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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1980
Page
8
The Iowa House passed a bill 80 to 16 expanding divorce guidelines. It requires judges to consider homemaking and child care values and sets factors for alimony and child support while detailing property division and inherited property rules.
A special audit of the Iowa Public Employment Retirement System found no fraud but serious internal control and efficiency weaknesses. IPERS, with about 1.2 billion in assets, pays retirement benefits to roughly 32,000 former public workers in Iowa. The audit, ordered by IPERS director Edmund Longnecker, noted minor computational errors and recommended a complete system rebuild funded in part by a 75,000 appropriation to upgrade the 15 year old computer system.
The Iowa Legislature gave final approval to a bonding bill to raise interest rate ceilings for local bonds and permits issuing up to ten million dollars for Cedar Rapids storm sewer and bridge work. A separate Senate measure would lift rates on bonds and warrants, potentially superseding the first bill.
A two car crash about 8 30 a m Wednesday six miles west of Waukon killed Harry Falck 75 Route 3 and injured his wife Nellie 60 and daughter Becky 21 who were hospitalized in fair condition. Eleanor Learn 66 Austin Minnesota driving the other car was admitted but released later the same day. Falck died in the hospital shortly before 11 a m.
Gov. Robert Ray signed a bipartisan bill that creates a funding mechanism for gifted and talented programs in Iowa. The law uses a mix of state aid and property tax revenue to cover costs, with an initial $100,000 appropriation already approved. If state funds fall short, property taxes cover the remainder.
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