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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1983
Page
3
Mount Vernon Planning and Zoning Commission rejects a proposal by Plaza Furniture Store partners to extend the highway commercial zone to retail furniture sales with one dissenting vote. Linn County reports note districts sue over late tax funds. Tunisian student ties at Coe College widen connections.
Tips from Sandy Linger on effective speaking appear as Living column fodder. Iowa lawmakers require 911 service by July 1 1990 with readiness deadlines. The statehouse coverage notes Brammer as swing vote on parimutuel reform. C-Days volunteers to promote cancer risk self tests reach Cedar Rapids and Marion. Arnold Palmer may retire after Masters performance. Stringer named Iowa women’s basketball coach holds first press conference in Iowa City.
The stock market fell for the fourth straight day amid rate fears and softer earnings, dragging indexes lower and extending this year’s longest losing run. Analysts caution on further declines as investors weigh monetary policy and corporate results.
Domestic car sales edged up 0.4 percent in March while imports posted the fourth highest monthly total for the period. Money, page 6C.
A two day Des Moines start for a national church leadership conference sparked debate over farm parity and taxation. An Iowa State University extension economist warned that loopholes in the new estate tax laws will favor the rich over family farmers.
The Iowa Senate approved a measure to move operation and funding of the court system from county to state control with a July 1 start and 1987 full transition. The plan, backed by Gov. Terry Branstad, would replace elected clerks with appointed ones and raise state costs by about 37.2 million. The bill now goes to the House amid debate over accountability and unification begun in 1973.
China condemned the United States decision to grant asylum to Hu Na a 19 year old Chinese tennis player saying the move is illegal immoral and interference in China's affairs. Vice Foreign Minister Han Xu delivered a strong protest to U S Ambassador Arthur Hummel at the Foreign Ministry at 9 30 p m and a protest note was released.
Federal Judge Edward McManus rejects new trial for four Linn County sheriff's deputies Gene Parks Donald Wharton Donald Zeller and Harvey DeSotel and leaves $287000 verdict intact. The ruling affirms malicious prosecution abuse of process and emotional distress findings from seven plaintiffs over the Prairie Moon Ballroom incident near Prairieburg in 1979.
A Gazette correction clarifies that the product unloaded is reground light oats used as a cattle feed additive, not cat dust. Don Stickle of Don Stickle & Sons Farms Inc. and another man were hired to unload 15 railcars over 60 days.
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