Buckle Up Baby Bill Revived In Iowa House
The Iowa House may revive the "buckle up baby" bill after Senate committee killed it. Rep. Jean Lloyd Jones seeks to attach a child seat requirement to a Senate guest statute repeal, backed by medical groups and doctors, with a $20 fine for noncompliance and first-time relief if a proper seat is obtained. Opposition argues enforcement and rights concerns.
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Gazette
Des Moines
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House
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Lown City
Senate Transportation Committee
Joe Coleman
D-Clare
Lloyd-Jones
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Lloyd- Jones
Coleman
Medical Society
Pediatricians Association
Cedar Rapids Men Seek IDOT Seat on Branstad Appointments
Two Cedar Rapids residents vie for the Iowa Department of Transportation Commission vacancy as Gov Branstad must fill more than 100 state board posts by Tuesday. Cloyd Robinson, ex state senator, cites Cedar Rapids backing while other Cedar Rapids candidate remains undisclosed.
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Owa
Cedar Rapids
Cloyd Robinson
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Terry Branstad
Iowa Senate
Roger Fair
Davenport
Idot Commission
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Gazette
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Quaker Oats
Iowa
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Ames
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Department of Revenue
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Board of Parole
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Iowa Merit Employment Department
Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners
Iowa State Historical Department
State Board of Engineering Examiners
Iowa Development Commission
State Conservation Commission
Civil Rights Commission
Commission For the Blind
Commission On Aging
Sentence Upholds Cedar Rapids Cocaine Bust Figure
A federal appeals court in St Louis refused to reduce the 10 year prison term for John M Papajohn Jr tied to a major cocaine seizure in Cedar Rapids. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine and was labeled a ringleader by prosecutors.
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John M. Papajohn Jr
Cedar Rapids
Edward McManus
U.S. District Court
Papajohn
Long Island
N.Y
Florida
Iowa
New York
Arbitrator freezes UNI faculty wages for next year
The University of Northern Iowa faculty will have salaries frozen next year while an average 7 percent pay rise is set for the following year under a two year contract ruled by Neil Gunderman. The Madison based arbitrator specified salary levels effective July 1.
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Cedar Falls
UPI
University of Northern Iowa
Neil Gunderman
Madison
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Iowa liquor sales dip amid unemployment and weak economy
Iowa state liquor stores showed February sales at 9.1 million dollars, down 433000 from a year earlier. Eight month fiscal total reached about 91 million with wine and liquor sales collectively about 3.5 million below the prior year through February 1982, according to Rolland Gallagher of the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Rolland Gallagher
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Iowa Traffic Deaths Near Five-Year Average
Des Moines reports 81 highway fatalities in Iowa so far this year, up 26 from the same period last year. The total tracks close to the five year average, according to the Department of Transportation.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
State Department of Transportation
Iowa House Passes Rules on Excavating Near Gas Pipelines
A 92 to 0 approved bill requires tile or excavation work within 300 feet of a pipeline to notify the pipeline company. The company must stake the line within 48 hours at 25 foot intervals and provide a site representative to inform depth. The move follows a fatal Hudson area accident last fall.
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Hudson Blast
House
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa House
Hudson
Black Hawk County
Jack Kerouac Birthday Noted in 1922 Founding Date
A remark marks the birth of American novelist Jack Kerouac in 1922. The note acknowledges Kerouac as a prominent figure in American letters and places his birth on this date.
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Jack Kerouac
Tipton Man Sets Record Straight About Namesake in Jail
Randy Phelps the Tipton barber clarifies he is not the Cedar County Jail inmate with the same name. The 22 year old Randy Ray Phelps of West Branch was sentenced to 90 days for criminal mischief after pleading guilty. The Tipton man appeals for no mistaken identity in Cedar County.
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Gazonte Jones
Cedar Bureau
Tipton
Randy Phelps
Cedar County
Randy Ray Phelps
West Branch
Randy
Gene
Dolores Phelps
Sabula Girl, 10, Killed in Highway Collision
Gwendolyn Sue Runte of Sabula was struck and killed Thursday when her bicycle swerved while a truck driven by Joseph Cotton of Clinton attempted to pass on Highway 67 about seven miles north of Clinton.
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UPI
Gwendolyn Sue Runte
Sabula
Highway 67
Clinton County
Sheriff's de
Partment
Joseph Cotton
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