Tempers Flare at Hearing Over Iowa Social Service Budget
Des Moines reporters describe a Senate House split over corrections funding and mental health spending. The Senate, led by Bert Priebe, cuts and revises allocations while John Brunow leads a cautious House panel. Total proposed social service spending sits near 231 million, about 4.5 million below Gov. Ray’s proposal. The dispute includes sharp exchanges as both sides maneuver on corrections facilities and the task force’s fiscal recommendations.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
John Brunow
Centerville
Special Task Force
Brunow
Robert Ray
Priebe
Joint Committee
Brunon
Senate Committee
Cedar Rapids Rail Ordinance Faces Six State Exceptions
The TRB ruled Cedar Rapids must include six state exceptions to regulate train movements at street crossings. Railroads argued the city’s ordinance conflicts with state law limiting blockages to ten minutes, with cases pending on prohibiting all train movement in the Fourth street corridor 3:30 to 5:30 pm daily except Sundays.
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Cedar Rapids
Transportation Regulation Board
TRB
Fourth Street
Des Moines
Police arrest eight on separate charges and runaways
Eight people were arrested on separate charges Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Two 15 year old Independence girls were taken into custody for hitchhiking in Cedar Rapids and charged as runaways with possession of prescription drugs. Other arrests include Randy B. Goodman 28 charged with assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury and resisting an officer plus giving a false name. Richard Lint 19 charged with malicious injury to a motor vehicle and assault. Marsha and Steven Franklin charged with grand larceny for bricks from an I 380 site. Donald Christopher 20 and Gregg Goodwin 23 charged with receiving stolen property for three televisions from the Holiday Inn. The March 13 historical note mentions a U S investigator in Greece heading home to brief Congress on anti communism efforts.
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Independence
Cedar Rapids
Randy B. Goodman
Eighteenth Avenue
Donald Eis
Eighth Street
Rustic Inn
Third Street
Goodman
Richard Lee Lint
Avenue NW
1 Avenue NW
Donald Cain
Marsha Franklin
Steven Franklin
Palo
Donald Christopher
Second Avenue
Gregg Goodwin
Holiday Inn
Williams Boulevard
Driver Charged After Intersection Crash In Northwest City
Eleven year old Lloyd Johnson of 1206 Sioux drive NW was treated at St Luke's hospital and released after a traffic mishap at 8 05 am Thursday. Wanda Neuenswander 25 of 1640 Favenue NW and Duane Mueller 17 of 1512 Pawnee drive NW collided at E avenue and Thirteenth street NW. Neuenswander was charged with failure to yield at a stop or yield in tersection.
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Lloyd Johnson
Sioux Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Wanda Neuenswander
Favenue
Duane Mueller
Pawnee Drive
E Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Neuenswander
Court rules Iowa must pay ADC to 16 year old mother
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge ruling that federal aid programs base eligibility on having a dependent child, not on the applicant’s age. Mary Roe, age 16, sued Iowa over ADC payments for her daughter Sarah Roe, born 1974 in Waterloo.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Iowa
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Edward J. McManus
Mary Roe
Sarah Roe
Miss Roe
Waterloo
ADC
McManus
Roe
Legion Post 435 Faces Gambling Charges in Raid
INDEPENDENCE The Buchanan county district court charged the Plamer-Scharff American Legion post No 435 of Aurora with bootlegging illegal gaming and betting in a February 11 raid. Six men tied to the Legion annual fundraiser will have charges dropped as the raid involved group activity. Those charged were Eugene F McCann Stanley LaVerne Clark Aurora Lee Earl Opitz Aurora LaVerne Lentz Aurora Richard C Rau Stanley and Dale Buckman Aurora. The prosecutor expects the Legion post to plead guilty Thursday afternoon.
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Independence
Buchanan County District Court
Plamer-Scharff American Legion Post No
Aurora
Daryl Roberts
Legion
Roberts
Eugene F. McCann
Stanley
LaVerne Clark
Lee Earl Opitz
LaVerne Lentz
Richard C. Rau
Dale Buckman
Legion Post
Extinct and Endangered Mammals Across 1900 Years
More than 110 mammal species have gone extinct in 1,900 years with about 70 percent dying out in the past century. Approximately 600 species are currently listed as endangered.
Czech rights activist Patocka dies in Prague hospital
Philosopher Jan Patocka aged 69, co author of Charter 77, died in a Prague hospital after a stroke following repeated interrogations by authorities over his human rights work. The report comes from Vienna. On this date in 1836 the Republic of Texas adopted a constitution.
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Vienna
Austria
Jan Patocka
Prague
Republic of Texas
Gazettes Provide Contact Numbers For Local News
Local gazette lists telephone numbers for news sports bookkeeping and general information. It includes hours for circulation subscription want ads display advertising and Iowa City office contacts.
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Iowa City
Saturday Gazette Highlights Consumer Interest
Consumers find much of interest in the Saturday Gazette with articles on consumer topics, including a recipe and do it yourself cost-cutting features.
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