Congress aide jailed for defying grand jury questions
A congressional legislative assistant was jailed Wednesday after refusing to answer four questions before a grand jury probing drug use on Capitol Hill, even with immunity. The World Zionist Congress condemned Israeli settlement policy but chairman Arye Dultzin overruled delegates. The Who may disband after one or two more albums.
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Tax help on the way Art on the road
Two New Orleans artists set up a two chair portrait studio at Lindale Mall using a blank drawing board and pastels. They report slow business in Cedar Rapids while noting success at other Iowa malls. A bipartisan tax experts group formed to simplify and reform the income tax system.
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Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
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Kirkwood board to weigh vocational-technical changes
The Kirkwood Community College board may approve reforms to the college vocational-technical division amid faculty controversy. In Cedar Rapids Iowa the college risks losing $700000 in federal food stamp funds over mailing errors. Iowa officials say stricter standards may be hard to meet. Coe College reprimanded for allowing an ineligible student athlete to compete.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Social Services
Coe College
Factory output fall mirrors employment slump into November
The Federal Reserve reported production dropped in November for the 14th time in 16 months, signaling a continuing recession length comparable to the mid 1970s. A $34 billion federal food and farm programs appropriation won final congressional approval and was sent to President Reagan for signature.
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Reagan
Secrets Revealed In Trial Of Iowa Beef Libel Suit
Federal court in Cedar Rapids disclosed secret documents showing how Iowa Beef Processors built market dominance in the early 1970s. The revelations occurred on the third day of an $11.5 million libel lawsuit brought against the firm by an unnamed plaintiff.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Farm
Walesa Faces Police Questioning Ahead of Anniversary Speech
Lech Walesa, leader of Solidarity, was summoned by the Gdansk public prosecutor on charges tied to dissemination of false information and questioned over alleged financial irregularities in the local Solidarity office. He refused the summons, planning a speech marking the 12th anniversary of the Gdansk food riot crackdown.
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Panel majority backs raising drinking age to 21
Des Moines report notes nine of thirteen members on the Governor's Task Force on Drunk Driving support raising Iowa's drinking age from 19 to 21. They acknowledge enforcement challenges but argue a higher age could reduce traffic accidents and save lives, with phased implementation proposed.
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Cedar Rapids
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Sven Sterner
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Iowa considers raising drinking age to 21 amid task force debate
A task force weighs raising the drinking age to 21 amid Governor-elect Branstad’s stance against change. Interim findings show alcohol related traffic fatalities in six counties fell to 65 from 131 since July 1, while drunk driving arrests rose to 2,788 and nearly 7,000 licenses were revoked, a 25 percent increase.
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Roxanne Conlin
Iowa
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