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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 2005
Page
1
The 115 cardinal electors move into the Sistine Chapel to start the election process in Vatican City. Ballots will select a pope by two thirds, with white smoke signaling success and black indicating no consensus.
Iowa farmers cut tillage and rely on no till practices to save diesel as prices push corn costs up by about 10 percent and soybeans by 6 percent. Forward contracts helped some lock in fuel at lower rates while fertilizer costs rise with petroleum.
Registered sex offender David Onstott 36 confessed to choking 13 year old Sarah Lunde to death in her home after an argument. Lunde vanished April 9 and her body was found in an abandoned fish pond. Onstott faces first degree murder charges and is jailed without bail.
Iowa lawmakers debate raising the cigarette tax as a key to finishing the 2005 session. Senate leaders acknowledge doubling the tax to 72 cents a pack could generate about 70 million annually and may be essential to breaking the session stalemate.
A status report outlines unresolved issues for the 81st General Assembly ahead of the April 29 adjournment deadline. Gov Vilsack supports an 80 cent per pack cigarette tax while Republicans propose 36 cents. the budget remains about 134 million apart on core items including early childhood, university funding, and state employee pay. The Values Fund seeks 50 million for 2006 and Vilsack’s 800 million five year plan faces scaling back. Lawmakers also discuss tougher penalties for sex offenses, DNA collection, and residency restrictions near schools.
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