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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1983
Page
2
In Cedar Rapids workers picketed non-union concrete trucks at a downtown parking ramp project. Police dispersed the line as three dozen unemployed iron workers faced a longer battle over joblessness. Frustration grows among union men, some eight months without work, some losing health coverage and homes.
The Iowa House approved a measure raising state taxes by 57.1 million over two years despite warnings it would push Iowa to high tax levels. Democrats call it a balanced fix, while Republicans doubt veto chances by Gov. Branstad. The bill aligns state income tax with federal changes, capping federal tax deductibility at 22,000 versus Senate 27,000.
White House officials issued a plan to reinstall William D. Ruckelshaus as EPA head in a two man team with Walter C. Barber as No. 2. The move aims to restore credibility and fix internal management while facing GOP opposition and conflict of interest concerns.
A terse note argues about labor and ownership in a world where some seek work while others defer to willing labor. It frames copyright as a social property issue amid competing claims of effort and permission.
President Reagan said the House Democratic budget would bring joy to the Kremlin by cutting his defense request and forcing a $30 billion tax increase later this year. House Budget Chairman James Jones defended defense outlays of $1.6 trillion over five years, contrasting with Reagan's $1.8 trillion request.
Senate votes to halt Social Security payments to illegal aliens, who collect up to 2.4 billion annually. Nickles amendment would bar payments after 1984 for those already on benefits, with GAO estimating 200k to 500k recipients. Debate centers on solvency bill and potential conference with the House.
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