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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1983
Page
4
The son of Roy J. Carver, Clayton Carver, died last month of a suspected accidental overdose from cocaine. Dr. Dean McGinty, Muscatine County medical examiner, cites a pathologist report but offers no opinion on intent.
Gov. Terry Branstad approved a pay bill that raises a large expense account for lawmakers and outlines a pay freeze starting July 1 with a 6.1 percent boost for most state employees the following year. The measure also details a large legislative expense package.
The University of Iowa College of Medicine joins research centers in pursuing AIDS origins and treatment. The study begins July 1, with the disease having killed more than 1,600 Americans since 1980.
Investors who bought Eagle Computers stock on the first day of the offering were informed that all sales are canceled due to the president's death. A new offering may be planned soon according to Money page 5B.
An anti farm backlash grows in Congress as details emerge about the payment in kind program. Agriculture Secretary John Block warns agriculture committee members that urban lawmakers may challenge federal farm costs.
Nan Wood Graham sister of the late Grant Wood arrives at Cedar Rapids airport en route to Amer can Gothic Days in Eldon Iowa. She attends the Grant Wood Festival in Stone City and comments on the painting and its spoofs.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad criticized a national Republican fund-raising sweepstakes as a gimmick and deceptive. The $100,000 New Beginnings contest offers a $50,000 grand prize and 512 smaller prizes, alongside aspirational imagery and retirement or investment tropes. Branstad had vetoed a lottery bill a week earlier and questioned the state's involvement.
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices and restrictions on mail in some areas.
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