Bottle bill inches toward House approval after long debate
In Des Moines the Iowa House faced a curfew after seven hours of debate on the bottle bill. A 5 cent deposit on most beer and soft drink containers remains, with changes in the Senate version pushing dates to March 1, 1979 and exempting on premise sales. Debate resumes this afternoon with a final vote expected soon amid a growing gruff mood.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Jerry Fitzgerald
Fort Dodge
Mary O'Halloran
D-Cedar Falls
Andrew Varley
R-Stuart
Refund plan for bottle bill supporters outlined
Lobbyist Gene Kennedy says contributors to the Citizens Committee to Eliminate Litter will get refunds. About $140,000 was raised and roughly $98,000 spent in a December to January media blitz opposing the bill. Contributors will receive a proportionate share of their donations.
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Des Moines
Gene Kennedy
Kennedy
Citizens Committee
Kirkwood expands student service hours and activities
Kirkwood Community College announces expanded hours at Benton Hall Learning Resources Center on Sundays 1 to 5 pm starting March 12. Benton Hall extends evening hours to 9 30 pm Monday to Thursday from March 6, with Friday hours 7 30 am to 4 pm. Food service in the Iowa Hall cafeteria runs 4 30 to 6 30 pm Monday to Thursday. The Iowa Hall bookstore adds Tuesday and Wednesday evening hours 5 30 to 8 30 pm and expanded registration days. New entertainment and social programs are planned Monday through Thursday evenings. Movie nights Monday 6 30 pm and Iowa Hall game room Tuesday 6 30 to 8 30 pm. Expanded services are experimental, to continue if in demand. 38 percent of enrollment is night students. campus studies on on campus child care for night students.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Benton Hall
William Waltz
Iowa Hall
Waltz
City Council Finalizes Revenue Sharing Cuts
City officials report completion of reductions in departmental requests aiming at about 2 million dollars next year. The council trimmed roughly 580 thousand dollars of overages while approving 10000 dollars for snow routes and 6500 dollars for Bever Park Zoo improvements, despite opposition to specific projects.
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Tom Aller
Bever Park Zoo
Stan Reinis
Four youths arrested on second degree theft charges in Cedar Rapids
A 19 year old man a 17 year old girl and two 17 year old boys all from Cedar Rapids were taken into custody about 2 30 am on charges of second degree theft. They were linked to reports of stolen rifles sound equipment two shotguns and a handgun. Police took them into custody in the 300 block of F Ave NW.
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Cedar Rapids
Ronald Edgerly
20Th St. NW
Steve Kramme
Palo
Gary Gaylord
C Ave. NE
F Ave
Denny E. Potter
41St Ave
Potter
Explosion kills two in apartment blast near Tel Aviv
An explosion at an apartment building near Tel Aviv killed two elderly Israelis and injured at least two others. Police said the cause was not immediately known.
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Tel Aviv
Vislisel seeks court review of third Iowa Civil Rights finding
Eugene Vislisel, of 141 36th Ave SW, files in Linn District Court seeking judicial review of a third Iowa Civil Rights Commission ruling that he was not discriminated against in a clerk typist job application. He alleges WMT Radio discriminated against him for age 46, with other petitions asserting sex discrimination.
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Eugene Vislisel
36Th Ave
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Linn District Court
Vislisel
WMT Radio
Commission
Wislise
Kirkwood seeks new superintendent as 67 apply
A total of 67 applications for the Kirkwood Community College superintendency were returned by today’s deadline. Applications postmarked today may be accepted, and four of the 160 requests were withdrawn. Ira Larson serves as acting superintendent. the board meets next Thursday to begin reviewing candidates with a aim to name a successor by summer. ON THIS DATE in 1780 the Pennsylvania Legislature passed an act abolishing slavery.
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Kirkwood Community College
Selby Ballantyne
Ira Larson
Pennsylvania
Tree falls damages house during city tree removal
A rotted silver maple fell about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday near 401 I Ave NW, knocking a three foot hole in Ella Jenkins residence as city crews remove diseased trees. City Forester Eric Faaborg cited weakness and instability. no injuries or damage estimate yet. The incident was the second building damage in eight years of the program, with several thousand trees removed annually.
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Ella Jenkins
I Ave
Eric Faaborg
Stan Reinis
Speech on Chinese art at Washington opens to public
Dr. Eugene Chen Boyang of Indiana University will speak at 1 30 p.m. Friday in Washington High School Little Theater. The free event targets Cedar Rapids staff and the public, featuring slides on Chinese landscape prints a 16 minute videotape and an informal talk comparing French German Spanish and Chinese customs.
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Eugene Chen Boyang
Indiana University
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Boyang
Hong Kong
India
New York City
Harvard
Columbia
Tama man arrested on Tama County theft warrant in Florida
Charles Hudson, 20, of Toledo, sought by Tama County for theft from R and G Service Station on Tama’s east edge, was arrested Monday in Tavares Florida on a second degree theft warrant. He waived extradition and Tama County officers will travel to Florida to return him.
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Toledo
Charles Hudson
Tama County
R and G
Tama
Tavares
Fla
Hudson
Florida
Miller Automotive Carries Towing Bid in City C R Car Case
Miller Automotive Service submitted the sole bid for towing CR vehicles at 15 dollars per vehicle from accident scenes and 12.50 dollars for nonaccident tows with 3 dollars daily storage and 5 dollars for extra services. It operates six tow trucks and stores up to 340 vehicles. The Police Department will study the bid while Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen notes storage fees exceed state reimbursement. John Griser had previously proposed removing abandoned cars but did not bid today.
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Miller Automotive Service
Police Department
Floyd Bergen
John Griser
U S Near Approval of Nuclear Reactor Sale to Iran
State Department officials say the United States is close to approving the sale of six to eight nuclear reactors to Iran. The move could affect nonproliferation efforts and escalate regional tensions amid ongoing diplomacy.
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Washington
United States
Iran
State Department
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