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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1967
Page
2
The Iowa Loss Prevention Institute outlines safety precautions for the holiday season. Key points cover safe driving and walking, avoiding driving after drinking, ending gatherings early, careful snow shoveling, and Christmas tree safety including fresh cuts, water maintenance, sturdy bases, wiring checks, unplugging lights when away, using a stepladder, and placing the tree away from heat sources.
Sports note recounts Iowa anglers Alfred Yahnke Jeff and Ray Balyance with Bill Barnes of Buffalo Center returning home after a November 27 fishing trip to Fort Pierre South Dakota. They caught 49 walleyes and two northern pike weighing 4 and ? pounds, with a 24 pound average on walleyes. They filleted 24 fish before leaving. A church Sunday School tribute follows praising teachers and workers for their year round dedication to youth and the Word.
The Iowa Taxpayers Association reports that the 1967 tax law will not yield expected benefits in 1968. Local expenditures rise offset state aid, and state aid affects 1968 while taxes rise in 1967. School budgets show a $53 million property tax increase, likely reducing to about $30 million after aid, while cities and counties add about $16.5 million in tax increases, totaling a 13.5 million net reduction from 1967 levels.
A 1968 property tax outlook shows only a small statewide millage cut as a tax association warns against expected broad relief. The 2 to 12 dollar low income credit stirs questions about who qualifies and costs, while suits challenge the service tax on coin laundries and advertising. State finances project a shrinking unencumbered balance. lawmakers weigh speaker fee rules amid honorarium debates. Edith program expands fire safety education. Harlan Lemon named head of liquor commission law enforcement.
Friday morning, while walking up town, Carolyn Sullivan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Justice Sullivan, slipped and broke the bones in her lower left arm. Lt Col Rollin T Steinmetz, stationed at Fort Monroe, Vir.
An account lists Gina flying to Omaha to visit his mother Dr. Trode Steinmetz for Thanksgiving. It recounts 1947 marriage of Dorothy Roblin and Elwyn Letcher in Swea City, and notes local 4‑H president Ray Ostrander. Also mentions Hud Lund’s farm move, a Winnebago School Masters meeting, and past storms, fires, and visitors from 1927 to 1907 with family arrivals and local happenings.
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