IE rate hike sparks heated hearing in Cedar Rapids
About 350 people packed the Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Coliseum for a three hour Iowa Commerce Commission consumer comment hearing on Iowa Electric Light and Power proposed 18.7 percent average rate increase. Residents criticize higher bills while IE defends plans to cover power costs and a Muscatine contract.
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Nancy Stevens Cazette
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Iowa Commerce Commission
ICC
Muscatine Power and Water Company
Horace Webb
Farris rests insanity defense in triple murder trial
Bruce Farris, 23, of Cedar Rapids, will not plead insanity in his three murders in Cedar Rapids. The Newton trial moved due to publicity around co defendant Michael Rohn, who testified Farris killed Miss May and later the two boys. Rohn faces possible charges but was acquitted of hindering and involvement. Rohn is expected to testify Friday as jury selection continues.
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Roland Krekeler
Jazette
Newton
Bruce Farris
Michael Newmeister
Farris
Cedar Rapids
Jacalyn May
Michael Rohn
Miss May
Rohn
Reagan calls Congress to stiffen Fair Housing Act
President Reagan urged Congress to strengthen the Fair Housing Act by placing enforcement leadership with the federal government and proposed fines up to 100000 for landlords who discriminate. The move followed a Justice Department desegregation suit against Alabama's dual system and coincided with an NAACP convention.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Justice Department
Alabama
New Orleans
Cheese giveaway Iowa officials defend plan for expansion
Washington The federal surplus commodities program draws criticism from a GAO finding that up to 30 percent of surplus cheese and butter may go to those not in need. Iowa Deputy Human Services Commissioner Charles Palmer says the state remains efficient but faced a 74 to 80 percent cut in USDA commodities. Iowa distributes about 1.3 million pounds of cheese and 500,000 pounds of butter monthly to roughly 180,000 to 190,000 households. Senator Roger Jepsen notes Iowa’s leadership in distribution as hearings proceed.
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David Lynch
Jazette Wact
Washington
Iowa
Cooper Evans
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
General Accounting Office
Charles Palmer
Iowa Department of Human Services
USDA
Palmer
Roger Jepsen
Robert Dole
Kan
Linn County cheese and butter giveaways defended
Linn County officials defend the distributions run by HACAP noting many people benefited while conceding some received more than entitled. A GAO study linked lack of uniform eligibility standards to ineligible purchases, but organizers emphasize the program’s background and purpose. Distributions began February 1982 and continued monthly, planned as short-term aid in response to unemployment.
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Vanessa Shelton Lacelle Slau
Linn County
Steve Hartley
Hawkeye Area
Hartley
HACAP
Linn
Tale 4 If Patrick Henry thought taxation with out representation was bad
Public domain style note jokes about taxation and representation through a playful line referencing Patrick Henry. The line imagines the opposite scenario with a modern twist and copyright remark.
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Patrick Henry
Lawyer Says Tapes Stolen In Vicki Morgan Case
Beverly Hills AP report says attorney Robert K. Steinberg claims he possessed embarrassing sex tapes involving slain model Vicki Morgan and alleged government officials. He blamed a member of the press corps for the theft, while police say there is no evidence the tapes exist beyond Steinberg’s statements. Authorities subpoenaed Steinberg to produce the tapes in Van Nuys Municipal Court on July 25 as a related murder arraignment proceeds.
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Calif
Vicki Morgan
Press Corps
Robert K. Steinberg
Steinberg
Los Angeles
van Nuys Municipal Court
Marvin Pancoast
Miss Morgan
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