Farm bill expected to pass as critics lack alternatives
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng told the Newspaper Farm Editors of America that the Reagan administration's farm bill would pass, citing no viable alternatives from critics. He noted budget cuts, removal of target prices, a bigger research budget, and delays in USDA confirmations.
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Washington, D.C
Richard Lyng
Lyng
Farm Editors of America Here
USDA
Congress
Reagan
Washington
John Block
Woman’s Cedar Rapids home burglarized while she gardened
An elderly Cedar Rapids woman reported a burglary at her Oakland Road NE home on Saturday morning. While she tended her garden 70 feet away, a thief unlocked a side door and stole three rings, jewelry, charge cards, a Social Security card, a billfold and cash. A neighbor described a man in his mid-20s, about 5 ft 11 in, 150 pounds, seen near 10:30 a.m. carrying a brown grocery sack.
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Cedar Rapids
Oakland Road
Tom Early
Early
Carol
Amana suit targets Solon man for embezzlement
A Johnson County District Court suit filed Friday claims Allen Vrendenburg Jr. embezzled at least 90 789 dollars from Amana Refrigeration Inc. while employed 1977 to March 1981. It states he admitted converting 8 348 dollars, repaid 4 599, still owes 86 222, and seeks 136 222 including 50 000 punitive, with court attachment for repayment.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Amana Refrigeration Inc
Allen Vrendenburg Jr
Route 4
Salon
Amana
Vrendenburg
Fayetteville
Maquoketa Man Receives Life Sentence in Murder Case
Clayton Manning, 28, of Maquoketa was handed a life term in Jackson County District Court for the January shooting death of 34 year old Philip Clary. Manning convicted of first degree murder on April 13, while Leonard Gregory, 19, Zwingle, testified he was hired to commit the shooting. Gregory faces first degree murder charges with no trial date set.
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Maquoketa
UPI
Clayton Manning
Jackson County District Court
Manning
Philip Clary
Leonard Gregory
Zwingle
Clary
Gregory
Iowa moves hazardous waste siting bill to Gov Ray
Iowa Senate approves a bill granting the Environmental Quality Commission power to override local zoning to place hazardous waste sites. The measure, 43 to 1, routes to Gov. Ray who is expected to sign. It requires local input via city and county reps on site decisions.
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John McCarroll
Atte Des Moines
Rurna
Des Moines
Iowa Senate Today
Environmental Quality Commission
Iowa
House
Robert Ray
Ray
State Department of Environmental Quality
Rolf Craft
R-Decorah
Senate
Craft
Winneshiek County
Alcoa
Davenport
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Iowa Development Commission
Labor contracts near expiry in Cedar Rapids region
Several building trade contracts in the Cedar Rapids area face expiration next Friday. Local 263 Sheet Metal Workers and Local 125 Plumbers contracts with Iowa contractors end May 31, with talks ongoing and possible arbitration if no agreement is reached. Glaziers Local 581 and glass companies, plus Electrical Workers Local 405 with the National Electrical Contractors Association, also have deadlines imminent as negotiations continue amid a slow construction year.
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Sheet Metal Workers Local 263
Cedar Rapids
Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa
Plumbers Local 125
Sconyers
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Local 263
Local 265
Linn
Johnson
Benton
Delaware
Jones
Iowa
Glaziers Local 581
Iowa City
Dubuque
Quad-City
Quad-Cities
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Solon Man
Amana Refrigeration
Iowa Housing Finance Authority
Edgar Holden
Housing Authority
William
McNarney
Authority
Washington High School
ruUes
The
Gazette
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center
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