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19 Jan 1988
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1988
Page
1
Noland lands major Kmart contract
Iowa items note a Kmart contract award prompting coverage on Page 6C. The snippet also mentions a broader context of local business developments and public notices across the region, with brief references to state university audits and civic events.
Beware of Backslappers in Today’s Chuckle
A humorous quip warns readers to beware of backslappers who press for a payoff or favor, suggesting the social trap of flattery or pressure. The joke plays on the idea that friendly helpers may seek a contribution or compliance in return.
Branstad proposes tax hikes to cover 2.59B budget
Gov. Terry Branstad asks Iowa lawmakers to raise taxes and fees by 58.6 million to fund an 8.2 percent spending rise next year. He seeks higher cigarette and wine cooler taxes, sales tax on out-of-state catalog sales, court fee hikes, and a 50 percent surcharge on drunken driving fines to help close a 150 million deficit and fund 200 new medium security cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier Sazette
Des Moines
Bures
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa Board of Corrections
New Budget Proposals Seek Tax Hikes and Prison Funds
The plan raises cigarette taxes 12 cents to 38 cents a pack starting March 1 and wine cooler taxes to over 16 cents per 12 ounce bottle, with other measures including court fee increases and federal corporate tax changes. It also proposes sales tax on out of state catalog sales, a drunken driving surcharge, lottery profits for a new prison, welfare to work care funding, nursing home and provider rate increases, foster care and juvenile services funding, rural EMS improvements, and warns that the community corrections system may lose effectiveness without these funds. Branstad calls the budget honest and balanced, rejecting smoke and mirrors.
U of I Forms Task Force on Campus Violence
The University of Iowa appoints a 21 member task force to review student violence and policies for victims and offenders. Vice President Philip Hubbard expects spring proposals after the group’s first meeting, amid discussions sparked by a jailed football player case. The panel includes students faculty staff administrators and an assistant Johnson County attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
daZeu County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Philip Hubbard
U of I
Hubbard
Keaton Smiley
Smiley
Johnson County
Fury of California storm hits Redondo Beach hotel
Iowans Ken and wife and two children fled a winter storm surge after their Portofino Inn room floated from King Harbor. The harbor siege left six breakwater holes and a wrecked pier while 54 people were airlifted from the roof. Officials warned of a dangerous combination of tide surf wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Wire Services
Redondo Beach
Calif
Ken Kneen
Ottumwa
Iowa
Kneens
Portofino Inn
Kneen
Portofino
King Harbor
Jeffrey Cameron
Cameron
Chinese airliner crashes killing 108 aboard in Chongqing
An Ilyushin-18 Ilyushin flight 4146 from Beijing to Chongqing crashed five miles from Chongqing airport killing all 108 people on board including four foreigners. Officials from the CAAC and Xinhua confirmed there were 10 crew and 98 passengers with no Americans aboard. The crash occurred about 10 15 p.m. Monday and cause was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beijing
China
Xinhua
Civil Aviation Administration of China
CAAC
Julian Pendergrass
U.S
Chongqing
Sichuan
Simon frames Democratic tradition in Iowa caucus push
U S Senator Paul Simon markets himself as a traditional Democrat to Iowa voters ahead of the February 8 caucuses. He defends his past vetoes on a balanced budget amendment while pledging to balance the federal budget within three years and outlining deficit reduction and health care funding as core goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
U.S
Paul Simon
Illinois
Simon
Mississippi River
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Noland
Kmart
Cyclones
State Board of Regents
Teddy Kennedy Jr
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Money News
Barry C. Spear
Cedar Rapids Area
NAACP
Benjamin Hooks
Decorah
Martin Luther King
Abby
Enews
Pes
Soday
Venice Beach
California
Eri
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