Secretaries and Coffee Duty Stirs Workplace Debate
Readers weigh in on whether secretaries should fetch or make coffee for bosses. The Working Woman columnist urged cooperation, while others argue it reflects sexism and undermines professional value.
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Mike Deupree
Working Woman Magazine
Working Woman
Mabel E. Davis
Betty Lehan Harragan
Mabel Davis
Mary Jeanne Crowe Crawford
Florence M. Southern
Mary Nella Bruce
Ellen Jamed
Accounting Department
Patricia Best
Cedar Rapids Gazette Published Daily from 500 Third Ave SE
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by the Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Second class postage paid at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates by carrier 2.85 per week. Motor Route delivery weekly. By mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 12.80 for 4 weeks 141.40 for 52 weeks. Other States and U.S. Territories 197.60 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions accepted in areas having Gazette carrier.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Doctor dies in airplane crash near Belle Plaine
Dr. Clyde Alvin Lindquist, 41, of Fort Dodge, died when his single engine plane crashed on a gravel road near Belle Plaine. Officials said heavy rain may have forced the crash as the pilot continued toward weather advisories. Lindquist directed the emergency care department at Trinity Regional Hospital in Fort Dodge and had been teaching a trauma class at University Hospitals Iowa City.
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Clyde Alvin Lindquist
Fort Dodge
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Ken Popenhagen
Lindquist
Trinity Regional Hospital
Fort
Dodge
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Federal Aviation Administration
Bob Rainsford
Kansas City
Minors Allowed at Spanky's Under New Policy
Spanky's downtown bar now permits 19 and 20 year olds to enter at 119 Third Ave SE but prohibits alcohol service to them. The policy, effective Thursday, reflects Cedar Rapids rules tying entry rights to a 50 percent income threshold from beer or liquor sales.
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Heather Sloman
W. Gazette City Hall
Spanky’s
Third Ave. SE
Spanky
Gary Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Meyer
Million dollar word found in Mid Prairie junior high
Mid-Prairie teacher Richard Dyer led a nationwide word puzzle in which seventh and eighth graders searched for a word whose letters total exactly one million when valued A to Z. Ninth graders Patrick Sawhill and Allen Schneider found typey in the typing room, with a second word hinted to start with T.
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California
Louisiana
Mid-Prairie
Richard Dyer
The
Gazette
Patrick Sawhill
Allen Schneider
Dyer
U.S. Uses Iowa Safety Records to Locate Debtors
The United States rents a $425 month terminal to access Iowa Department of Public Safety records for driver licenses and vehicle ownership to find debtors and seize assets. U.S. Attorney Charles Larson says two locates occurred during training, with June collections surpassing last year. Civil debts dominate, including student loans HUD VA SBA and FHA overpayments.
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Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courts
United States
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Larson
U.S
Iowa
HUD
SBA
Fmha
Department of Health and Human Services
Amana Expands With Sixty More Factory Jobs
Amana Refrigeration Inc. adds 60 production workers at its Amana facility as sales rise. Most new hires start Oct. 3, joining about 100 already added earlier this month from 1,400 applicants on Aug. 31. Total Iowa plant employment reaches 2,460. Amana also makes freezers, microwaves, ranges, and cooktops. Subsidiary of Raytheon Co. of Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Amana Refrigeration Inc
Amana
Iowa
Raytheon Co
Lexington, Mass
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Bob Greene
Tribune Media Service
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids . Inc
P.O. Bor
Imberlanc
Lindale Mall
John McIvor
Outia
By Mary Zielinski
Products. Inc
First Street
Tommey Tucker
Tommy Tucker
Siebke & Hoyt
Sun
Siebke Olaveehe
2Nd Ave. S.E
Westdale Mall
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