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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1978
Page
13
Iowa seeks DEA support to create a special investigative unit targeting illicit drug diversion by physicians and pharmacists. G Hank Mayer notes the program has potential, with about a dozen states already joining similar efforts. The unit would focus on prescribed barbiturates amphetamines and other narcotics.
Mayer outlines a state plan where narcotics agents work with the Board of Pharmacy Examiners and Board of Medical Examiners to spot illegal trafficking in drugs. He notes current audits could reveal diversion indicators and stresses the need to study retail level trafficking with potential federal funding.
The Iowa House approved a bill making it a crime for employers to withhold tips and adopted an amendment banning automatic tipping on customer checks. The measure, passed 64 to 20, awaits Senate action. Rep. Emil Husak supported tip discretion for customers.
Cynthia Hamann 24, a Clutier resident and Jubilee Work Release Center counselor, was kidnapped by two Peoria inmates on Easter Sunday, sexually assaulted, and held over 30 hours before contacting police in Clarksville Tennessee. Suspects Melvin Thomas and Rod Choisser were captured later. federal kidnapping charges filed.
Iowa lawmaker Rep. Joan Lipsky responds to a letter from Patrick S. O Leary claiming to represent Teamsters Local 238 Retirees Club. She urges a bipartisan approach and focus on issues rather than party politics while noting limited financial aid possibilities for retirees.
The Iowa House approved a transportation bill amendment 50 to 42 to fund a $65,000 pilot program subsidizing bus rides for state employees who leave their cars at home. The move aims to ease Capitol parking shortages and cut energy use as a new office building opens later this year.
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