Farmstead Foods seeks state grant for Cedar Rapids plant upgrade
Cedar Rapids based Farmstead Foods plans a 6.5 million modernization of the former Wilson Foods plant and seeks a 1 million state grant to save 1,700 jobs and a 35 million payroll. City Council and Chamber of Commerce back the effort with local support while comparing to a recent IBP grant aiding 238 jobs in Council Bluffs.
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Farmstead Foods
Cedar Rapids
Wilson Foods
Farmstead
Chamber of Commerce
IBP Inc
Iowa Beef Processors
Council Bluffs
IBP
Columbus Junction
Farmstead and IBP clash over state development funds
Iowa development debate centers on Farmstead Foods seeking a large grant while IBP already secured 738000 for job creation in Cedar Rapids. Teleconnect also receives 475000 for relocation, as critics push for fair distribution of lottery funds and future plant upgrades.
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IBP
Development Commission
Bradley joins key tax reform conference committee
The joint Senate House tax reform conference panel includes Bill Bradley of New Jersey, praised as a leading authority on tax reform. Senators Packwood and Long emphasize Bradley's expertise over seniority, noting his influence on the current bill and its resemblance to his earlier proposal.
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Joint Conference Committee
House
Senate
Robert Packwood
Finance Committee
Russell Long
Bill Bradley
New Jersey
Bradley
Packwood
Long
Meese report on pornography misses the core harm
The Meese commission argues that pornography harms are linked to personal violence, but the text notes sociological evidence remains ambiguous and argues the central harm is to character and family privacy. It defends voluntary public standards over national legal bans and highlights the role of community opinion and boycotts.
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Meese
Social Science
Hugh Hefner
Larry Flynts
Irving Kristol
Kristol
D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley
Commission
Meese Commission
Justice Stewart
Francis Canavan
Harry Clor
Supreme Court
Attorney General’s Commission On Pornography
CBS News
The
New York Times
Washington Post
the Gazette
Playboy
Penthouse
Japan
U.S
Organized Crime
James Dobson
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
White House
Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C
Edwin Meese
Justice Dept
Constitution Ave
10Th St. NW
Dobson
Box 500
Arcadia
Calif
Debated Morris Plan overhaul and a new savings loan
Readers discuss Morris Plan and Mor-America creditors approval of a reorganization to repay debts and launch a savings and loan under the same officers. Letters critique family control and interfamily transfers as core problems, plus praise for local theater talent and call for stronger obscenity enforcement and public action.
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Morris Plan
Mor-America
Savings and Loan
Morris Plan - for-America
Thanking Heritage Acres for Joe Feeney Concert Sponsorship
A Beverly Manor care system sponsor Heritage Acres hosted a free Joe Feeney concert on July 17 enjoyed by attendees and their group. The author expresses gratitude to staff for making the event possible and for the care provided to the author’s mother.
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Heritage Acres
Beverly Manor
Joe Feeney
Letter Guidelines for Public Submissions
The guidelines state letters may be shortened and edited, not published anonymously, require writer name street address and signature, include a phone number for authentication, limit about 400 words, focus on issues and public events, avoid verse, permit only one letter per writer every 30 days.
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JF. Hladky, Jr
Board of
Joe Hladky II
John Donaglly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
State Development Commission
Teleconnect
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
Iowa
Rep
Jim Courter
California
United States
Piscataway
N.J
Greenwich Village
Haight-Ashbury
Rep. Courter
R-N.j
Congress
Ron Livingston
Marion High School
Yale
Collins-Rockwell
Cedar Rapids Community Theatre
Joseph and
Sam Shepard
Ron
Marion
Guy Washburn
Kim Ketelsen
CBCT
Mary Duncombe
Jim Ball
Coe
Cedar Rapids/Marion
Ray and
Jana Carson
Fifth Ave
Gazette
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