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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1978
Page
8
Residents voice strong opinions on budget cuts with heavy criticism of schools noting high costs and limited value. Welfare and day care funding draw support for reductions while parks and recreation face large cuts. Police and fire services face modest reductions.
Citizens across Linn and Johnson counties press for property tax reductions and welfare curbs while debating Iowa’s lack of a public initiative, county budgets, and local police and service spending. Residents urge mixed reforms from 50 percent cuts to 15 percent, citing California Prop 13 and broader tax burdens.
Davenport couple Alfred Fratzke and his wife had a Sunday trip interrupted when their 1968 Oldsmobile auto fire erupted 3 miles west of Independence on Highway 20. Fire officials said wiring caused the blaze. the car and belongings were a total loss, but their boat was saved with no injuries.
Independence police investigate vandalism at Hess Pharmacy where a front plate glass window was shattered at 10 39 p m Sunday. No damage estimate available.
The Gazette reports Linn County government employment rose from 6,400 in 1968 to 9,800 today, a 53 percent gain. County government and Kirkwood Community College led local expansion, with Kirkwood just in its sophomore year a decade ago.
Rebecca Schnitzler, 16, of Decorah, is in fair condition after a Sunday crash at the Old Highway 52 and New Highway 52 intersection south of Burr Oak. Helford Johnson, 73, of International Falls Minnesota, was treated and released. Schnitzler was charged with failure to stop.
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