House Democrats unveil plan taxing cigarettes and sales
Des Moines Bureau reports House Democrats plan to advance a broad tax measure next week to raise about 64 million dollars annually for business incentives. The plan would repeal sales tax on machinery, raise cigarette tax, widen sales tax coverage, permit local option taxes, allow private wine sales, and adjust property tax rebates while sending measures to Governor Branstad for action.
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Judy Daubenmie
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
House Democrats
Don Avenson
Doelwein
Terry Branstad
del Stromer
R-Garner
Stromer
David Roeder
Branstad
Suit by non-union workers may delay comparable worth
Ames AP Non-union Iowa Department of Transportation workers may sue to block comparable worth pay increases set to start in two weeks. An injunction could delay raises for a year, as white collar staff fear downgrades and higher earners would fund the changes.
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AMES
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Charles Bruner
Dames
Arthur Young and Co
Milwaukee
Jim Cable
Amana stock bid rises as Bartlett presses buyout
Cedar Rapids investor Max Bartlett lifts his offer to 401.50 per Amana Society share in a bid to buy all 26 000 acres and related businesses. The Amana Society board weighs the proposal as residents prepare secret ballot questions for the May annual meetingamid concerns over stockholder privacy and loyalty.
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Tom Fruehling
Lazette
Vita
Cedar Rapids
Max Bartlett
Amana
Amana Society
Bartlett
Society
Tom Collins
Amana Society Board of Directors
Collins
Society Board
Pawlewski Blames Ouster on Nursing Home Pressure
Iowa Commission of Health Norman Pawlewski says his ouster stems from intense nursing home operator pressure on state senators. The Iowa Senate rejected his nomination for a fourth term amid claims of a campaign of rumors and political maneuvering led by the Iowa Health Care Association and Senate leaders. Readinger urged facts over speculation as the issue may return for reconsideration early next week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pawlewski
Iowa Health Care Association
Senate
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Cal Hultman
Red Oak
David Readinger
Urbandale
Iowa Senate
Readinger
Escapee Gosnell Extradition Moves After Norman Arrest
Iowa corrections officials pursue extradition for Gayle Jeane Gosnell a 26 year old double murderer who escaped on furlough last August arrested in Norman Oklahoma He had been living there since December and worked at a local restaurant Gosnell formerly of Council Bluffs disappeared August 18 while on weekend furlough at a cousin home in Des Moines She was serving a 50 year sentence for the 1978 slayings of Ben Johnson 83 Glenwood and his son Millard 42.
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Norman
Okla
Iowa Department of Corrections
Gayle Jeane Gosnell
Gosnell
Paul Renfrow
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Council Bluffs
State Women’s Prison
Mitchelville
Des Moines
Ben Johnson
Glenwood
Millard
Iowa Senate backs bill to curb hostile takeovers
The Iowa Senate approved 36 to 9 a bill to require hostile bidders for Iowa companies to disclose exact plans including layoffs or moves of operations. The measure, modeled after Minnesota statute, targets nonfriendly takeovers and would file disclosures with the state insurance commissioner.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
State Insurance Commissioner
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M.I. Hummel’ Collectibles
West Germany
Bernhard Rauscher
Main
Bill
Tom Mann
D-Des Moines
Mann
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
CBS
Iowa Bar Association
Minnesota
Teleflora Presents
U.S
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Teleflora
U.S.A
Wedgwood
Smulekoff
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