Varley warns FCC rate hike will cut Iowa phone use
Iowa Commerce Commission Chairman Andrew Varley warned the FCC's plan to raise local service charges will raise residential bills to about $8 a month by 1989 and could cause 3 to 5 percent of Iowans to drop telephone service. He called the shift tragic for small towns as rates rise in stages through 1989 to cover a $10.7 billion subsidy. He noted long distance cannot operate without local lines and urged caution as universality is threatened.
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Federal Communications Commission
Iowa
Iowa Commerce Commission
Andrew Varley
FCC
Wednes
Varley
Farris offers to help locate murder weapon
Cedar Rapids man Farris, convicted of three counts of first degree murder, reportedly told sheriff's deputies he would show where a garbage bag containing the knife used to kill Jacalyn May and her two children could be found. Michael Rohn, once a co defendant, offered to help but was acquitted.
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Roland Krekeler
Gazette Courw
Bruce Farris
Jacalyn May
Cedar Rapids
Sheriff's Deputies
Farris
Linn
the Gazette
Michael Rohn
Rohn
Miss May
Jason
Justin
Jasper County
Chuckle: old-timer recalls eras when day ended earlier
A humorous quip reflects an old-timer who jokes about living in a time when the day finished before he did, capturing a light moment about aging and eras.
Eight men charged in massive weapons conspiracy case
Eight men face charges in two conspiracies after allegedly promising to supply over 2 billion in arms to undercover agents posing as IRA and Iranian government representatives. The scheme involved tanks helicopters missiles and large cash bribes, with no actual IRA or Iranian officials involved.
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New York
Irish Republican Army
Treasury
John Walker
IRA
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Iran
Walker
Nicholas Angell
Firearms Bureau
U.S
Rudolph Giuliani
Heaven and hell beliefs shape U S Catholic readers survey
Readers of U S Catholic magazine weigh the afterlife in a survey with 283 respondents 28 percent return. Ninety seven percent believe in heaven and 83 percent expect to go there. Citations include diverse desires from an unlimited charge card to a golf daily heaven.
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U.S
Dorothy Brandle
Fresno
Calif
Maryland
Francis Pratt
Latrobe
God
Hell
Martin Marty
University of Chicago
James Breig
Heaven
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