06 Oct 1983
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1983
Page
1
State Comptroller William Krahl reports September collections up 12.2 percent from a year earlier, driven by personal income and sales taxes. First quarter totals reach 445.7 million, with sales tax up 35.1 percent partly from a 1 percent rate hike and a federal tax cut affecting state income tax.
A 17 year old Anamosa Community High student stabbed in the school parking lot after dismissal. Mike McBride was wounded and taken to St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids in fair condition. A 17 year old rural Central City student was questioned and released. motive tied to ongoing ill feeling.
A humorous note questions why costs rise when the best things are free, humorously probing the paradox of rising living costs and value.
Lech Walesa, founder of Poland's Solidarity, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his fight for peace and freedom. He said he would give the $190,000 award to Poland's Roman Catholic Church.
Report notes authorities tried to trample him into the mud as a 94 year old woman in Warsaw reflects on the outcome.
Iowa Commerce Commission orders Northwestern Bell to return 32 million plus interest, bringing total refunds to 46.8 million and implying about 4.5 million a year in lower rates since 1982. Officials warn refunds likely face appeals and delays.
Senate Republicans warned Interior Secretary James Watt must resign or face a strong no confidence vote. President Reagan defended Watt as having done a fine job while acknowledging a remark he made was foolish.
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