Pension plan boosts pensions for ex government workers
Iowa lawmakers and Gov. Ray back a plan to raise IPERS retirees pensions by up to 50 a month for those with 30 years or more service. Increases prorated 10 20 and 30 year brackets, starting at 5 a month for 10 years and reaching 20 a month at 20 years. The measure also raises the retirement benefit cap from 40 to 44 percent of the average salary.
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Des Moines
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
Iowa Public Employees
Robert Ray
Ray
IPERS
Iowa
Community Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Events
Cedar Rapids busy with sales meetings and club gatherings featuring speakers from Burroughs Corp and Norfolk and Western railroad. Area events include St Patrick's Games, various dances, auctions, and houseplant sales at Linn County Nursery and neighborhood clubs across Marion and Cedar Rapids.
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Traffic Club
Cedar Rapids- Marion
Knights of Columbus
Ave
Tom Bayrer
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Linn County Republicans rally for gains in state races
Republican leaders from Linn County urged party workers to boost candidates including Bud Kudart and Bob Rush while touting Tom Tauke as a strong challenger. They criticized Democrats in Des Moines and urged aggressive organizing to win seats in the Second District and statewide offices.
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Iowa
Steve Roberts
Linn County
GOP
Rick Rawson
Palo
James Wells
Monty Bertelli
Marion
Mike Oxley
Bud Kudert
Mount Vernon
James Redmond
Linn
Dick Pundt
Bud Kudart
Redmond
Bob Rush
Rush
Cedar Rapids
Pundt
Tom Tauke
R-Dubuque
Mike Blouin
Dubuque
Tauke
Carter
Roberts
Dick Clark
Africa
Sen. Clark
Clark
U.S
Iowa Commerce Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
Des Moines
Indianola
Joe Bertrode
Gordon Holmes
National Republican Committee
Terry Branstad
Lake Mills
Brice Oakley
Clinton
Lipsky
Richard Rawson
Route 1
Jim Wells
Coe College
Linn Republicans
Fran Palmer
Bertram
Ted Johnson
Ely
Republican State Central Committee
Monticello
Mudslides Kill Three in Southern California Storm
Three people died as a massive storm unleashed mudslides in Southern California causing road closures and evacuations. National Guard and helicopters aided rescues in Ventura County while Bel Air and Woodland Hills reported fatalities from mud inundated homes. A Van Nuys youth vanished after being swept into floodwaters. his body recovered later near Sepulveda Dam.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
National Guard
Ventura County
Bel-Air
Woodland Hills
San Fernando Valley
van Nuys
Valley
Tom Hayes
Sepulveda Dam
Smoke Damages Marion Home From Pilot Light Fire
Marion firefighters responded to the Charles Landers residence at 2721 Fifth Ave on Friday night for a basement fire caused by a pilot light igniting gasoline fumes from a hot water heater. The blaze damaged a floor joist and filled the house with smoke but was confined to that area.
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Marion
Charles Landers
Fifth Ave
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Professional Sales Association
Longbranch
Bob Pierret
Burroughs Corp
St. Patrick’s
Ave. NW
Linn County Nursery
Center Point
David Warmbier
Adv
Novak
14Th Ave
S.E
Cliff Egger
Armstrong’s
Roosevelt Royale
Jack Shepherd
St. Ludmilas
Register Now
West Side Garden Center
Embassy Club
Chicken Kiev
Don Miller
the Chanters
Pierson’s Florists
14Th Street
14Th Avenue
A.G
Linn County Sheriff's Office
First Lutheran Church
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Witwer
Second Avenue
Third Street
Shaklee
Lila Hegland
St. SW
1St Ave
College Community — School Board
Prairie High School
Personal Tax Service
L.D
Lou) Dudak
Linn County Association For
Monroe Developmental Center
Pioneer Ave
Blair Thorn Orchestra
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Opryland
D.J
Cubs
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Teamsters
Teamsters Hall
J St
Steve Severn
Democratic Party
Darrell Winterowd
Terry Moore
Animal Medical Center
Mt. Vernon Rd
Kiwanis
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Hope
Channel 2
Signoff News
Kirkwood Book Store
C.V. Mosby Nursing and Allied Health Resource Center
Chanters of Zor Shrine Temple
Fifth Street SE
LIV
Schwartz Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tony Schrader
State Department of Insurance
Bloomington
Ilinois
Corner House
Joseph Howell Smith
B.T. Howell
15Th Ave
Wise Funeral Home
Bonham, Texas
Canopus
Lawrence Asaro
the Elks
Ralph Heaton
Jim Beams
Republicans
Hansen
Jerry Sullivan
Charles Castine
Castine
Detrai
Gary
Detroit
Steve Thomson
Bureau of Linn County
T. C. Reynolds
Reynolds
Republican Party
Farberware LitGrill
Kubias
Ave. S.E
Hubler Altors
Blairs Ferry
Hiawatha
Zenith
Ryegless Model
Crowley-Klopp
Robert S. Klopp
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