Two East Iowans Die in Thanksgiving Day Crashes
A Cedar Rapids woman Kather ine K. Clausen 23 dies when her car crosses the Cedar County line east of Lisbon. Cedar Rapids passenger Mark Ralph Barger is treated and released. Iowa City man Allen Lee Decker 30 dies when a Jeep overturns near Wendy’s on Sturgis Drive. Four others in the vehicle include Keith Decker 22 and cousins John 28 Earl 27 Decker in hospital. Additional details unavailable.
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Iowa City
Cedar County
Katherine K. Clausen
Oakland Road
Lisbon
Mark Ralph Barger
Mercy Hospital
Keith Decker
John
Earl Decker
University Hospitals
The
Gazette
John Decker
Iowa
Floyd County
Fort Dodge
Ray exceeds authority in veto of public employee benefits
Iowa Supreme Court style note: Gov. Robert Ray is said to have overstepped his constitutional bounds by using item veto power on a bill expanding retirement benefits for public employees. The opinion emphasizes the measure was not primarily an appropriations bill despite a $720,000 appropriation for the judicial retirement fund.
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Ray
DES Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa
Judicial Retirement Fund
Fortney
Railway Authority
Tom Miller
Iowa Railway Finance Authority
Neil Hamilton
Iowa Commerce Commission
Fort Madison
North Central Public Service Co
Consolidated Packaging Corp
Congress Debates Impoundment and Budget Resolution Votes
House rejects an amendment to allow presidential impoundment of funds for 1981 as part of a broader budget fight. Senate approves a 1981 spending ceiling of 632.4 billion with a 27.4 billion deficit and a 35 to 40 billion tax cut. Vote highlights include Grassley Leach Tauke backing impoundment and Culver Jepsen opposing the budget move.
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Congress
Nixon
Grassley
Leach
Tauke
Senate
Public hearing on Iowa railroad rehab projects planned
The Iowa Department of Transportation schedules a 1:30 p.m. Tuesday public hearing at IDOT headquarters to discuss 11 railroad rehabilitation projects in Iowa slated for 1981 funding from state and federal sources. Railroad industry reps shippers and officials urged to attend. ON THIS DATE in 1942, Boston Coconut Grove fire killed nearly 500 people.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Coconut Grove
Boston
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Washington
Congressional Quarterly
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U.S. Senate
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15Th Street
Marion
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Arthur Zimmerman
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