Various News Briefs Across Topics in Cedar Rapids
A roundup of items in Cedar Rapids includes a party switch by a state legislator, an interview with a tobacco-chewing Braves owner, alarm nuisance for police, astronomy talks, back pain remedies, energy comparisons with Terre Haute, a murderer’s relief, auto safety cost critique, a new nation declaring independence, beetle news, questions about Ronald DeFeo, yoga gear notes, TV violence links, music with no heavy profanity, aging meat queries, Easter menu finish, Christian World course at Aegis High, Art Buchwald on cereals, Sen Dole parity costs, reader letters on nursing homes canal Israel, and advice on post surgery activity.
Weather outlook with temperatures and clouds
Partly cloudy tonight with lows around mid 30s. Thursday will be mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 40s. A local hardware store ad promotes a set of eight screwdrivers aimed at multi screw users.
Utility refunds and rate hikes face Iowa customers
The Iowa Commerce Commission orders DAVENPORT-Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric to refund about 13.7 million to 160000 customers. The utility plans new rate increase requests next week to fund a 100 million dollar Council Bluffs generating unit, with electric boosts about 10.3 million and gas about 4.1 million.
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Davenport — I
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Gas and Electric
Dean Stichnoth
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Quad Cities
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Stichnoth
Commission
Commerce Commission
Council Bluffs
FINAL EDITION 20 CENTS EASTERN IOWA'S LEADING DAILY
The final edition of a prominent Eastern Iowa daily announces its price and status as the region’s leading paper. It signals continuity and authority in local reporting with focus on timely updates and regional headlines.
Carter says Middle East peace still distant after talks with Begin
President Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Begin described their two day discussions as detailed and frank with peace still far away. Carter pressed Israel to withdraw from the West Bank while Begin warned of security threats and Arab alignment. Meanwhile Iranian UN troops entered southern Lebanon under UN supervision despite militia opposition.
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Washington
Carter
Menachem Begin
Middle East
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
White House South Lawn
Begin
U.N
Lebanon
Wallenda Dies After Fall From Highwire in Puerto Rico
Karl Wallenda, patriarch of the Flying Wallendas, plummeted ten stories to death during a promotional walk between beachfront hotels in San Juan Puerto Rico. Winds were blamed for the fatal fall at age 73 as the Pan American circus act ended in tragedy.
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Karl Wallenda
Flying Wallendas
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Wallenda
Pan American Circus
Farm bill cited as inflating costs for families
The Carter administration attacked the Senate emergency farm relief bill as inflationary, saying it would add 100 or more to the average family food bill via payments to farmers for not planting. Officials warned of higher consumer and wholesale food price inflation if enacted. The measure passed 67 to 26 and goes to the House.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
White House Council On
Council
Iowa Supreme Court rules LaPeters fired without back pay
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld Eldon Colton's 1976 termination of Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner Eldon Colton fired Police Chief Wallace LaPeters, denying back pay. The court ruled no city council approval was required for removal under state law. Wedelstedt received eight years for theft of classic films.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court Today
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Colton
Wallace LaPeters
LaPeters
Black Hawk County
Edward Wedelstedt
Sioner
Colton
Raymond Baker
Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission
Linn District Court
Ansel Chapman
Supreme Court
la Peters
LaPeter
Sanford
Fla
Don Canney
Stan Reinis
Hal Schaefer
Richard Phillips
High Court
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Democratic Party
Gus Schrader
Atlanta Braves
Terre Haute
Ind
Bob Green
Ronald DeFeo
Aegis High School
Art Buchwald
Sen. Dole
Marion Comics
U.S
Eastman Kodak
Associated Press
NEW York Times
Mideast
Gazette
Palestine Liberation Organization
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Cyrus Vance
Moshe Dayan
National Press Club
House
Senate Foreign Relations
House International Relations Committees
White House
Tel Aviv
Metalla
Galilee Panhandle
Wedelstedt
Safety Commis
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