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titi(3lcml Iowi City PrwCttlien Monday, April 20, 1981 IVorcers fo fife federal benefits Layoff ruling affects Sheller-Globe 7 By SANDRA 8TANAR IT 1 be Interviewed Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Job Service office at 1810 Lower Muscatine Road. Sheller-Globe spokesman Richard McCartt said his company's products are all American made. "Sheller-Globe does not import any materials, and we don't do business with any foreign country," McCartt said.

"We are eligible for the funds because of imports of cars from foreign countries." He said the most difficult part of the worker adjustment program will be determining who is eligible because many employees have been laid-off, hired back and laid-off again. eign Infringment on American markets. The employees may also be eligible for training, Job search and relocation allowances. Sheller-Globe's eligibility for the federal funds is only the third such award In the state. A Zenith Corporation plant In Sioux City and an auto parts plant In Des Moines received similar awards.

Russ Coleman, manager of the Job Service of Iowa office in Iowa City, said the funds are the result of a new federal law designed to protect American workers. "It's for workers who lose their jobs or hours of work as the result of trade with a foreign country," Coleman said. "All the Japanese cars in this country have cost us jobs." No dollar amount can be set on the amount of funds to be received by the workers until their eligibility la determined, Coleman said. But he stressed that the benefits will be paid from tax dollars, not from the firm involved. The program Is administered by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs and the Manpower Admin-stration of the U.S.

Department of Labor. Job Service of Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Job Insurance staff will conduct Interviews today and Tuesday at Sheller-Globe to determine the exact number of workers eligible for benefits. Former Sheller-Globe employees are also eligible for the funds and will About 350 employees and ex-employees of the Sheller-Globe Corp. in Iowa City will receive federal benefits as a result of competition from import auto makers. The benefits will be awarded by the U.S.

Department of labor because it determined that foreign car Imports cost them their jobs or resulted in their being laid off for a time. The ruling will affect employees and former employees at Sheller-Globe's foam rubber padding plant who were laid off after September 15, 1979. The employees may be eligible for the "readjustment" funds that are paid for two or three years after layoffs are found to be caused by for -A f-' i i ''f Iowa Electric seeks 12.7 rate increase nvooiva City Randall's plans new store CORALVILLE Though an official building permit has not been issued, plans are being made for a new Randall's Food Store here. Coralville building official Omer Letts said he has not yet received site By NAN SEELMAN percent in May 1980, Webb said. Although no refunds or credits resulted from that increase, Iowa Electric customers will receive a total of $1 million in credits for two other increases, one in 1979 and another in 1980.

Webb said it has not been determined when those credits will be reflected in customers' bills. There are two reasons why Iowa Electric asked for the latest rate hike, Webb said. About 74 percent of the requested increase is a result of the company's share In the new Ot-tumwa generating plant, which should be in operation by June, he said. The rest 26 percent is for inflation. "The company's costs of providing utility service have continued to rise," the letter said.

"The increased cost of materials and supplies, rising labor costs, increased depreciation, property taxes, interest rates and other fixed charges particularly necessitate an increase at this time." Iowa Electric customers have the right to file a written objection to the proposed increase with the Commerce Commission. They also may request a public hearing. The address of the commission is the State Capitol, Des Moines, 50319. The Commerce Counsel, which represents the public in litigation before the Commission, should be provided any facts that would assist the Commission in its decision regarding the rate increase request. Iowa Electric light and Power Co.

of Cedar Rapids today filed a request for an average 12.7 percent electricity rate increase with the Iowa Commerce Commission. Iowa Electric serves a total of 203,000 customers throughout Iowa, including those in and around Oxford, Swisher and Solon. In a letter to government officials In their service area, Iowa Electric said the increase would produce an additional $26.5 million in revenue annually. The company is asking the Commerce Commission for permission to impose the higher rates beginning May 20. The letter said the increase will cost residential customers about 13.3 percent more for their electricity, and farm customers about 12.8 percent.

