Iowa liquor price hike panel split over 10 percent rise
Two members of the state beer and liquor control council indicate support for a smaller increase than Gov Branstad's 10 percent request to balance the budget. They suggest 3 to 5 percent, citing border-state shopping and potential sales loss. The council plans to discuss the governor's proposal this month while studying price comparisons with neighboring states.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Dan Cahill
Burlington
Charese Yanney
Sioux City
the Gazette
Rolland Gallagher
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Beer and Liquor Control Council
Bennett Gordon
Gordon
Ingwer Hansen
Hartley
Cahill
Yanney
State General Fund
Gallagher
Canadian Club
Popov Vodka
Andre White Champagne
Riunite Lambrusco
Andre Pink
T.J. Swann
Vinton car dealers win damages over phone book foul up
Ervin Motor Company and Tom Connolly Motors Inc. along with Northwestern Bell were awarded damages totaling 66,526.80 for incorrect listings and ads in the Cedar Rapids Yellow Pages and telephone directories. The Benton County jury and District Court Judge Harold Swailes ruled on petitions filed in 1982 and 1983, detailing mislisted business entries and related advertising issues.
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Vinton
Vinton Automobile
Cedar Rapids
Ervin Motor Company
Tom Connolly Motors Inc
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Tom Connolly Motors
Harold Swailes
Benton County
Ervin Motor
Connolly
Northwestern Bell
Connolly Motors
Ervin Motors
Ervin
Telephone Company
$2.2 Million Sought in Des Moines Dynamite Blast
Paul L. Waddell seeks 2.2 million dollars in damages after his 13 year old son Jeffrey and a hunting companion died in a dynamite storage blast in Pleasant Hill near Des Moines on November 19. He accuses Polk County and Pleasant Hill officials of failure to properly supervise the facility.
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DES Moines
Polk County
Pleasant Hill
Paul L. Waddell
Waddell
Jeffrey
Jeffrey Waddell
Iowa City woman testifies in sex suit against city officials
Linda Eaton, first female firefighter in Iowa City, testifies on her sex discrimination claim filed in 1981. She seeks more than 940000 dollars including punitive damages, back pay, and future earnings, arguing city officials ignored discriminatory practices at the central fire station.
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Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Linda Eaton
Eaton
Neal Berlin
Dale Helling
Robert Keating
John Hayek
Keating
Helling
Berlin
Clara Oleson
Fire Department
Ian
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Central Fire Station
School enrollment dips below half a million in Iowa
Public school enrollment in Iowa fell from a 1969-70 peak of 660000 to about 497000 in the last year, with DPI analyst Leland Tack predicting further declines into the 1990s due to low birth rates and out-of-state moves, while private school numbers hover around 50000 and may also fall.
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DES Moines
State Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Leland Tack
Iowa
Tack
UNI Names New Vice President for Administration and Finance
John Conner, current director of business services at Western Illinois University, has been appointed by UNI President Constantine W. Curris to serve as vice president for administration and finance starting mid February subject to State Board of Regents approval at the January 19 Ames meeting. In Iowa City, the John Glenn presidential campaign opens a headquarters at 325 East Market with Lt. Gov. Robert Anderson presiding at 4:30 p.m. today and the public invited.
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Cedar Falls
Illinois University
University of Northern Iowa
John Conner
Western Illinois University
UNI
Constantine W. Curris
State Board of Regents
Ames
Iowa City
John Glenn
Robert Anderson
East Market
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Vinton Car Dealers
Wring Bell
D.M
City
Les Scharpveld
Schaapveld
Hayek
Glenn
MorAmerica Financial Corporation
Prospectus O
Iown
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Morris Plan Securities Company
American Building
MorAmerica
Morris Plan
Marion Boulevard
Edgewood Road
Cenar
Muscatine
Toe Mez
Stipere
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