25 Jan 1985
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1985
Page
1
The plan reallocates lottery funds to cut the machinery tax and expand education. It imposes an 8 cent cigarette tax, uses lottery dollars for economic development, and adds 1.22 billion in education spending with targeted teacher tests and language incentives.
Gov. Terry Branstad proposes eliminating taxes on industrial and farm equipment and replacing about 70 million yearly revenue with higher cigarette taxes and lottery proceeds to fund an economic development package. Democratic leaders call the plan disappointing while business leaders praise it as bold.
An 18 year old woman was found shot to death last night in a Cedar Rapids apartment at 135 33rd Ave SW after 8 p.m. Police called for an ambulance at 8 23 p.m. and the body was taken to Mercy Hospital. Detectives released few details as they investigated a homicide with no suspects in custody.
A light column jokes about family dynamics around a will. The gag notes how relatives cluster, each with shifting motives and plans, delivering a playful peek at inheritance tante.
A five vehicle crash at Cheese Factory Road and Highway 1 in Kalona killed two people and injured another. Road conditions from light snow and gusty winds left icy, snow packed roads at a troubled junction that has seen 14 accidents and four deaths in 50 years.
A U S federal jury found Time magazine did not libel former Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon over a Palestinian massacre article. The panel said Time lacked actual malice in a disputed paragraph though some editors were careless. Both sides claimed victory as the war ended.
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