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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1976
Page
4
Keokuk County residents focus on an $825,000 bond issue to fund a new county home with $350,000 in revenue sharing and $106,000 for remodeling the current facility, as announced by the Keokuk County Property Payers Assn.
Keokuk county voters face a third bid on a bond plan after 1975 attempts failed to meet the 60 percent threshold. The 1975 proposals totaled 1.105 million with revenue sharing funds, suffering 43 percent support first and 58.9 percent second. Political tension rises as GOP incumbent Kerr faces re election while Democrats nominate Francis Devine amid ballot law issues. The county home remains unlicensed as health officials withhold a license for about a year. Kerr comments on county politics and a close Ford Carter race in the presidential year soil of high prices and party shifts.
Amtrak seeks ICC action to end passenger ticket sales at the Osceola depot after Burlington Northern refused to staff it. Passengers could still board trains and buy tickets on board, with Amtrak paying BN about 25 500 yearly for clerks. Local farmers tie past grain embargo memory to current political talk as Keokuk county races unfold with Sheriff and auditor contests and an incumbency for Neal Smith in Congress.
Readable lines list 1976 local nominees including Joan Orr Judith Dierenfeld in Grinnell and Deep River area with Forrest Schwengels cited from Fairfield. The fragment notes indicate multiple candidate names for local offices.
David J Simmons 21 pled innocent in Polk county district court to two counts of rape two counts of sodomy and one count of assault with intent to commit rape. He is from Connecticut and the charges stem from assaults on two newspaper carrier girls and the mother of one. Simmons is jailed on 110000 bond with trial set for November 8.
DES MOINES UP I A JSI official says unemployment fraud rises as employers and the public tip the agency about abuses. Lucas M Hill reports 3000 fraud cases per quarter about 5 percent of benefiting claimants. The program uses penalties up to 50 dollar fines 30 days in jail and disqualification under new rules. A cross state computer matching system with Illinois Nebraska Indiana and others aims to curb fraud by Nov 15 to Dec 1.
A coalition study gives 11 Iowa lawmakers perfect or zero Public Interest Quotient scores for 18 policy votes last session. Democrats Rob Carr William Gluba James Reumond Steve Severn Diane Brandi Gregory Cusak Thomas Higgins Neal Hines Thomas Jochum W R Monroe Arthur Small. zero for Terry Branstad and James West.
Warden Lou Brewer of Iowa Penitentiary Fort Alison will discuss prisons reform in a morning symposium at the Union. Other speakers include Robert Clinton Markichantz and John Stratton. Afternoon sessions in Old Capitol feature a penal reform debate led by King Hikins and Lee with Donn Stanley Deatherage Ingram Delaney among participants.
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