29 Mar 1983
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1983
Page
1
Democrats push a $150 million road bonding plan as the centerpiece of a jobs package, winning 58 to 41. Republicans call it a cruel hoax wasting money on interest and paving prime farmland. Democrats defend it as a spur to economic development and hiring for Iowa's unemployed.
Rep. Andrew McKean denounces the bill as a cruel hoax promising 9,000 jobs that will not materialize for Iowa, arguing the measure misleads constituents and harms the state's interests.
House leaders defend a proposed plan allowing the Iowa Department of Transportation to issue up to 150 million dollars in bonds to fund road repairs and new construction. Backers say the program would accelerate projects, generate about 9,000 jobs over ten years, and aid economic development while opponents question the job estimates. The plan ties bond repayment to the primary road fund funded by gas taxes and vehicle fees.
A businessman likens the pain of error to a brain headache, calling the experience a personal suffering. The remark appears in a short, reflective commentary about mistake remorse and cognitive discomfort.
A week-old baby kidnapped from Parkland Memorial Hospital by a woman posing as a nurse was recovered in Lawton Oklahoma. Norma Jo Smith and Yvonne Nelson were arrested and charged with kidnapping, each bond set at $20,000. The mother Gretchel Patterson and grandmother Lizzie Patterson of Palestine Texas celebrated as the infant, unharmed, was returned to his mother.
Iowa Supreme Court blocked William Head from identifying a California woman who could be a potential bone marrow donor. The court ruled her identity must remain confidential under public records law, leaving Head disappointed but hopeful for other options and possible future matches.
Cedar Rapids Community Schools should delay plans to move ninth graders to high schools and sixth graders to middle schools until 1985. Superintendent Harold Guthrie told the school board last night the district will vote on the proposal April 11 at the district offices.
The Reagan administration will propose at Geneva a plan to reduce but not eliminate intermediate range missiles in Europe. President Reagan will stress interim steps toward zero and will make the offer privately via Paul Nitze before publicly detailing it in Washington.
Iowa widow Marguerite Eland, forced to euthanize her two cats to move into federally subsidized housing, inspires Senator William Proxmire to draft legislation removing the no pets clause. Eland, a former University of Iowa fraternity housemother, says the policy harms lonely seniors.
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