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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1979
Page
10
Kenneth Nash, 68, of Des Moines, resisted a $94 February electric bill from Iowa Power and Light Co after wiring and meter service were removed. He now relies on a wood stove for heat and kerosene for light, angered by high utility costs.
Rep John Patchett of North Liberty is named to a four year term on the Administrative Rules Review Committee by House Speaker Floyd Millen. The panel reviews new state agency rules before they take effect and can block rules. Patchett serves alongside Reps Betty Jean Clark and Laverne Schroeder and Senate members Dale Tiden Edgar Holden and Bert Priebe.
IDOT will hold three citizen advisory council meetings this month to review 1980 85 plans for east central Iowa in Manchester on May 10 north central Iowa in Mason City on May 15 and southwest Iowa in Atlantic on May 16. Officials will also review the current five year program covering 1979 84.
The Iowa Senate approved tying allowable per student spending growth to inflation and allowing phantom students to be counted annually to aid districts with declining enrollment. The plan guarantees minimum budget growth of 4 percent the first year and 3 percent in the next two, shifting education costs and facing opposition over transportation costs lumped with education. The bill moves to the House with a 49 to 1 vote.
Michael Martin Flynn 26, detained on robbery abduction and second degree sexual abuse charges from an Iowa City massage parlor incident, killed himself at his Keota home after posting bond in Washington County. Kelly White 21 remains jailed on related charges.
Senator John Culver of Iowa urged President Carter to direct oil companies to give diesel priority to agriculture and asked Energy Secretary Schlesinger to speed crude oil allocations to farm refineries. He also launched a Washington hotline 202-224-3744 for farmers and oil jobbers unable to obtain fuel through normal channels or the state emergency program.
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