Iowa Legislature approves 4 percent sales tax hike
The Iowa Legislature approves increasing the state sales tax from 3 to 4 percent, sending a measure to Gov. Branstad for signature. The plan, pitched to balance the budget, would raise about 399 million dollars over two years and four months, amid partisan critiques from Republicans and Democrats.
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Iowa
Judy Daubenmier
Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa Plans Four Percent Sales Tax Brackets
Revenue Department releases revised brackets for the new 4 percent sales tax to take effect March o host of brackets shifts with no tax on the first 13 to 37 cents of expenditure the 4 percent rate applying to 88 cents up to $1.12. Officials say retailers will adapt with some clerks needing to learn the new rate structure.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Iowa Revenue Department
Gerald Bair
Revenue Department
First American casualty in El Salvador war zones
American Green Beret sergeant Salvadoran combat wounded in guerrilla attack on a government helicopter near Cuscatlan Bridge. Gunfire hit the left leg. he is in good condition and expected to be released in about two weeks. A Salvadoran machine gunner was wounded. details unavailable.
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Branstad
San Salvador
el Salvador
UPS
U.S
Jay T. Stanley
Donald Hamilton
Cuscatlan
Pan
Stanley
U.S. Army
Hamilton
Usulutan
San
Salvador
Snow removal gripes test city crews patience
Gazette City Hall reporter Dick Hogan details how Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock's office and Streets Department staff handle irate calls about snow clearing. B. Cook and Jackie Van Dyke describe calming upset residents, rerouting complaints, and referring persistent callers to foremen, with some cases needing time and repeated follow ups.
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Dick Hogan
B. Cook
Public Improvements
Wayne Murdock
Jackie van Dyke
Streets Department
Cook
City Hall
Murdock
Drug Abuse Tapering Off Yet Continues To Plague Nation
Government reports show a partial decline in illicit drug use since the 1960s and 70s, but one in three Americans over 12 has tried drugs and daily marijuana use remains high among high school seniors. Dr. Edward Brandt notes progress yet warns of ongoing health problems.
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Washington
United States
Edward N. Brandt
Department
Brandt
Ginzburg compares Andropov to Himmler in interview
Exiled Soviet journalist Alexander Ginzburg labeled Yuri Andropov as no better than his predecessor and likened his rise to power to Heinrich Himmler's ascent. In Cedar Rapids he criticized Soviet policy, dismissed hopes for improved relations, and warned against expecting verification in any arms treaty. He now lives in Paris with his family after nine years in prison camps.
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Dale Kueter
Yuri Andropov
Leonid Brezhnev
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Nazi Germany
Adolph Hitler
Alexander Ginzburg
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Ginzburg
Russia
Andropov
Poland
Afghanistan
Paris
KGB
John Paul II
Bulgaria
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del Stromer
Garner
Ways and Means
Minnette Doderer
Lown City
Senate
Green Beret
van Dyke
Commissioner Murdock
Department of Health and Human Services
Marion
East Iowa
Himmler
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