Marines graduate from Quantico to staff officer programs
Servicemembers from Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas report Marine and Navy training completion. Rodger T. Greear, son of Thomas A. Greear, serves with Seventh Communications Battalion, First Marine Division in Chu Lai, Vietnam. Jessie Nickes, Charles Mills, Steven Alt, Alan Haulicek, and others are listed with Marine Aircraft Group 16, First Marine Aircraft Wing in Da Nang, and naval assignments at San Diego and Norfolk. The piece notes the PLD program and post training assignments amid Vietnam operations.
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Quantico
Virginia Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Rodger T. Greear
Thomas A. Greear
Maplewood Drive
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Communications Battalion
First Marine Division
Chu Lai
Vietnam
Jessie “Eb, Nickes
Jamies” Nickes
Marine Aircraft Base Squadron 16
MABRS-16
Marine Aircraft Group 16
MAG -16
First
Marine Aircraft
Marble “Mountain Air Facility
da Nang
Charles F. Mills
Charles W. Mills
4Th Ave. S.W
Naval Center
San Diego
Calif
Eithe
Steven R. Alt
R. M. Alt
Ave
Plaza 5
S.W
Hartings
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Alt
First Marine Regiment
Third Marine Division
Alan D. Haulicek
Labor talks stall as Penick and Ford face wage gap
Spotlight on labor notes stalled negotiations between Penick and Ford, Ltd. and American Federation of Grain Millers Local 100 while Penick and Ford’s board meeting looms in Cedar Rapids. Clinton Foods settled with Local 6 for a 42.2 cent biennial wage package. Penick and Ford faces rising labor tensions and calls for pro worker policies.
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Penick and Ford, Ltd
American Federation of Grain Millers
Rt. Reynolds Co
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford
Clinton Foods
Clinton
Penick and
Ford
RJ. Reynolds
Pocketless arrival in Washington joke dialogue
Pete explains he arrived in Washington without a cent and without pockets, George asks how. Pete replies he was born there, turning the tale into a quick quip about origin and humor.
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Washington
George
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