Cedar Rapids Sees Quiet Hope With Reagan Start
A New York Times visit portrays Cedar Rapids residents weighing Reagan’s early economic signals amid inflation and high rates. Business leaders like Ewoldt and Skogman express cautious optimism, while bankers report improving attitudes as unemployment trends dip from 7.3 to about 6 percent. Local voters recall Carter and Reagan margins, hoping federal cuts and policy shifts lift the city’s fortunes.
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New York Times
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Iowa
Cedar River
Iran
Ecclesiastes
Heaver
Des Moines
Quaker Oats
Rockwell International
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Harold F. Ewoldt
Five Seasons Convention Center
Stouffer’s Hotel
Ewoldt
City Hall
Donald J. Canney
Reagan
Plains
Canney
Robert O’meara
Merchants National Bank
O’meara
Kyle Skogman
Skogman Homes
Skogman
Rapids Chevrolet
Bill Fletcher
Fletcher
Don Menke
Job Service of
Menke
Robert Carson
Hawkeye Labor Council
Thomas V. Smith
Mercy Hospital
Gloria
Nathan
John B. Anderson
Illinois
Mrs. Smith
Smith
Harry E. Boyd
Boyd
America
King Features
Ray proposal may split families over ADC unemployed parent rule
Iowa could end the unemployed parent ADC provision under Gov. Robert Ray’s 1982 budget delaying July 1 changes. In Linn County about 200 households could be affected with 231 families, 861 people receiving $380.97 monthly on average in December 1980. Statewide 11,893 people in 2,979 families used unemployed parent benefits in Dec 1980, costing 1.103 million.
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Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Linn County
Pruismann
ADC
Prussmann
Adorable 12-Week-Old Kitten Seeks Home at Mount Vernon Shelter
A 12 week old mostly black cat with white toes and white markings on its underside is available for adoption at the humane shelter on Mount Vernon Road SE. The kitten has distemper shots and is wormed.
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Humane Shelter
Mount Vernon Road
Corn Growers Patch Up Split In Iowa News Tie
Iowa corn groups heal rift with National Corn Growers Association and ICGA will take over national promotion of gasoline, fructose, and corn oils. ICGA magazine becomes NCGA oriented, membership grows to about five thousand while NCGA around twelve thousand. Funded at seventy five thousand dollars yearly from NCGA.
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West Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Corn Growers Association
National Corn Growers Association
ICGA
Kenneth Heffernan
NCGA
Des
Heffernan
Washington
Farm Energy
Senators press Reagan to end Soviet grain embargo
Iowa's Republican senators urged President Reagan to lift the embargo, after a 30 minute White House meeting. Sen. Jepsen said Reagan was receptive and Agriculture Secretary Black would present a plan at a Cabinet meeting next week. Sen. Grassley criticized the slow move despite campaign promises.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Reagan
Carter
Roger Jepsen
Jepsen
John Black
Sen
Charles Grassley
America
Soviet Union
Grassley
Judge Dismisses Ten-Year Milk Antitrust Case
A federal judge dismissed all claims in a decade-long antitrust dispute between the National Farmers Organization and several milk producers after a 28-month trial ending in 1979. The 296-page opinion cites insufficient evidence of federal antitrust violations with parties expected to appeal and costs likely to run high.
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Kansas City, Mo
National Farmers Organization
U.S
John W. Oliver
Oliver
Mid-America Dairymen Inc
NFO
Dairymen
Central Milk Producers Cooperative
Associated Reserve Standby Pool Cooperative
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Swine flu suit settled in Cedar Rapids case
Anna R. Duggan of Farley says she settled the federal suit claiming the 1976 swine flu vaccination caused her husband Arthur Duggan’s paralysis and death at 73 in 1978 after a month in hospital. The court records did not disclose the settlement amount, she said she hoped for about seven thousand dollars.
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Anna R. Duggan
Farley
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Rabies Warning Urges Caution for Area Horses
Cedar Rapids veterinarian Dr Patrick Smith warns of a possible rabies surge after treating two horse cases in two months at the University of Iowa Hygenic Laboratory Oakdale. He urges owners to monitor for strange behavior and vaccinate. first case was December 24 at Hills and the second about ten days ago at Shellsburg.
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Cedar Rapids
Patrick Smith
Smith
University of Iowa
Oakdale
Hills
Shellsburg
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