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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1983
Page
29
Iowa lawmakers face a tight budget and a short session. Farm groups fear higher taxes while seeking to protect road funds and resist diverting fuel tax revenue. Foreclosure liens, farm borrow rights, and due process questions spark debate, with the Farm Unity Coalition urging responses.
Al Swegle surveys GOP legislative items including a Farm Borrowers Bill of Rights, first liens on crops, repossession due process, disaster aid scope, indemnity funds for elevator losses, stricter trucker bonding, contributory negligence debates, new crops research, and a $200,000 request for an Iowa State Meat Export Technology and Research Center.
Legislators weigh cuts to a $1 million soil conservation funding increase amid tight budgets. The debate centers on money and who gets it, with questions over outdated noxious weed definitions such as ragweed and whether current law protects farmers and consumers from costly pollen impacts.
Government inaction stalls a $2.8 million farm worker housing program as Congress urged continuation. Labor Department officials fail to respond to multiple letters from lawmakers and group leaders, threatening grants amid a long running effort to aid low income farm workers with housing across several states.
Doris Engstrom reflects from Hornick Iowa on squirrel nests that cling high in willowy trees as a metaphor for taking chances in 1984. She urges testing unconventional ideas and rebuilding relationships despite cautious advice.
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