dunham
State
Department of Economic Development
DEO
Commission
Austin Turner
Corning
Norand to lay off 125-150 workers in cost realignment
Norand Corp of Cedar Rapids will cut 125 to 150 positions, about 10 percent of a 1,200-strong workforce, to realign costs with projected revenues for the next fiscal year. The layoffs cross all levels, with more impact on management and professional staff, while a Navy SPAR contract could exceed 50 million dollars over 12 years. The company will offer outplacement services for 10 days. Pioneer Hi-Bred, Norand’s parent, also forecast weaker 1987 earnings due to lower North American corn acreage and weaker seed operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Ford
Norand Corp
Cedar Rapids
Arnie Sunde
Noland
Norand
U.S
McCarty
City of
Cedar Rapids Area
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Des Moines
Pioneer
Urban
Excel to Hire Ex Hormel Workers in Ottumwa Reopening
Ottumwa, Iowa AP Excel Corp plans to hire former Hormel workers when it reopens the Ottumwa plant by month end aided by a 500000 state grant to start up operations. The move aims to operate at 450 workers initially expanding to 800 within two years as Excel competes with IBP in the local pork market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Excel Corp
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Terry Branstad
Excel
Cargill Inc
Minneapolis
Hormel
IBP Inc
Iowa
Branstad
Iowa Department of Economic Development
William Fielding
Fielding
Californians plead guilty in extortion ring case
Federal court in Cedar Rapids sentenced two Los Angeles area men, Kenneth Reulein and Timothy Miller, to six months with four years probation for interstate theft tied to a Fort Dodge extortion scheme. They and co defendants allegedly recruited body builders to threaten a Fort Dodge man into surrendering $10,000 from a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Nuys
Calif
Fort Dodge
Bloomington
Minn
Ronald Brinkman
Minnesota
California
Meshbesher
Ed Teitel
Aki
Los Angeles
Teitel
Reulein
Miller
Brinkman
Tony
Mafia
Frank
Vito
U.S
Robert Teig
Teig
Hansen
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Gus Schrader
Florida
Purchase
Oregon
Fter
United States
Newbraska
New Jersey Meadowlands
Lahinch
Ireland
Oro
Hawkeye
Tennessee
Ohio State
Alabama
Buckeyes
Washington
Texas A&m
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Music City
USA
Opryland Hotel
General Jackson
Country Music Hall of Fame
Barbara Mandrell
Davenport
Mason City
Charles City
Nashua
Plainfield
Waverly
Janesville
Cedar Falls
Coralville
Smokey Smith Tours Inc
Beardstown
Ill
Charles Nyberg
Lown
By Roland Krekeler
Steve Meshbesher
Persons Society
Panasonic
World Radio
Paulson Electric Company
Fifth Avenue
Donutland
1St Ave
S.E
Williams Bivd
S.W
Center Point Rd
N.E
Mt. Vernon Rd
7Th Ave
Marion
The
Gazette
Dow
Dow Jones
Dow Jones and Company, Inc
KCRG
Dubuque
Medicine Cie
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