Iowa Legislature Finishes Week Narrowing 1983 Budget Path
lawmakers wrap 14th week amid budget deadline with 42 million in supplemental spending eyed. revenue measures of 22.2 million or trimming the plan could avoid a deficit. House and Senate enact gasohol tax tweak land use plan and drunk driving bill while pondering court, park fees, and water resource changes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
General Assembly
Senate Democrats
House
Senate
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
W.W. Reynoldson
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Senate approves six year drunk driving ban with court leniency
The Iowa Senate passed a drunk driving bill allowing a six year license revocation for a third offense with a two year window to seek court approval for restoration after treatment. The measure preserves a five year loss option if treated and cured, amid debate over incentives for rehabilitation and comparisons to current six year limits.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
Senate
Sen
Emil Husak
Toledo
Husak
Richard Comito
R-Waterloo
Bill Hutchins
D-Guthrie Center
Iowa groups urge Des Moines debate on nuclear arms freeze
A coalition of 13 labor church and peace groups called for a debate in Des Moines on freezing nuclear weapons. They invited Senator Hatfield and Vice President Bush to participate, arguing reduced military spending would boost social and job programs. Local leaders supported airing the issue at the Civic Center.
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DES Moines
Don Bowen
Iowa Federation of Labor
Statehouse
U. S
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
George Bush
Iowa
Iowa City
Mount Vernon
Cedar Falls
Jacquee Dickey
Iowa Peace Network
John McFarland
Amvers
Pete Crivaro
America
Teen held in death after purse snatching
Bettendorf teenager Tony Holbrook is charged with first degree murder in the death of 71 year old Thelma Straker after a purse snatching outside a Kansas City church. Straker collapsed from a heart condition after the incident. The four youths in custody are linked to a stolen car found in East Moline. Police investigate possible related beatings of two elderly men in Silvis and East Moline.
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Associated Press
Bettendorf
Kansas City
Tony Holbrook
Thelma Straker
Independence
Kansas City, Mo
Holbrook
Johnson County
Kan
Quad Cities
Illinois
Straker
East Moline
Ill
Silvis
Iowa governor signs lagoon waste law
Gov Robert Ray signed a measure adjusting settling lagoons for animal waste. The bill allows water treatment to remove sulfur and halves setback rules to three fourths of a mile, aligning industrial and agricultural lagoon standards. Iowa Development Commission backed the bill for a potential hog plant near Stanwood Cedar County.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray Friday
Department of Environmental Quality
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa Beef Processors
Stanwood
Cedar County
Chemlawn Program Offers Four Seasonal Lawn Treatments
The 1982 Chemlawn plan in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City provides four timed applications in Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, and Fall. It promises balanced fertilization, crabgrass and foxtail control, and broadleaf weed control with price tiers by lawn size. A free survey explains services and costs with no obligation.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
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