Liquor Officials Eye Mini Stores for East Iowa Cities
Iowa City and Center Point are highlighted as likely sites for mini liquor stores in a department outline. The plan envisions 66 hour weeks, about 200 items, and potential first year profits around 126000 while setup costs approach 47000. The idea, pending legislative action, aims to improve access and cash flow for state services.
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Iowa City
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
James Wee
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Renaud
Daltoona
Wells
Center Point
Amana
Liquor Department
Iowa approves longer and wider trucks on designated highways
Senate endorsed a measure by 42 to 5 enabling trucks up to 8.5 feet wide and about 72 to 73 feet long to operate on about 6,000 miles of Iowa primary highways plus Interstates. Gov. Branstad urged action amid federal fuel tax changes. Skeptics warned juggernauts could threaten safety on the roads.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Senate
Terry Branstad
Richard Drake
R-Muscatine
Drake
Sen
James Gallagher
D-Jesup
Senate bill to boost Iowa per pupil costs to 80 percent
The Iowa Senate Education Committee weighs a Branstad backed plan to raise the state's share of per pupil costs to 80 percent by 1984 85. The bill also creates a computer software clearinghouse for schools funded by teacher incentive money and calls districts to reduce cash balances below one sixth of annual budgets.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Senate Education Committee
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Senate Committee
Joe Brown
D-Montezuma
Iowa
Joint Appropriations Subcommittee
Brown
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