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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1980
Page
4
Linn County residents must register or update their address by today as polls prepare for the November 4 election. The Auditor's Office registration site at 930 First St. SW opens 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with 97,383 total registrations including 23,273 Republicans 31,075 Democrats and 43,035 independents.
Rep. Tom Tauke argued the economy is the dominant issue facing candidates. He tied unemployment woes at Rockwell-Collins and John Deere to broader stagnation, criticized federal policy as outdated, and urged tax reform and indexed brackets to spur investment and savings. The talk at Kirkwood Community College echoed concerns over productivity declines and regulatory costs.
Republican Eliot Gould criticizes county accounting changes and Democratic rule for rising spending. Richard Rawson warns that inflation and high land values threaten family farms, citing farmland values up from 600 1000 in 10 years to 3400 per acre. Juan Cortez accuses the legislature of higher spending and warns Cedar Rapids taxpayers of higher local taxes.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves a route directing high level waste via I 80 into Iowa City, exiting at Highway 218 and passing Tama Toledo Mount Pleasant Ottumwa. Spent fuel rods will travel through city limits. many officials on the route were unaware. Mount Pleasant Mayor Ed King criticized the choice.
Michael Cannon, 30, of Cedar Rapids, received prison terms after pleading guilty to terrorism, third degree sexual abuse, and felon in possession of a firearm for a June 30 incident in Hiawatha. The plea bargain dismissed a first degree kidnapping charge with life penalty and several other firearm counts. Sentences include up to 10 years for sexual abuse, up to five years for terrorism, and two years for the firearms charge.
A preliminary report on the Iowa Commission for the Blind lauds the agency’s record in training and placing clients while urging better data on how many Iowans are blind. The study, by Kruger Harrison and Prouty, compares Iowa to 27 agencies and notes high client satisfaction but gaps in job information and medical reviews.
John C. Fichtner, an inmate, sues Sheriff Workman and jail officials claiming his right to clergy visits is restricted compared to Cheryl Phillips, a fellow minister from the Church of the New Song. He seeks religious rights, equal protection, due process, a diet of vegetarian foods, and $100,000 in damages.
Cedar Rapids police arrested Gary D. Knoke age 32 of 1532 D Ave NE on a second degree burglary charge. Two lamps reported stolen from 527 Second St SW were found during a residence search.
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