Government panel calls for big savings under Reagan plan
The President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control urged $424.4 billion in three year cuts. It critics government buying and pension costs, cites 3 cent screws at $91, and urges private sector practices, with 161 executives behind 2,478 recommendations. The report warns deficits could reach $2 trillion by 2000 if not adopted. Grace opposes tax hikes and says taxpayers will push back against rising spending.
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Washington
Reagan
J. Peter Grace
IBM
Grace
W.R. Grace & Co
Congress
Pentagon
Internal Revenue Service
Harkin Announces Candidacy for U S Senate in Iowa
U S Representative Tom Harkin declared his bid for the U S Senate in Iowa. He frames the race as a leadership issue, facing early resistance from a group backing incumbent Roger Jepsen. Harkin estimates 40 000 Iowa supporters and plans fund drives across all 99 counties.
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Tom Harkin
U.S. Senate
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Harkin
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Committee
Cumming
War bride recalls Iowa to California voyage from Cedar Rapids
Louise Sanders, a British war bride now 62, recalls leaving Iowa for California a day after visiting Cedar Rapids. She describes harsh winters, a rugged early American setting, and memories of meeting her American GI husband Louis after the war. The couple married in 1944 and moved through visa delays to begin a new life in the United States.
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Louise Sanders
Iowa
California
Cedar Rapids
Louis
Palo
Louise
Carolyn
Palo Bank
America
New York
Start Iowa schools after Labor Day idea gains support
The Iowa Development Commission backs studying a later school start post Labor Day to boost travel and tourism. Officials estimate $35 million annual extra business, 1131 jobs, and $1.5 million in taxes, while noting no push for a state law or shorter year. The plan aims to shift calendars without shortening terms.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Michael Dunn
de Witt
Missouri
Arkansas
Jack Pester
Iowa man aids 10 year cholesterol study findings hailed
Cedar Rapids resident Ray Hamad part of a national trial assessing cholesterol lowering to cut heart attack risk. The study shows participants on low cholesterol diets and cholestyramine reduced cholesterol by 13 percent and heart disease deaths and non fatal heart attacks by 19 percent. Hamad awaits final results and whether his daily powder was active drug or placebo.
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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Bethesda
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Hamad
Lipid Research Center
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