According to Horace Webb, vice president of corporate affairs for Iowa Electric, the average electricity bill for residential users would go up $4.87 per month, and $11.12 per month for farm users, should the rate increase be approved. Rate increases for commercial users would range from 10.8 percent to 13.4 percent. The last rate increase by Iowa Electric was an average of 8 to 9 I 1 AW r- if-" HEifB (HI -Xfjti' vATL2 j1 frN I- iiiinyim nm i' 1 plans or an application for a building permit, but that he is aware of plans for a new store. The proposed site is a four-acre parcel on Highway 6, just west of Uni-bank Trust. The property was previously occupied by the EI Dorado Lodge and the Pine Edge Motel, said former motel co-owner Dean Eyman.

He said the motels were closed and sold to the Randall's company in Mitchell, S.D., on April 7. Eyman and his brothers, Jerry and Darrell, also co-owners, conducted an auction Saturday to sell the contents of the motels and the buildings. "We sold the contents Saturday and now we'll demolish the buildings. We'll deliver the property to the Randall's people completely cleared," Dean Eyman said. He said results of the auction weren't available today.

A spokesperson for Doc Randall, president of Randall's in Mitchell, said Randall "is not ready to give any news release" on the proposed new store." Block Grant hearing Tuesday Iowa Citians will have a chance to comment Tuesday on the city's proposed use of $2.3 million in Community Development Block Grant funds. The 7:30 p.m. hearing will be cpnducted by the Iowa City Council at the Civic Center. Divided into annual allotments of $776,000 over a three-year period, the community development funds are currently targeted by the Council on Community Needs for housing rehabilitation, housing code enforcement, sidewalk replacement and several neighborhood improvement projects. Two new projects are being recommended for funding by the Council on Community Needs.

Those projects would give funds to help provide independent living facilities for the handicapped and group home living quarters for the elderly. Thefts from parking meters charged A 24-year-old Iowa City man faces charges of fourth-degree theft, second-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools in connection with raids on several parking meters on North Capitol Street. Ted Leroy Bahns of 321 S. Johnson St. was released from the Johnson County Jail on his personal recognizance today in connection with the incident.

A preliminary hearing has been set for next Monday at 8 a.m. Bahns was arrested Sunday evening after Iowa City Police Detective Paul Sueppel, who was off-duty, reportedly observed a man using a duplicate set of keys to remove money from several parking meters in the 100 and 200 blocks of North Capitol Street. Bahns allegedly obtained some $54 from the meters before he was arrested at 10:40 p.m., Sueppel said. Car crash hospitalizes Lone Tree youth A Lone Tree youth is listed in good condition today at Mercy Hospital after a one-car crash Sunday on a gravel road near Lone Tree. Driver Tony Krueger, 16, remained hospitalized today after the mishap about 6:45 p.m.

some 3Ms miles northwest of Lone Tree on an unmarked road. A passenger in the car, Ronald Godsey, 15, also of Lone Tree, was treated at the hospital and released. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Krueger and Godsey were injured when a 1971 Chevrolet went out of control, rolled into a ditch, flipped and came to rest on its top. Troopers said charges are pending. Massage parlor break-in leads to charges A massage parlor break-in early Sunday has left a 17-year-old Iowa City youth facing burglary and criminal mischief charges.

According to Iowa City police, officers were told of breaking glass at the Touch of Mink massage parlor, 602 S. Dubuque about 5:45 a.m. Upon investigation, officers said they found the youth inside the building. He was taken to the Linn County juvenile detention facility. 4 Mary R.

Krehlik Lit f. Mary R. Krehlik, 84, of Route 4, died at the Lone Tree Care Center early Sunday morning, i Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Wences-laus Catholic Church.

Friends may call at the Donahue-Lensing Mortuary after 10 a.m. Wenesday. The Altar and Rosary Society will recite a rosary at 4 p.m Wednesday. The parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Both will be recited at the mortuary.

Burial will be in the St. Joseph's Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to St. Wenceslaus Catholich Church. Mrs.

Krehlik was born Feb. 23, 1893, in the Oxford area, a daughter of Joseph and Appolonia Kutcher Lenoch. She married Joseph Krehlik on April 10, 1918, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Solon. Mr.

