House OKs balanced budget in GOP reform push
The House passed a 1754 page reconciliation bill 227 to 203 to balance the budget by 2002, limit federal programs, shift welfare and Medicaid to states, raise Medicare premiums, and open the Arctic Refuge to oil exploration. Ten Republicans opposed, four Democrats supported. The Senate moves toward passage. Clinton threatens a veto.
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Budget Highlights Show Large Savings Across Programs
The document outlines about 1 trillion dollars in savings over seven years. It cites 270 billion reduction in Medicare projections, 245 billion in tax cuts including expanded child credits and lower capital gains taxes, and 90 billion saved on welfare. It mentions 23 billion cut in earned income tax credit, 13.4 billion on farm programs, and 10.2 billion savings from student loan cost increases.
Odor from Linn County landfill composting glitch prompts changes
A rancid odor over Cedar Rapids traced to a Bluestem Solid Waste Agency composting glitch at the Linn landfill. A Genencor waste load wasn’t turned into piles promptly, prompting odor under favorable wind. Bluestem will adjust procedures and finish the 8 acre site to better mix high and low nitrogen wastes.
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Genencor Biotechnology
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Leo Smulekoff Dies Led Cedar Rapids Furniture Firm Veteran
Leo Smulekoff, 94, longtime Cedar Rapids businessman and key figure at Smulekoff Furniture Co., died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center. He served as major stockholder and secretary, with 66 years at the store founded by his father. Funeral plans are pending at Turner Chapel East. He was a 1919 Washington High School and 1925 Wharton School graduate.
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Pheasant season opens with cautious optimism
Wildlife biologist predicts a fairly productive opener for the 1995 pheasant season citing favorable conditions. Details appear in Outdoor, 5C. A guardian angel reappears for Ricarda Manthe in Ramblin, 1B. Cleveland Indians edge Braves 5-4 with late heroics. full story on 1C. Former Iowa Iron Works worker sentenced to ten years for embezzling thousands. see 1B.
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Death revives old Masonic theft case
The 82 year old Cedar Rapids man whose funeral was held Wednesday faced renewed scrutiny as FBI agents searched his home for missing items from the Iowa Masonic Library. Authorities have a prior 1970 charges that were dismissed, and a grand jury probe was ongoing with relatives present. The library houses rare volumes and artifacts including Lincoln documents and a Bible from 1495.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Rita Tharp
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Iowa Masonic Library & Museum
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Marion High School hit by second apparent student suicide
Marion is reeling after 16-year-old Mike Woodward was found dead at his home in an apparent suicide. Police say he died by strangulation, following a prior student death by carbon monoxide poisoning at the same school less than a month earlier. Administrators and counselors plan ongoing support as staff express shock and grief.
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Marion High School
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Marion
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Woodward
Angelo Benegas IV
Larry Twachtmann
Twachtmann
Marion High
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