21 Feb 1985
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1985
Page
1
Jeff Shuman, 20, has cycled nine jail stints since July at Linn County Jail Cedar Rapids, with violence inside a cell and clashes over religious bathing rights. His aunt describes an adult life mirroring his juvenile years amid repeated arrests for shoplifting intoxication and assault.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told Congress that the Soviet Union will try to divide the West in Geneva negotiations. She backed Reagan’s space based missile defense plan, noted British scientists may share in the research, and said progress could be hostage to concessions on Star Wars.
Senate Democrats and Republicans edge toward a liberalized credit aid package for financially troubled farmers as filibuster pressure eases. House subcommittee acts to unlock 1 billion for farm loan guarantees while processing staff expands. Senate votes on Meese confirmation and a 7.28 billion highway bill loom.
Three Iowa lawmakers arrive in Washington as the first wave of farm protest leaders. Senators Lowell Jenkins and Cal Hultman along with Rep. Wayne Bennett plan meetings with Reagan officials and push for a market oriented farm bill amid the farm credit crisis. Demonstrations are planned to last a week with hundreds expected.
A tidy quip on dating wisdom defines a bachelor as someone who does not repeat errors. The joke plays on self‑improvement double meaning with light irony.
Iowa lawmakers face a choice as GM plans a 5 billion, 6 thousand job Saturn plant with the promise of regional growth. The issue centers on a proposed tax break that would waive about 52 million dollars annually in sales tax on industrial machinery, a cure seen as necessary to attract new business but costly to state revenue.
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