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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1981
Page
5
Government could pressure costs by negotiating fixed fees with hospitals and doctors and expanding voucher sales to all Medicare eligible individuals. The plan envisions plans offering Medicare level benefits plus possible catastrophic coverage with varied initial vouchers and annual inflation adjustments amid 29 million beneficiaries and $48 billion yearly costs.
Passengers recount a sudden collision with a train where a whistle sounded seconds before impact. Marcia Sherman of Cambridge and Marjorie Austin of Dublin describe being jolted from seats and witnessing injuries as people cried and a man reported a broken foot.
Des Moines NAACP official Larry Carter says the Jenkinses allege harassment and slow action by Waukon authorities. He directs them to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission for investigation while criticizing police communication and urging townspeople to be open to inquiry. Carter notes tensions reflect broader fault lines and aims to monitor and resolve the case.
In Ottawa the Federal Court of Canada heard government lawyers seek authority to prosecute over 100 of Canada’s 2,200 air traffic controllers for refusing to clear U S flights. Associate Chief Justice James Jerome delayed ruling, citing grave concerns the action may be a strike and urging urgency from officials.
Iowa legislators debate remap options and court driven fixes as Plan 3 gains support among Democrats and Republicans. The session wrestles with congressional and legislative lines, while a Reagan budget provision adds a $5 per $100 origination fee to federal student loans.
Harkin notes bank trip needed to ensure paperwork before the law's start. A commission says 25 percent of Iowa loan recipients are self-supporting under 30,000, unaffected. another 25 percent from families over 30,000 may lose guaranteed loans for 1982-83 after a mid August needs analysis by Education Department.
Ralph Nader urges budget chief David Stockman to tour the country to witness conditions faced by the poor sick workers and to resist cuts. A Stockman spokesman declined comment as the idea was proposed in a letter from Nader.
Archivists in Dresden report the discovery of a long lost Wagner outline titled The Mines of Falun. The manuscript includes eight sides of music and four sides of outline, with planned duets and choral pieces, believed written in 1842. Display planned at the Wagner museum in Graupa.
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