11 Feb 1989
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1989
Page
1
In a Friday phone interview Roy Marble, Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star, disputed university instructions and spoke about alleged drug treatment. A bill to let workers choose their doctor in compensation cases may prompt a House clash next week.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials halted a hog waste lagoon project near Ledges State Park in Boone on Friday. The item appears on page 2A.
The quip notes that reaching middle age makes simple tasks like standing up feel like a workout. It pokes fun at aging and body changes with a lighthearted, self deprecating tone.
The Black Hawk County jury found Perry Scott Baker guilty of first degree murder and first degree robbery in the Aug 3 killing of Jennifer Jones near a lake north of Dubuque. Jones’s father said the verdicts give some relief as the family copes with the loss.
Cedar Rapids Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jaeger says the crowded police station at 310 Second Ave SW should be replaced rather than repeatedly remodeled. He asked assistant chiefs to appoint a citizens committee to study building a new station while the 1990 budget includes 130000 for remodeling the cell area and central air system.
Sen. Tom Harkin says the Bush budget would cut federal farm payments to Iowa by up to 312 million dollars. He notes the target price for corn would drop from 2.84 to 2.61 per bushel, risking a tailspin for Iowa’s recovering economy as payments fall from 13.9 billion to 10.7 billion in the coming fiscal year.
January wholesale prices jumped 1 percent the sharpest monthly gain since October 1985 signaling looming inflation in 1989. Food and energy led the rise while markets fell as traders feared higher rates from the Fed and the Bush administration faced grim news ahead of budget plans.
GOP officials pursue more than 20 000 dollars owed by Jepsen and three other losing candidates to the Iowa Republican Party dating to 1984. They want the debt repaid rather than only a paper acknowledgment, with Jepsen’s 11 753 dollar canvassing bill noted as the largest.
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