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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1983
Page
4
A Boston University study finds switching to low-nicotine cigarettes does not reduce heart attack risk. Smokers still face triple the usual danger regardless of brand, per the Drug Epidemiology Unit.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale formally asks Iowans to back his presidential bid in Des Moines. He urges open questioning to the people of Iowa as a first step toward unity with the nation.
A Ways and Means subcommittee approved a rough draft of legislation to ease tax problems for farmers in the payment in kind program. Supporters aim to rush the measure through Congress before March 11, the registration deadline for PIK participants.
Iowa Electric Light and Power faces a possible 37 million dollar uplift in rates next year to cover power bought from Muscatine. The company seeks an automatic sliding scale to pass costs to customers while time to file a general rate increase is debated.
A Linn District Court jury ruled Cedar Rapids police detectives and the city liable for Lynn Yoch of Atkins. They awarded about 1089 dollars in compensatory damages for attorney fees after finding she was maliciously prosecuted in a mistaken theft case involving gas worth 17.75 dollars. The case noted a prior payment of 7500 dollars by the gas station owner to settle claims.
A Derby attorney John von Lackum Pester argues that cooperation with authorities should be mutual, asserting individuals should not fear lawsuits when authorities sue. He stresses reciprocal accountability in legal actions and enforcement.
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