Compromise On Iowa Tax Hike Looms
Iowa House sent the omnibus income tax bill to the Senate by 67 to 30. The plan would raise the individual rate to 80 percent from 75 and push revenue higher. Provisions include raising the sales tax target and altering filing thresholds, with conference committees possible if House and Senate disagree.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
House
Weamea Sepang
Frank Thompson
R-Guthrie Center
House-Senate
Blizzard Slows Travel Across Rockies and Plains
An April blizzard hit the Rockies and western plains with heavy wet snow and 60 mph winds. Wyoming, eastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska panhandle saw roads blocked and hundreds of motorists stranded. Snow near Kimball Nebraska reached 12 inches. Nebraska wheat farmers welcomed the moisture amid drought and wind erosion.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Plains
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska Panhandle
Kimball
Neb
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Home Show Opens Tonight at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts the third annual Home Show at Hawkeye Downs Farm Youth Center with 114 booths ready. Tex Ritter of Capitol Records plans to check in Tuesday afternoon as Show Director Paul Waters reports a 40-foot interior opening for crowd access and confirmed parking areas remain intact for the event through Sunday.
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Tex Ritter
Capitol Records
Motion Pictures
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Paul Waters
Farm Youth Center
Hawkeye Downs
Adlai Urges No Defense of Quemoy and Matsu
Chicago reports Adlai Stevenson urged the United States to refrain from defending Quemoy and Matsu and pursue a united Free World stance on Formosa. He warned against risking a third world war and outlined a three point plan to enlist allies, appeal to Russia, and seek a formula for Formosa’s future while noting Formosa and not Quemoy should be on a comparable legal footing. He argued the United States must avoid militarily precarious positions and stresses the need for a common position among essential nations.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
U. S
Quemoy
Matsu
Formosa
Russia
China
Noes
Stevenson
Japan
Three Men Swap Coats at Baranchana’s Restaurant
Three men A B and C dined then swapped coats by mistake leaving B with C’s coat and C with A’s coat. A and B recovered theirs, but C still has A’s coat. C’s coat is at the police station while A fears C may be unknowingly wearing his coat with valuable keys.
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Baranchana
Chuckle Quote About Mazie Sparks Wink Across Page
A lighthearted note opens with a character promising pleasant remarks about Mazie, prompting readers to decide if the sentiment counts as good. The brief exchange centers on discretion and praise, typical of a humorous newspaper sidebar.
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Mazie
Lowden Girl Becomes U S Citizen at Age Six
Renate Ann Fern Boettger, six, daughter of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Boettger of Lowden Route 1, was naturalized with 34 others in a Cedar Rapids federal district court ceremony Tuesday morning. The young girl, with red hair in a green dress and a flowered hat, attracted attention during the naturalization and certificate signing, though she did not take the oath.
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Lowden
Cedar Rapids
Renate Ann Fern Boettger
LeRoy Boettger
Lowden Route 1
Federal District Court
One C R Child Inoculated With Vaccine a Polio Victim
Bruce Fishwild reports on Linn county polio vaccine test where four children received shots last spring. Only Janet Spencer, 10, Cedar Rapids Tyler school, developed polio after vaccination, with three separate illnesses including non paralytic, encephalitis, and paralytic polio. She remains at University hospital Iowa City. Three placebo recipients also contracted polio: Michael Pena, 9, Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids. Leonard Schaeffer, 10, Irving Marion. Leonard Willis, 9, Tyler Cedar Rapids. Details on the test solutions and code numbers noted.
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Linn County
Janet Spencer
iTyler School
Cedar Rapids
University Hospital
Iowa City
Michael Pena
Immaculate Conception School
Leonard Schaeffer
Irving School
Marion
Leonard Willis
Tyler School
Inoculations To Start Promptly in Iowa
Iowa plans mass polio inoculations for more than 140000 school children. The State Health Department is ready to distribute the vaccine to all 99 counties as soon as it arrives from processors, likely early next week. Dr Ralph Heeren says mechanics are arranged and a shipment timing wire will confirm delivery to Iowa.
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DES -Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
Ralph Heeren
Department
Division of Preventable Diseases
National Institute of Health
Heeren
Salk Tests Show Vaccine Safe and Polio Curbed
Ann Arbor report states the Salk anti polio vaccine is safe and 80 to 90 percent effective. Results from mass testing of 1.8 million children show 460,000 vaccinated with only one death linked to preexisting conditions. Dr Francis led the study and Dr Salk urged two shot schedule for stronger protection.
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United Press
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Ann Arbor, Mich
American Medical Association
Pittsburgh
Salk
Francis
Delay Licensing Of Salk Vaccine Postponed For Further Study
Washington health officials postponed licensing the Salk polio vaccine to allow more analysis of the report on type one virus versus type two and three. The study notes 1,829,916 children in mass testing, with nine major and 13 placebo reactions among vaccine and control groups respectively, and no evidence the vaccine caused paralysis or infection.
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Washington (Lp
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Francis
Names Revealed In Cedar Rapids Polio Vaccination List
The Gazette and KCRG will publish and broadcast polio vaccine recipient names as processed. At 2 30 today Arthur first graders partial list includes Martha M Ely Steven W Glantz Donna M Good William J Hall Marva A Herman David L Jenkinson Richard W Mathes John C Packwood Dixie J Pieper Randolph W Ralston William G Schwittek Marsha J Stem Byron R Sullivan Janet A Tefer Robert J Ure Steven E Vick. Please do not call program headquarters. no names over the phone.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
KCRG
Arthur
Arthur School
Martha M. Ely
Steven W. Glantz
Donna M. Good
William J. Hall
Marva A. Herman
David L. Jenkinson
Richard W. Mathes
John C. Packwood
Dixie J. Pieper
Randolph W. Ralston
William G. Schwittek
Marsha J. Stem
Byron R. Sullivan
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