Krehlik died in 1972. The couple had farmed in eastern Johnson County. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Church and the Altar and Rosary Society. Survivors include a son, Lloyd of Iowa City; two granddaughters; and five great-granddaughters.

A sister died earlier. 1 1 f. Hi i( LJglrJ' -tro 4TOi 1 1. .1 ijiijiii Minn mi.ti 3 John Rogers IT II II. Memorial services for John Rogers, 65, formerly the senior engineer in the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy, who died on April 12 in Hillsborough, N.C., will be 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday at the Trinity Epsicopal Church. Mr. Rogers was born on Oct. 10, 1916, in England. He joined the faculty at UI in 1965, and following his retirement in 1979, moved to Hillsborough.

Services and burial were in Hillsborough. He is survived by his wife, Lenora; two daughters and a son including Mrs. John (Anthea) Craven of Iowa City. PresB-CiiiunJohn KUey Lps and cowns North Corridor options to be reviewed Tuesday Life has its little ups and downs even when you are in college. These University of Iowa students learned that lesson recently on the west side staircase of Burge Hall.

Four teachers terminated Kevin Rowland KALONA Services were today at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona for Kevin J. Rowland, 9, of rural Washington, Iowa, who died Friday evening in Iowa City when he was struck by a pickup truck. The Rev. Rodger McKinney officiated. Burial was in the Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona.

A memorial fund has been established. He was born May 24, 1971, in Iowa City, a son of John and Joan Ernst Rowland. He was a fourth grader at the West Chester Elementary School. Survivors include his parents; a brother, Bret, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Fred McNeal of West Chester and Mr. and Mrs. Myron Ernst of rural Iowa City. ing. The North Corridor area, roughly 10,000 acres surrounding Lake Mac-Bride and the Coralville Reservoir, was zoned residential in 1960 with the adoption of the county's zoning ordinance.

Because of the rapid growth in the corridor area in the last 10 years, the supervisors singled it out as a zoning concern in the county's Rural Development Policy adopted in 1979. The three alternatives developed by TePaske range from a "general policy to limit residential growth in the corridor" to a proposal that "accepts the basic content of the initial development plan." The supervisors have said they will eventually adopt one of the alternatives, i Three alternative development plans for Johnson County's North Corridor will be discussed Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in foom 208 of the Federal Building. The alternatives, developed by rural planner Jud TePaske, resulted from the supervisors' rejection of a North Corridor Development Plan in December 1980.

During a public hearing, a number of residents of the corridor said the plan went too far in dictating land uses, thereby infringing on landowners' rights. The supervisors rejected the plan on a 3-2 vote, with Supervisor Don Sehr and former Board member Janet Shipton voting "no." The long-range development scheme was nearly two years in the mak The Iowa City School Board today voted unanimously to terminate four teachers who had gone through private hearings before the Board during the past two weeks. The Board met in executive session at 8:30 a.m. and later went into open session to vote on the terminations. Seven teachers had originally requested private healings before the Board to protest their possible terminations.

One teacher later dropped out, and two were rehired by the Board on April 14, leaving only four teachers seeking a hearing. The Board's vote on April 14 resulted in the rehiring of a total of 11 of the 46 teachers who had been laid off in a March 31 Board vote. In all, 13 teachers have been rehired, and 39 are now officially laid off. Al Azinger, assistant superintendent of schools, said even more teachers could be rehired by next school year, depending on resignations and leaves of absence requests from teachers who are under contracts. Fifty-two teachers and one school nurse received letters of "consideration of termination" in March as part of a budget cutting effort by the Board.

School district administrators estimate the staff cuts will save $225,000 in salaries, only a part of the $1.2 million in cuts necessitated by a reduction in state aid to the district. Louis Goody SANTA CRUZ, Calif. Louis Goody, 85, formerly of Iowa City, died Sunday in a Santa Cruz hospital after a long illness. Services and burial will be Wednesday in Santa Cruz. Mr.

Goody was born and raised in Iowa City. Survivors Include his wife, Doris; a son, Ronnie of California; a sister, Helen Goody Crossett of Iowa City; two brothers, Ralph and Bob, both of Iowa City; and a number of nieces and nephews..