Cedar Rapids grain plants brace for rail strike impact
A Gazette survey shows Cedar Rapids grain processors depend on rail service for moving ingredients and finished products. Quaker Oats Penick and Ford ADM Corn Sweeteners and Cargill expect operations to limp for about a week without rail. Trucks can substitute briefly but longer disruption risks backing up supply lines and job losses.
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Cedar Rapids
Qaker Oats
Penick and Ford
ADM Corn Sweeteners
Cargill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BLE
Reagan
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago and
North Western
Don McKee
Quaker
McKee
ACM
Jim Evert
Dick Satern
Penick
Ford
ADM
Crandie Railroad
Crandie
Scharnberg
Iowa
Marion Briefs and School District In-Service Closure
Marion notes express gratitude for friends, players, cards and kindnesses after a sor row. Linn-Mar school district closes all buildings next Monday for staff in service. Burglaries report losses of tools and vehicle parts from 2000 Highview Drive. Cub Scouts Pack 58 award recipients listed.
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Linn-Mar
David Runde
Highview Drive
Programs Help Area Unemployed Cope With Stress
Sessions on Wednesdays at 9 30 a m at the YWCA and 7 p m at the Salvation Army aid unemployed residents. Each one hour talk covers budgeting, self esteem, family resilience, interview skills, and resume tips with time for questions. Contact YWCA 365 1458 or Salvation Army 364 2273 for details.
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YWCA
Salvation Army
Fifth St
C Ave. NW
The
Nichols named chairman of 1982 Coe Growth Fund
J Nevin Nichols longtime Cedar Rapids recreation official is named chairman of the 1982 Coe Growth Fund. He will oversee more than 150 volunteers in the fall campaign to raise funds for Coe College operating expenses.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Council On Aging
Grant Wood
American Red Cross
St. Paul’s
Funeral directors hear Wooters at Kirkwood workshop
Dr. R C Wooters, Polk County medical examiner, will lead a Kirkwood Community College workshop in Iowa Hall to clarify Iowa medical examiner law, death certification, and jurisdiction. The event is part of a four session series with upcoming topics and a $15 fee. Pre registration available by phone.
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Polk County
Kirkwood Community College
R.C. Wooters
Iowa Hall
Iowa
Kirkwood
Iowa Board of Nursing
Clean sweep for Demos from state labor group
The Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council endorsed Democrats in the Nov 2 election led by Roxanne Conlin for governor and including Robert Anderson for lieutenant governor Tom Miller for attorney general and James Riordan for secretary of agriculture. The group backed all six Democratic congressional candidates and named several Eastern Iowa House and Senate district contenders. Phil Kraft of Cedar Rapids leads the council.
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Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council
Iowa
Roxanne Conlin
Robert Anderson
Tom Miller
James Riordan
Building and Construction Trades Council
Organized Labor
Jerry Fitzgerald
Iowa Federation of Labor
Conlin
Building Trades Unit
Don Avenson
Oelwein
Michael Connolly
Dubuque
Doris Peick
Cedar Rapids
Janet Carl
Grinnell
Arthur Small
Iowa City
Hurley Hall
Marion
Wally Horn
Phil Kraft
Two Drivers Arrested in Linn County on DUI Charges
Jimmy D. Holder Jr. 20 of 200 Broadmore Road SW was arrested at 10 10 p m at First Avenue and 10th Street NE on drunk driving and allegedly found with a controlled substance. Donald R. Popelka 34 of Tama was arrested at 11 p m at E Avenue and Edgewood Road NW on drunk driving.
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Linn County
Jimmy D. Holder Jr
Broadmore Road
First Avenue
10Th Street
Holder
Donald R. Popelka
Tama
E Avenue
Edgewood Road
Marion Fire Calls Log Highlights Weekend Incidents
Fire department responses include a 9 59 p m Friday service call at West Eighth Avenue and Lindale Drive. Saturday 1 27 p m medical aid at Alburnett Road and County Home Road. Sunday 12 53 p m medical aid at 890 27th Street. Sunday 11 05 p m medical aid at 855 Knollcrest Drive.
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West Eighth Avenue
Lindale Drive
Alburnett Road
County Home Road
27Th St
Knollcrest Drive
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Bill Scharnberg
Gazette
L.W. Ward
Jim Floyd
Rudy Levitt
Chicago & North Western
Bill Jensen
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
C Avenue
Fourth Street
C Avenue NE
Marion and
Carl Adkins
Adv
Raymond Cross
Chad Little
Jesse Soden
Matt Hoskins
Alan Mikelson
Chris Sid
Ers
Joshua Mason
Nathan Huebener
Austin Weiland
Sean Clark
Shawn Little
Rob Hammill
Jason Harra
Steve Walker
Tony Ruggiero
Tim Bennett
Brian Walker
Trent Svoboda
Mark Ratzlaff
Tony Phil Yi
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Christian Tiemeyer
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Tiple
Ann Vues
Security
2Nd Street
S.E
Vetesans Coliseum
Charlotte Young
State Extension Service
Carole Harder
Grant Wood Area
Joe Mowrer
Family Service Agency
Becky Townemaker
Rockwell-Collins
Nichols
Coe Growth Fund
Wooters
Demos
Center Point Rd
the Gazette
P.O
Northbrook Manor
Council Street
Ahien American Health Care Association
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