Schools face 2.8 percent across the board cut
Gov Branstad trims state aid, reducing school funding by 19.1 million to 664.1 million, still up on last year. Cedar Rapids skywalk air rights to drop to 1 per link per year as city considers rent relief. A four part series examines labor management relations, while other notes cover external events.
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Terry Branstad
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Labor-Management Committee
U.S
Safety council tackles deadly collisions at rural crossroads
Directors on a rural safety council discuss preventing crashes at lightly traveled intersections. Tall corn at crossroads can impede drivers vision and one member proposes seed corn firms remove stalks above the ear after pollination to improve sightlines.
Grain Prices Rebound After Embargo Fears Ease
Grain prices on the nation’s largest farm futures market rose sharply Friday as fears of a grain embargo eased following news that the Soviet attack on a Korean aircraft triggered Thursday’s plunge.
Woman seeks new trial for larger damages
A Bellevue woman who received a jury award of 322.90 filed a motion Friday for a new trial seeking 50 000 in damages. She contends the jury failed to respond to the real merits of the controversy in the lawsuit.
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Bellevue
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Bahr convicted on tax charges could face six years
A U S District Court jury in Cedar Rapids found 50 year old Livermore Iowa man John R Bahr guilty of filing a fraudulent 1976 federal income tax return and of failing to file 1977 through 1979 returns. Bahr faces up to six years imprisonment and fines up to 35000 with no sentencing date set. The defense argued non willful conduct and miscommunication with an accountant while the government asserted intentional underreporting and willfulness.
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John R
Bob” Bahr
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Livermore
Iowa
Bahr
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McManus
William Cohan
U.S
Robert Teig
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Teig
Bob
Drought aid accelerated for Midwestern farmers
Agriculture Secretary John Block announced steps to speed federal relief for drought damaged farms in 1983. He ordered more Farmers Home Administration staff to process aid, and touted the payment in kind program while governors and lawmakers from 29 states pressed for concrete action. The meeting followed bitter losses across Illinois Iowa Missouri and surrounding states.
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John Block
Midwest
Block
Galesburg
Ill
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Farmers Home Administration
Harkin
Black
Corrections list for Cedar Rapids and area notices
The Gazette corrects a candidates night date for Cedar Rapids Community School Board to Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the board room 346 Second Ave SW. It notes a wrong Starting point for Hawkeye Bicycle Association Fall Century Ride from Kirkwood Community College and clarifies Fairfax sewer easement payments of 1 per running foot, not per growing season. Ripplin Waters plays at VFW Post 4077 Anamosa. The Gazette explains correction policy and invites complaints about accuracy.
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Second Ave
Hawkeye Bicycle Association
Kirkwood Community College
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Gazette
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