Ray revenue plan faces Democratic pushback in Senate
Gov. Robert Ray’s proposed tax and property relief package encounters bipartisan hesitancy as Senate leaders warn cooperation is needed to pass the plan. Democrats question spending, while the Iowa Manufacturers Association backs some moves but opposes tax hikes. Turn to page 10A: Revenue.
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Senate
Lowell Jenkins
D-Montrose
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Iowa Manufacturers Association
IMA
Iowa
Taxpayers Association
Masterson found guilty in stabbing death
Roland Krekeler reports that Jesse Masterson was convicted of first degree murder for the July 8 1981 stabbing death of Donald Q Schmidt in Hiawatha. A Linn County jury acquitted him on kidnapping and sexual abuse charges and set sentencing for February 26 with a life term likely mandatory.
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Jesse Masterson
Donald Q. Schmidt
Hiawatha
Linn County District Court
Cedar Rapids
Masterson
Thomas Horan
Michael Irvine
Abortion ban opposed by 75 percent in AP poll
A nationwide AP-NBC poll of 1,597 adults finds 75 percent oppose a constitutional amendment allowing Congress to ban abortions while 19 percent support it. Sixty-seven percent back letting a woman decide with her physician. 77 percent agree the decision should be left to the woman and doctor.
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New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Associated Press
NBC News
Texas
Family reunited after 62 years in Cedar Rapids
Le Van Nam, a former South Vietnamese major, reunited with his wife and five children in Cedar Rapids after 64 years apart. He fled Vietnam in 1975, settled in Iowa with sponsorship from Lovely Lane United Methodist Church and the Holmes family, became a U.S. citizen in 1981, and worked as a machinist at Cherry Burrell Corp. since 1975.
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Cedar Rapids
le van Nam
South Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
42Nd St
Gerald Holmes
Circle Hill Court NE
Cherry Burrell Corp
Holmes
the Gazette
Second Ave
St. Holmes
United Nations
Vietnam
Reunion
Schweiker Warns of Cap on Rising Medical Costs
Health and Human Services Secretary Rich Schweiker warns the Reagan administration may cap health costs if competition fails to curb hospital bills. He cites Medicare and Medicaid spending at 66 billion and notes hospital costs rose 18.5 percent in 1981.
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Washington
Health and Human Services
Richard Schweiker
Schweiker
Reagan retreats on proposed sin tax boosts
President Reagan backed away from planned increases to gasoline, cigarette, alcohol, and luxury taxes after stiff business opposition. Officials indicated he would seek another approach to raise revenues for the 1983 budget following a morning meeting with U S Chamber of Commerce leaders.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
Administration
Congressional
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Oval Office
White House
David Gergen
Present generation faces blame for modern techs
The writer argues that while today’s youth may be troublesome, they did not invent atom bombs, expressways, or television commercials, remarking on generational fault lines without praising or excusing broader harms.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Democratic Party
Cal Hultman
Red Oak
Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courts
Supreme Court
Don Hornstein
Jefferson Street
Iowa City
Mark Glenn
Marion
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