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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1984
Page
5
Iowa communities hope a deal on the Rock Island main line moves forward this week toward Chicago. If not bought, the bankruptcy trustee may scrap the line, cutting rail service in several towns.
Investors gamble on eastern New York farmland hoping for oil riches akin to east Texas. The first test well came up dry while oilmen press ahead with further testing to prove potential pockets of oil or gas.
More than 4,000 East Iowa farmers are expected to attend the fifth annual show this week at Cedar Rapids. The Tuesday and Wednesday schedules have been set for the event at Stouffer's Five Seasons Civic Center.
The State Department building faces maintenance chaos with malfunctioning clocks, broken elevators, a damaged courtyard, dripping sewage, and an aging electrical system. Officials plan to replace all 1,400 clocks with battery or new electrical ones while seeking a $46 million three year maintenance program and possible shift of maintenance duties back to the department.
London reports a 4 percent boost for Queen Elizabeth amid ongoing cost cutting by the Royal Trust and official stance on frugal royal spending. The total monarchic cost to Britain last year reached about 40 million dollars, with the queen’s salary set at 5.582 million dollars before a 485 thousand dollar repayment to help other royal family members.
President Reagan sends a 1985 budget proposal amid first deficit reduction talks with a bipartisan Capitol Hill group. Senators debate a wide anti crime package while the House weighs Agent Orange compensation for Vietnam veterans.
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