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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1986
Page
11
Iowa State Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald asks residents to report credit card offers from any company to build a consumer information list. He notes no state or federal agency tracks issuers and invites submissions with company name and address to the Statehouse. Results to be released next February.
Des Moines report details Iowa plan to end state liquor monopoly by March 1. Private retailers may apply for licenses starting Wednesday with price ranges from 750 to 7500 dollars and a potential 60 percent wholesale mark up.
A new study shows the typical Iowa household saved 42 to 51 dollars in natural gas costs from September 1985 to September 1986 as supplies remain ample. Regulators say further declines are likely before winter heating season. Public officials note price gaps reflect supplier contracts and market terms.
A Peat, Marwick, Mitchell study for Polk County projects a Des Moines area thoroughbred track in Altoona starting 1990 would generate 92 million dollars in annual economic activity and about 1,456 full time jobs. The report also estimates 788 construction jobs over two years with a 40.4 million dollar construction cost.
The University of Iowa awards poet Marvin Bell a new Flannery O Connor Professorship in Letters, funded by the Iowa Endowment 2000 Campaign. Bell, a longtime Writers Workshop member since 1965, will hold the chair while continuing to publish poetry and collect honors.
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