Special Session Opens as Tax Debate Splits Legislature
The Iowa Legislature begins a special session with sharp divisions on income tax cuts. The Senate favors a broad 60 percent rate extension, while the House shows wide variance from 50 to 100 percent or structural revisions. The public learns about government through a League of Women Voters handbook, and Gov Blue commutes Louis B Hofer's death sentence, the first clemency since 1937.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Louis B. Hofer
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
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Ralph Lynch
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Taxpayers Association
ITA
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Christmas Careetiis Right Now Time to Lay Aside Cares
A brief note urges readers to set aside business worries and focus on the season. The message invites calm reflection and festive cheer as Christmas approaches.
Indoor gallows planned for future executions in state penitentiary
The warden said hangings may move from the stockade to a new indoor gallows room built inside the old powerhouse after remodeling. The report notes Hofer as the only man on death row and outlines past execution sites. The piece also covers food drive efforts tied to European relief and Iowa Farm Bureau actions on tax policy and fundraising.
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P. A. Lainson
Lainson
Iowa
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Farm Bureau
Europe
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War Relief Service
Catholic
Lutheran World Service
Prank Phone Call Trick Nets No Cash for Pratt
Mrs. Melvin Pratt of Spencer says a caller claiming she won 1000 on the pot o gold program was a prank. No money has arrived after the late evening call.
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Melvin Pratt
Spencer
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