Iowa tax receipts show gradual state economic improvement
Revenues from federal income taxes are deductible when paying state taxes. General fund revenue is projected to rise 11 percent, but after tax adjustments the real growth is 3.3 percent. Krahl's estimates align with Dennis Prouty, Iowa's top budget analyst, who notes an 18.2 percent rise in state tax receipts and calls the trend an encouraging sign of turning the economy around.
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General Fund
Krahl
Dennis Prouty
Iowa
Prouty
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Five Seasons Center
1St Avenue N.E
Cedar Rapids
America
Bill Saks
Montreal
Watt
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Stevens
Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize for human rights work
The Nobel Committee announced Lech Walesa's Peace Prize award in Oslo amid global praise. In Warsaw shoppers cheered his recognition and Walesa urged bargaining at the table as Reagan hailed the award as a triumph of moral force over brute strength.
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United Nations
Oslo
Warsaw
Walesa
Gdansk
Solidarity
Washington
Reagan
Alfred Nobel
Mite
Egil Aarvik
Weather Forecast Indicates Drier Weekend Across Regions
Extended forecast shows little or no rainfall Saturday through Monday with highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s and lows from the low 40s to around 50. National highs reach 97 in parts of Texas. widespread fair conditions and seasonal temperatures prevail with scattered showers from the Ohio Valley to New England and over parts of the Southwest.
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Upper
Great Lakes Region
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Marquette
Midh
Gila River
San Carlos Reservoir
Salt River
San Pedro River
Winkleman
Florida Peninsula
Ohio Valley
New England
Pacific Coast
Desert
Bell’s rate case lowers return to 13.9 percent on $4.5 million decline
The Iowa Utilities Board approved a 13.9 percent rate of return for Bell despite a requested 16 to 17 percent. The commission said costs rose elsewhere but cheaper money outweighed them, forecasting Bell’s post January 1983 rates by $4.5 million less than 1982. An appeal is seen as likely.
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Bell
Ed Mattix
the Gazette
Iowa Supreme Court
Varley
At&t
Watt remarks trigger GOP bid to oust Watt
The Senate GOP caucus debatedSecretary Watt amid profanity laden remarks and calls for his resignation. Reagan said Watt erred but not maliciously, while Democrats prepared a sense of the Senate resolution led by Byrd. Baker delayed a floor vote as pressure mounted for action.
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Watt
Senate
White House
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Howard Baker
Baker
Tennessee
Senate Gop
Pedestrian Hit as Car Rear-Ends SUV near Independence
Independence report says an eastbound car driven by Lisa Schmitt 23 waiting to turn into a driveway was struck from behind by another eastbound vehicle driven by Catherine Place 84. The impact knocked Schmitt into Diane Baldwin 25 who was crossing with a bicycle. Baldwin hospitalized in good condition. Schmitt treated and released. Place refused treatment. Charges pending. Mary Louise Smith 69 noted as former RNC chair.
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Independence
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
Old Highway 20
Sheriff's Office
Lisa Schmitt
Diane Baldwin
Schmitt
Baldwin
People’s Memorial Hospital
Catherine Place
Cedar Rapids Educator among 34 on Soviet Union China tour
Paul Smith a Cedar Rapids physicist and visiting professor at the University of Iowa joins 33 other physics educators on a three week Goodwill People to People tour to the Soviet Union and China. The group will visit Leningrad Moscow and Chinese cities with some substitutions planned for Peking.
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Cedar Rapids
New York
Soviet Union
China
Paul Smith
University of Iowa
Coe College
Smith
Arnold Strassenburg
University of Michigan
American Association of Physics Teachers
Association
Russia
Leningrad
Moscow
Nine drivers charged in Linn County drunk driving arrests
Nine people were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Tuesday and early Wednesday. Names include Linda M. Tye 27 of 1641 34th St SE charged with a second offense and speeding along with license suspension and paraphernalia possession. Others listed include Mark W. Chase 31, George J. Gillen Jr. 37, Dennis M. Hromidko 31, Edward J. Kirby 38, James S. Patten 20, Paula Y. Sidwell 21, Jeffery W. Stepp 29, and Gary L. Teter 26 with various accompanying traffic offenses.
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Linn County
Linda M. Tye
34Th St. SE
Fourth Street SE
Tye
Mark W. Chase
Anamosa
Old Marion Road
George J. Gillen Jr
Dallas
Texas
L Street
Dennis M. Hromidko
Swisher
Paula Y. Sidwell
Eighth Ave
A Avenue
Jeffery W. Stepp
Second St
First Street
Gary L. Teter
20Th St
County Road E-48
Rosedale Road
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King’s Highway Ministries
F Avenue N.W
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Jim Wright
Sen
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Kansas
Mary Louise Smith
Republican National Committee
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