Union construction fight for survival in Cedar Rapids area
Union building trades brace for a counterattack amid recession and lost contracts. Trades-Man pledges nonpicketing and a day’s pay for a day’s work to win back projects, as nonunion rivals win bids on Oakdale medical facility expansion and University of Iowa facilities.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Iowa
Vulcan Construction Co
Des Moines
Iowa Security Medical
Oakdale
Union Electricians
Open Shop Builders
University of Iowa
Rail traffic back toward normal after nationwide rail strike
After Congress ended the nationwide rail strike, freight and commuter traffic rebounded. Reagan warned prolonged action could cost up to a billion dollars daily and threaten nearly one million jobs, with Amtrak resuming most services within 24 hours.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Congress
Reagan
House
Senate
Iowa
James Leach
Knesset Rejects Inquiry Into Beirut Massacre Sparks Protests
Israel's Knesset votes against a full probe into the Beirut massacre as divisions deepen. Ariel Sharon defends Israeli actions while cabinet resignations and Likud threats surface. Death toll tied to the Sabra and Shatila camps climbs with Red Cross figures at 663 killed and about 1,500 missing or dead.
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Gazette
Israel
Knesset
Beirut
Ariel Sharon
West Bank
Likud
Menachem Begin
Red Cross
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
Phalange
Begin
Peres
Sharon
Sabra
Shatila
Armed burglars steal car and valuables from Cedar Rapids man
Two armed men burst into a northeast side residence Wednesday morning and tied Tom Burt, 20, of 6533 Asbury Lane NE, then robbed the home of two .22 rifles, $200 in cash, jewelry, and Burt’s 1970 Ford Mustang later found abandoned near Lindale Mall. Burt used a built in TV phone to call for help.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Burt
Asbury Lane
the Gazette
Burt
Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids Public Library project advances with bids
The Metropolitan Cedar Rapids Library Foundation approved contract awards for the new Cedar Rapids Public Library, budgeting $5.87 million of a $6.8 million grant plan with Knutson Construction, Tom Bowker & Son, and E & S Electrical named as low base bidders. Groundbreaking targeted for mid October, with a two year completion.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Cebuhar
Foundation
Knutson Construction
Iowa City
Tom Bowker & Son Inc
E & S Electrical Contractors
First
Second Streets
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Jack Evans
Securities Corp
Iowa
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Azette
Trades-Man
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Reces
Sion
Lewis Hill
Chicago
Regional Transportation Authority
R-Davenport
Leach
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Richard Cook
Amtrak
Ogden
Utah
Los Angeles
John Jacobsen
PLO
TV Today
C.R. Man
Foundation UK
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