Officials eye spending cuts as Iowa tax receipts lag
Iowa budget officials consider across the board spending cuts after Comptroller Mosher reported July and August tax receipts were down 1.1 percent year over year and August’s total fell to 163.9 million. Governor Ray warned that a hiring freeze saving eight million dollars could be imposed if the recovery remains delayed and tax growth fails to materialize.
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Iowa
Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ronald Mosher
Mosher
Treasury
Israel rejects Reagan plan as crisis deepens in Mideast
Israel denounces President Reagan's peace initiative as a personal crisis and signals rejection, while Lebanon's forces seize Beirut for the first time in eight years. Arafat and Arab leaders react variably with calls for autonomy talks, and Carter warns against deviating from Camp David accords.
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Israel
Reagan
Mideast
Beirut
Camp David
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
U.S
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Jordan
Hussein
Syria
Carter
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Yehuda Ben Meir
Cedar Rapids police vote of confidence in chief Baker
Cedar Rapids Officers of the Policemen's Protective Association held a Wednesday night meeting to vote on Chief Raymond Baker's leadership. About 35 members supported the proposal after weeks of private discussion citing a lack of direction and leadership.
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C.R. Police
Cedar Rapids
Baker
Association
Stan McClurg
Police
Siege ends as Brooklyn man surrenders with grenade
George Dalton, 41, of Brooklyn, held police for over nine hours in a busily watched standoff after pulling a grenade pin from a suitcase believed to contain a bomb. He demanded $20,000 and passage to Saudi Arabia, then surrendered in Owl's Head Park after riding in a bomb squad truck referred to as Big Bertha.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
George Dalton
Saudi Arabia
Owl’s Head Park
Dalton
Doctor warns about foods to avoid to boost appetite
A humorous line notes that hearing from a doctor about foods to avoid can paradoxically stimulate appetite. The quote plays on irony and health guidance as a punchline.
Iowa farmers healthier hearts than nonfarmers in state study
University of Iowa researchers report Iowa farm residents under 65 have lower heart disease death rates than nonfarmers based on 62 000 death certificates from 1964 to 1978 and a Cedar County survey of 3918 residents. Farmers smoke less drink less and show greater endurance with higher treadmill performance. Women on farms also exhibit healthier behaviors and fitness.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Journal of the American Medical Association
Paul Pomrehn
Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Department
U of I’s College of Medicine
Cedar County
Pomrehn
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