Iowa lawmakers urged to raise taxes to fund education
ISEA President Phoebe Tupper said Iowa must boost education spending despite risks to the treasury, even if it means higher taxes. Iowa ranks 18th in per pupil spending and 30th in average teacher salaries, trailing Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin and Kansas in the region.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Phoebe Tupper
Iowa State Education Association
Tupper
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
Weed plants seized near Lorimer in Iowa garden raid
Union County Deputy Sheriff Mike Duckworth holds a marijuana stalk for Sheriff Don Ley's inspection as state Division of Criminal Investigation agent Bob Ponticus looks on. The trio cut down 145 plants worth about 100 000 dollars in a garden near Lorimer in southwest Iowa. The plants had outgrown corn and sunflowers intended to hide them from law enforcement.
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Union County
Mike Duckworth
Don Ley
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Bob Ponticus
Lorimer
Iowa
Tourist rail line setback delays Iowa rock island plan
A group aiming to run a tourist train from West Liberty to the Hoover National Historic Site faces a key hurdle as Rock Island trustees seek to dismantle 248 miles of track, including a West Liberty to Cedar Rapids segment, with a bankruptcy judge expected to approve the move. The East Iowa Railroad and Museum may pursue part of the line, while timing targets mid-1984 for dismantling.
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Iowa City
Rock Island
West Branch
West Liberty
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa
Les Holland
Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
East Iowa Railroad and Museum
Herber Hoover
Conrad Griggs
Griggs
Holland
IDOT
William Gibbons
Iowa Poor Fell 13 Percent in 1970s Study Says
AMES AP Iowa's poverty level dropped about 12.9 percent from 1970 to 1980 per Iowa State University sociologist Willis Goudy. He notes 285 989 Iowans below the poverty line in 1980 and cites county changes with Johnson County up and Washington County rising 42.3 percent while Iowa, Grundy, Warren and Linn show the lowest shares.
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Ames
Iowa State University
ISU
Willis Goudy
Goudy
Johnson County
Iowa County
Grundy
Warren
Linn
Stepfather charged in murder of Ankeny teen Lora Grey
Jerry Baker 44, stepfather to 17 year old Lora Ann Grey, faced a first degree murder charge in her stabbing death found in their Ankeny apartment. Baker, hospitalized in Des Moines after a death by own action attempt, was treated for carbon monoxide poisoning and a wrist slash before booking at Polk County Jail.
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Ankeny
Iowa
Polk County Attorney’s Office
Jerry Baker
Des Moines
Baker
Lora Ann Grey
Polk City
Polk County
Broadlawns
Polk County Hospital
Three Pipeline Firms Lose 1.5 Million Tax Refund Bid
The Iowa State Board of Tax Review upheld the 1980 property tax valuation of 217.9 million dollars on Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co, Williams Pipeline Co, and Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America. The three firms sought up to a 60 million dollar reduction, but the refund bid was denied.
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Des Moines
State Board of Tax Review
Iowa Department of Revenue
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Co
Detroit
Williams Pipeline Co
Tulsa
Okla
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Chicago
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