Laptop years before computers and football memories
A nostalgic column recalls portable typewriters as pre laptops, notes old friends and Iowa football opener, mentions Matt Sherman, Pat Foster, and a 50 year Iowa 1945 reunion. It references Tim Mims, Jim Meaghan, Les Hipple, and Cedar Rapids history, plus Idaho license plates and WMT radio acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Matt Sherman
St Ansgar
Matt
St. Parma
Pat Foster
Iowa City
Minnesota
Hawks
Daily Iowan
Les Hipple
Marion High
Les
Marion
Hipple
U of Iowa
Cedar Valley
Tipton
Tim Mims
Old Cedar Rapids
Washington
Tim
Iowa Veterans Home
Marshalltown
Jim Meaghan
Cedar Rapids
Jim
Florence
Canoga
S.C
David Watkins
White House
Idaho
Dan Quayle
Frosty Mitchell
Govib Ray
WMT Radio
Wages lag as profits rise amid plant moves to cut costs
Dixie Narco workers face wage cuts after a West Virginia plant closed and moved to South Carolina, with Maytag settling a class action for 16.5 million while insisting no wrongdoing. Labor leaders say productivity funds profits, not workers, amid a broader shift reducing real wages for most workers since 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W.va
Joann Henry
Dixie- Narco Corp
Rawson
Dixie-Narco
West Virginia
Williston
S.C
Becker
Afl-Cio
United States
Federation
Old Guard
United Mine Workers
John Lewis
Carpenters Union
William Hutcheson
Henry
Paul Sprenger
Washington
D.C
Maytag Corp
South Carolina
Sprenger
Maytag
Newton
Dixie Narco
U.S
Lawrence Mishel
The
Economic Policy Institute
Washington, D.C
Liberal Research Organization
Mishel
Gazette Publishes Holiday Hours For Labor Day
The Gazette reports restricted hours today with news and sports offices opening at 4 PM due to Labor Day. Call tips lines and circulation contacts are provided for readers, with lines for Obituaries and delivery in Tuesday’s edition and a note that normal hours resume Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Metro-Iowa News Desk
Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink and recycling drives
The Gazette highlights use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint and urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St SW or at the nearest recycling site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Hijack Ends as Police Overpower Gunman Over Nuclear Test Protest
A French Air Inter Airbus 320 hijacked en route from Palma de Mallorca to Paris was diverted to Geneva where police overpowered the lone hijacker after he released all 279 passengers. Authorities suspect a protest against France resuming nuclear tests. Ten crew remained aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Philippe Roy
France
Orly
Paris
Air Inter
Ence
Bordeaux
Roy
Gerard Maury
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Smith-Corona
Olivetti
Jack Ogden
Gazette Auto
Gus Schrader
Technigraphics
Iowa City Plaza
Coralville Highway
Amana
Arnold
Carmike Cinemas
Cherie
Collins Credit Union
First Federal Community Credit
Union
Kirkwood College
Lindale Mall Management
Medicenter West
Rox Brandstarter
Saturn of
Skogman
Smulekoff
Sun Mart
Technigraphies the Blind Factory
West Music
Younkers
Robert Reich
United Mine Workers Union
Tuesay
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar
Associated Press
AP News
the Blind Factory
Collins Rd
Greg Knight & Associates
Life Investors Insurance Company of America
AM Best & Co
Moody's
Standard & Poor's
Duff & Pholps
IRS
Lifnar Cy
Am Home Office
Edgestod Road
Cedar Hipich
nFlight
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Oma
Cherie Chittenden
Center Point Rd
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Center Pt. Rd
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16Th Avenue
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Edgewood Road
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