IMA challenges utility discount for elderly in Iowa
The Iowa Manufacturer's Association objects to Iowa Power and Light's proposed 10 percent discount for low income elderly customers as part of a 9.1 percent rate increase filed April 13 with the Iowa Commerce Commission. The group calls the plan a private welfare program funded by a regressive tax on all customers and urges the utility to cover the cost from profits or explore voluntary surtaxes instead.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Manufacturer’s Association
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Power and Light Co
ICC
Commission
IMA
Coralville developer pleads innocent to mail fraud charge
Robert D. Clark a 43 year old Coralville developer and Realty Associates Inc president is charged by a federal grand jury with using mail to defraud Farmers & Merchants Bank of Lone Tree by fictitious tenants on three houses he never built totaling 164000 in loans. He faces up to five years in prison or a 1000 dollar fine if convicted. The indictment cites Clark sending rental payments via eight cashier’s checks and falsely advising the bank rents were assigned to the bank. The case follows a Sept 20 Johnson County suit seeking foreclosure damages up to 500000 and the bankruptcy filing under Chapter 11 by Clark. Clark pleads innocent.
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Associated Press
Coralville
Lone Tree Bank
Robert D. Clark
U.S District Court
Des Moines
Clark
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Lone Tree
Valley View Drive
Realty Associates Inc
Donald M. Keut
Iowa City
Kout
Keut
Johnson County
Ann E. Clark
Stephen Gerard II
Farmers & Merchants
ISEA Urges Sales Tax Hike to Fund Iowa Schools
Phoebe Tupper president of the Iowa State Education Association calls for a three cent to four cent and a half percent sales tax increase to raise 24 million dollars yearly for 1984 85 local school aid. She cites surveys showing public support and argues the plan would sustain programs and improve equity. The proposal would base aid on actual student enrollment and adjust the per pupil cost from 2224 to 2425 dollars.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
Phoebe Tupper
Iowa State Education Association
Tupper
ISEA
Charge against Muscatine man increased to first degree murder
Gordob Bernhard Ruffner, 30, of Muscatine, previously charged with involuntary manslaughter and then second degree murder in the Sept 20 1982 death of Bonnie Leaver, saw the charge elevated to first degree murder. He is jailed in Muscatine County with $100000 bond, trial set for Feb 22.
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Gordob Bernhard Ruffner
Bonnie Leaver
Muscatine General Hospital
Stephen Petersen
Ruffner
Muscatine County
Nine groups seek slice of $479000 state fund
Des Moines area groups presented pitches to a nine member committee supervising interest on a $5.1 million bequest to Iowa. Proposals ranged from restoring Old Capitol steps to building nature trails and a library of living plants. The panel meets January 18 to choose projects for the year.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines — Lowans
Stake News
Des Moines
Glenn Herrick
Old Capitol
Iowa
Cedar Valley
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Herrick
Mark Ackerson
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Doug Cheever
Dubuque
Sageville
Dyersville
Iowa Arboretum
Luther
Iowa Association of Deaf Housing Foundation
Saylorville
Des Moines Zoo
Lime Creek Nature Center
Harry G. Powell Sr
Backbone State Park
Park
Iowa Conservation Commission
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