Tax protest trends shift to commercial valuations in Linn County
Linn County board members report 192 protests this year with a surge in commercial cases as investors face inflation and falling incomes. New county videotapes aid reviews while residential and farm credits lessen taxable value. Cedar Rapids and county totals show commercial property remaining above last year while residential values dip.
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Linn County Board
Scott Olson
Anthes
Peiffer
Cedar Rapids
Ellars
Linn County
Board of Review
White House official links Allen to NSC staff source
A White House official said Richard Allen named a National Security Council staff member as the source of the innocuous material received during the 1980 campaign. The aide Jerry Jennings denied the accusation, calling it untrue and ludicrous.
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Washington
White House
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Carter
National Security Council
Jerry D. Jennings
Office of Science and Technology
Jennings
Allen
Reagan
FBI
Stevenson pays life preserver fine on Mississippi River
Former U S Senator Adlai E Stevenson III, once Illinois governor hopeful, paid $28 in Jackson County Iowa for not carrying a Coast Guard approved throwable life preserver while operating a boat on the Mississippi River on June 25. The payment was made through a Chicago financial management firm on June 29.
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U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Jackson
Illinois
Hanover
Ill
Keith Rowley
Mississippi River
Stevenson
Chicago
Weather forecast with showers and heat extremes
Extended forecast shows showers possible Sunday and Monday with fair Tuesday. Highs range 85 to 95 degrees and lows mostly in the 60s. National extremes include a low of 34 at Bradford Pennsylvania and a high of 115 at Gila Bend Arizona.
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Edmonton
Montreal
Ottawa
Record cold in Chicago and heat in Plains marked by storms
The 45 degree Chicago low set a record and was the coldest July reading. Plains afternoon highs tied records with Brownsville reaching 97 and Williston 100. Thunderstorms and showers scattered from Montana to Florida and the Carolinas with a Laurel Florida tornado and 60 mph winds in Bozeman.
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Ore
Georgia Coast
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Nevada
Great Lakes
Northern
Dakotas
Sioux City Youth Dies After Jail Hanging
A 16 year old from Sioux City died at Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines from injuries after hanging with blue jeans in Fort Dodge City Jail. Douglas Alan May, held after escaping a detention home, died about 2 30 p.m. per Polk County Medical Examiner Dr. R C Wooters.
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Sioux City
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Fort Dodge City
Polk County
R.C. Wooters
Douglas Alan May
Hijacker on Flight Bound for Havana Receives Tough Cuban Sentence
Passengers recalled a white hijacker on a jet to Havana who exchanged no obvious resistance. Cuban soldiers escorted him off after landing. FAA said Cuban judges are imposing long prison terms to deter air piracy.
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Finkel
Mayer
Cuba
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Miami Beach
FAA
Jack Barker
Murder at North Hollywood condo linked to long affair
Police found Miss Morgan dead in a three bedroom North Hollywood condo shared with Pancoast. A bloody baseball bat lay near her body and autopsy cited multiple blunt force injuries. Pancoast confessed to a Wednesday fight over finances before beating her to death. Todd, her 14 year old son, was not at home. Neighbors recalled a quiet woman and no prior reports of fighting.
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Miss Morgan
Pancoast
Cooke
Los Angeles County
Bill Gold
Katie
Todd
Bloomingdale
William Morris Agency
Robert Epstein
Marvin Mitchelson
London
Rajavi mediates Iran hijack at Paris airport in police helicopter
Rajavi flown to a Paris airport by police helicopter to negotiate with hijackers led by Ehsan. After orders to surrender, passengers and crew exited the jetliner in stages. Iran accused France of using a terrorist mediator while praising that no blood was shed.
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Rajavi
Iran
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Ehsan
Mujahedeen
Mercy Hospital to Honor Last Radiology Grads
The last graduating class of Iowa City Mercy Hospital's school of radiologic technology will be honored Sunday July 10 at 2 p.m. in the hospital's north wing lower lounge. Four graduates Janet Bolek Dawne Kiefer Brenda Leichty and Jeffrey Torrey will be recognized. the program began in 1937 and ended with the January 1982 phaseout plan.
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Iowa City
Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City Mercy Hospital
School of Radiologic Technology
Janet Bolek
Joliet, Ill
Dawne Kiefer
Brenda Leichty
Wayland
Iowa
Jeffrey Torrey
North Liberty
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