Tax option aids growth panel told
Iowa Development Commission head Jack Bailey urged a House panel to allow local option taxes for economic development. He cited Indiana and said communities could earmark funds to lure industry while noting GM Saturn plant plans could bring 6000 jobs. Bailey outlined two strategies to attract a main and satellite plant.
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House Commerce Committee
Indiana
Tom Swartz
Marshalltown
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Development Commission
General Motors
House clerk gets pay hike in Iowa Legislature
A House panel approved a raise for Chief Clerk Joe O'Hern from 37,300 to 38,500 at Des Moines. The Rules Committee also delayed formalizing legislative review of agency rules, planning more study and a next meeting Tuesday. Voters last November empowered lawmakers to overturn agency rules.
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House Rules Committee
Joe O’hern
O’hern
Statehouse
Don Avenson
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Rules Committee
Tom Fey
D Davenport
Knights of Columbus urge tax break for tuition
Iowa Knights of Columbus endorses a bill to let deduction of some elementary and secondary school tuition from state taxes. The 30000-member Catholicmen group urged lawmakers to follow Minnesota's measure, which the U S Supreme Court upheld as constitutional.
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Iowa Knights of Columbus
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Minnesota
U.S. Supreme Court
Des Moines man proposes handicapped themed amusement park
David Steiner of Des Moines announces a plan to build the nation’s first amusement park designed for handicapped children. He envisions accessible rides like a slope-friendly roller coaster and wheelchair friendly horses, with a 60 acre site near Des Moines if donations meet goals.
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Adventurelands of America Inc
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Krantz
Scott Osborn Jr
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Trisha Moore
Clarinda
Alabama
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Staci
Cory
Iowa
Anger over police handling of Gosch missing letter
Des Moines area parents criticize West Des Moines police for not revisiting a detailed letter described as a hoax about the burial site of missing newspaper carrier Johnny Gosch Jr. The letter, linked to no confirmed case, suggested a man killed a carrier and buried him near Indianola.
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Johnny Gosch Jr
West Des Moines
Des Moines Register
Gosch
Eugene Martin
Martin
Lyle McKinney
Centerville
Register
Indianola
Iowa student finalist in space shuttle contest
Kevin Ray a 21 year old engineering student from Kingsley Iowa has reached the finals of a contest that could land his experimental project on a space shuttle. Ray is among 25 finalists after starting the design following a Popular Mechanics contest announcement over a year ago.
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Kingsley
Iowa
Western Iowa Tech
Kevin Ray
Popular Mechanics
Center workers gain openings after industrial site closes
Newton AP reports Progress Industries redemption center closed Monday. Five handicapped workers secured temporary jobs at a sheltered workshop. To create openings, employees voted to cut their own workday by 15 minutes.
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Preschooler with herpes starts first day at Longfellow School
A 3 year old girl with genital herpes attends Longfellow Elementary in Council Bluffs as district enforces preschool enrollment after a state order. Judge Don O'Brien allowed attendance once daily checks show sores are non contagious. Attendance moved toward normal. some parents protested and kept children home. The child previously attended special education.
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Longfellow
William Lepley
U.S
Don O’brien
Iowa uncover jobless scam widespread across states
Iowa Job Service computers helped foil a 13 state unemployment fraud scheme led by Allen C. Jones, 56, of Loma Linda California. He used fictitious businesses and phony names to claim benefits totaling 75,299 over 11 months, including 3,343 in Iowa, with arrests in Phoenix February 24 and current federal confinement.
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