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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1979
Page
12
A five month old grey and white male cat named Kisser is available for adoption at the Linn County Humane Society shelter on Mount Vernon Road SE across Highway 13. He is reportedly good with children and housebroken. The shelter charges five dollars and is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Rep. Charles Grassley told the House Ways and Means Committee that foreign money invested in American farmland should be taxed like American agricultural real estate holdings. He urged Congress to subject petrodollars and other nonresident funds to capital gains taxes on farmland investments.
Winners in the Mitchell movement at the YWCA were Bob Hertzog with Al Ruback in first and June King with Bruce Thicher in second for north south. East west winners were Pat Thomas and Ken Hixon first and Shirley Moore and Shirley Moore second. The article also notes Grassley's tax proposal to close a foreign ownership loophole on capital gains.
Thomas T Chase 22 with no address was held in Linn County Jail after leading police on an early morning chase on a motorcycle. He faces traffic charges for reckless driving license suspension faulty muffler eluding arrest disobeying stop signs and a traffic signal plus interference with official acts and possession of hashish. David L Brown 19 of 357 17th St SE faced an assault charge filed by Linn County attorney after an incident at Quik Trip store. He was arrested Tuesday and released Wednesday after promising to appear in court. Edward Allbones was present in the store during the incident.
Donald L. Webster and Darren L. Benesh, both 19, are charged with burglary in connection with a Sept. 28 home break‑in reported by Resa Gillespie. The TV was taken from 1956 16th Ave SW. They were released from custody after promising to appear in court. Ronald L. Myers, 23, is held on a delivery of a controlled substance charge from the Area Substance Abuse Facility incident.
The plan aims to speed up collection of Cedar Rapids parking tickets and reduce arrest risk for those who have paid. The Linn County data processing system would be explored, with Kenneth Perry and Rick Clymer reporting findings to the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Joe Rinas proposed simplifying the process to an administrative matter and restricting vehicle registration renewals for nonpayment.
Three people were arrested on drunken driving charges in Linn County. Buell C. Christensen, 39, was arrested on Blairs Ferry Road in Hiawatha and also charged with speeding. Ronald C. Daniel, 19, was taken into custody on J Avenue NE and faced warrants for failing to appear on a speeding charge and for parking in a prohibited zone. Shard J. Cain, 41, was arrested on First Avenue SE.
Kendall Eric Stevens, 18, of rural Decorah, and the horse he rode drowned in a farm pond on the Corliss Peters farm near Bluffton after attempting to retrieve a shot goose. The incident occurred at about 10 40 a m as Stevens rode into the center of the pond, the horse panicked and could not swim.
Iowa City district court judge Harold Swailes said he cannot rule on a four month suspension of Woodfield's Cisco liquor license until the owner appeals to the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department. Woodfield's license was suspended July 31 after the Iowa City Human Rights Commission found probable cause of discrimination against blacks on June 23. The disco owner Harry Ambrose had sought an injunction and is expected to appeal to the state liquor department.
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