Des Moines Senate panel OKs 1 cent sales tax hike and levies
The Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee voted 9-3 to raise the state sales tax to one cent, aiming for an increased revenue of about 72 million dollars yearly, plus approvals of corporate income tax and higher beer and cigarette taxes. It also backed 4.4 million in tax credits for elderly and severely disabled, and 7 million for low income sales tax credits, while rejecting a five percent sales tax proposal that would exclude food and prescriptions.
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Des Moines
Town Senate
Ways and Means
Afterisbon
Charlene Conklin
R-Waterloo
Hasn't Filed Return, Gets Big Tax Refund
Peoria report: Robert Garrell, a photographer for an agriculture lab, received a large tax refund check by mail though he had not filed federal returns. The $84.23 check listed his Social Security number, wife’s name, and address and was mailed from Austin, Texas, leaving TRS officials puzzled.
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Peoria
UPI
Robert Garrell
Internal Revenue Service
Garrell
Agriculture Department Research Laboratory
Austin
Texas
TRS
Kansas City
Garrett
Exemptions Denied for Geneva Tower by Cedar Rapids Assessor
Cedar Rapids City Assessor Dale Piersall denied property tax exemption applications for Geneva Tower apartments and six labor unions. Letters sent Wednesday stated the organizations do not qualify for exemptions under section 427.1 of the tax code. The action echoes a 1968 denial of exemption for Meth-Wick Manor followed by a city board grant.
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Cedar Rapids
Dale Piersall
New Geneva ‘Tower
T Piersall
Jawa Cote
Thirteenth
City Board of Review
Jahoy Union
Des Moines
Andrew Regis
Na City
Piett
Board of Revew
Geneva Tower
Roof report delays school board action in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids school officials received a report diagnosing roof problems at four new elementary schools. The board canceled approvals and, on attorney advice, will not publicly release the study while litigation may be pending. The report, by Iowa State experts, cites joints and materials not meeting specs, with temporary supports installed as a precaution.
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of Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
James Pickens
Dwight. W. Bensend
A.C. Peterson
Iowa State University
Carl Boek
Associated Architects of Town
Squaw Creek
van Buren
Jackson
Nixon
Advine
Attoney
Nixon Faces Critics Over Vietnam Address
President Nixon’s nationwide Vietnam speech drew mixed reactions from lawmakers. Senators Hartke and Hughes urged a definite withdrawal date, claiming progress could be possible with a cease fire and POW releases by Christmas. Nixon announced a modest troop withdrawal through December, keeping unknown his final timetable.
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Washington
Administration
Nixon
Vietnam
Sen
Harold Hughes
Iowa
No Prosecution Found in My Lai Civilian Cases
The Pentagon says no legal path exists to prosecute former soldiers linked to the My Lai massacre after long study by Army and Justice Department lawyers. No trials are planned as officials acknowledge some possibility may emerge, but at present the issue is not being actively pursued.
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Washington
Pentagon
Fermer
My Lai
Jerry Friedheim
Wil- Many Calley
Robert Marasco
Green Borel
CLA
Friedheim
Marasco
Tet
Army
Justice Department
Paul Meadie
Meadie
Calley
Friedheins
Poin
Nightclub bombing in Saigon kills two, injures dozens
A Thursday night blast at CRC nightclub near the Vietnamese navy headquarters in Saigon killed an American soldier and a Vietnamese woman and wounded about 40. The incident, at 9 10 pm, struck a crowd mostly of U S troops as the band played. It was the first major anti American attack in the city since December.Authorities said it was unclear whether Viet Cong or South Vietnamese militants carried out the bombing.
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Saigon
U. 5
U. S
CRC
My Canh
Mekong River
Allen Dekuyf
Artesia
Calif
Judicial District Overhaul Approved by Iowa Legislature
DES MOINES UP I The first major overhaul of Iowa's judicial districts was approved by the house despite opposition from many county bar associations. The measure, already passed by the senate, would reorganize the state's 28 districts.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Towa House
Towa
Senate
Boy Loses Life Helping Dog in Glendale
In Glendale California Charlie Chaffin twelve was returning home with his mother and older brother to see a movie when he stopped the car after seeing a neighbor's dog in the street. While aiding the dog another car struck him and he died on Monday. His father Robert Chaffin remembered his son as someone who cared deeply for animals and did not want them to suffer.
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Glendale
Calif
Charlie Chaffin
Charlie
Robert Chaffin
Regents Mull Case Against Private Charged with Budget Cuts Slaying 2 Lieutenants
Regents weigh impact of budget cuts on state universities as Richey voices guarded optimism about appropriations for the 1071 73 period. In Saigon, Pvt Billy Mechanicaville and Lecy Smith face murder and related charges for slaying two lieutenants in a Hig artillery unit with a fragmentation grenade. The case also involves injuries to a third officer and further counts of attempted murder. Smith and accomplice are held at Bien Hoa, with trial details pending.
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Saigon
1St Cavalry Divisi
Phumertar
Army
Thomas Dellna
Billy Mechanicaville
N.Y
Lecy Smith
Watts
Calif
Hasland
Richard Harlan
Dalbeen
Peter Higgins
Bien Hoa
Smith
19Th Artillery
1St Cavalry Division
1St Calvery Division
Blen Ton
Deaths in Combat Top 80 in Vietnam Week
Saigon reports eighty eight Americans killed in combat last week the highest weekly toll in nine months. Most losses stemmed from the North Vietnamese attack on Firebase Maryd on March 28 causing 34 deaths and 76 wounded. The Pentagon notes first quarter 1971 U.S. casualties at 580 killed and 3,697 wounded, with 22 American non hostile deaths.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U. S
Mary d
Nixon
U.S
Dow proposes billion-dollar POW ransom fund
Washington AP reports Rep Dow proposes a four to five billion ransom fund to free U S servicemen held by North Vietnam. The plan would offer a negotiation kitty to entice South Vietnam to return enemy prisoners captured by U S forces in exchange for American POWs.
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Congress
U.S
North Vietnam
Rep
Dow
DNY
South Vietnam
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