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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1982
Page
3
Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment enter the final 100 days of their ratification drive and pledge to reintroduce ERA in Congress and make it a 1982 campaign issue if it fails this year. Rep. Pat Schroeder says the effort will not quit on June 30.
The top Republican on the House Budget Committee seeks to cut this year’s cost of living adjustment for Social Security and freeze federal pay for one year to trim deficits in President Reagan’s budget. Latta’s alternative plan remains vague on how much taxes would rise to reduce the red ink.
Linn County supervisors Monday rejected placing a local mentally retarded woman in a group home to avoid precedent. They feared removing her from home and paying $30 a day for her care would set an unintended standard.
Stamats Publishing Co of Cedar Rapids says it will suspend publication of three syndicated magazines effective May 1. The layoffs impact will be minimal as other segments of the business grow. Money page 5C.
Laur ie Uhlenhake keeps a tattered map of the state as a memento while Laura Vick recalls an Luther College instructor who called her the cow queen. The life of a dairy princess can be a challenge as Farm News notes on page 8C.
In North Kingstown Rhode Island a police officer deployed tear gas to disperse about 75 strikers who refused to move from the factory entrance. The protest was part of a larger 500 worker turnout in solidarity as the dispute entered its 22nd week at the Brown and Sharpe precision tool plant.
Diane Ryan, 26, from Cedar Rapids, will reunite with her children Jason 8, April 6, Jeffrey 3, and Tina 1 after they were placed in foster care in Las Vegas last year. She moved to Las Vegas seeking work but faced hardship and funding. now she rents a house, works part time, and prepares to receive aid to dependent children as welfare workers assist with the reunion.
Iowa Governor Robert Ray calls for a mechanism to pay interest on a $20 million federal loan for the unemployment fund by imposing a surtax on employers who laid off workers. He favors excluding zero rated firms and cautions against cutting benefits before economy improves. He also questions a ethanol market mandate.
The Iowa Commerce Commission ordered Iowa Electric Light and Power to refund more than 2 million dollars and adopt a simplified rate plan to promote conservation. The ruling ends a dispute over a 13.5 percent employee discount and disallows declining summer rate blocks. Residential charges will include a 3.17 dollar monthly service fee plus kilowatt hour charges with a fixed summer rate. The decision requires new rate schedules by May 15 and objections by May 31.
A remark attributed to Samuel Goldwyn notes that a verbal contract is not as binding as a written one. The quote highlights skepticism about informal agreements and the value of formal documentation in business dealings.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists publication at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 with daily and Sunday editions. It notes carrier and mail rates for various durations and regions and states AP news content policy.
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