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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1976
Page
13
Bill proposes a Himemler task force of legislators and 12 governor appointed citizens to conduct a long-range study of Iowa property tax structure. The committee must present recommendations to the 1977 legislature by next January 10.
Governor Robert Ray criticized the tax relief package as poorly conceived and ill designed and vetoed the last two thirds while allowing the first year of relief totaling about 54.8 million dollars. He urged reconsideration or a special session to avoid excessive increases, citing cost, data gaps, and the need for a longer term solution.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Don Canney said he was pleased by Gov. Ray signing the first year and vetoing the second and third years of the tax plan. He argued the later years would shift the property tax burden to city owners and urged input to the task force studying long range revisions to the property tax law.
Dr Saul Cooper director of Washtenaw county Michigan Community Mental Health Center speaks on new directions and innovations in mental health services. Dr Michael J Gorodezky director of program evaluation discusses management information systems at a free workshop sponsored by the association. Event runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at United Way of Linn County building 712 Third Avenue SE.
Monty Bertelli the Republican candidate for state representative appoints Robert J. Gilchrist as campaign manager. Gilchrist of Marion teaches junior high math at Lint-Mar Community schools and serves on county and district Republican platform committees and as a delegate to state conventions.
The Western Dubuque school board voted to lease Aquin high school in Cascade for 89 000 dollars a year, settling a dispute between 75 000 and 85 000 offers. Aquin will run elementary centers in Garryowen and Cascade, with parochial seventh to ninth graders half time at Aquin next year and public school students in grades 9 to 12 also attending Aquin. A bond issue may come before district voters within six months, aided by a citizens committee advising on the bond plan and other measures.
Gedar Rapids officials react as state Supreme Court ruling in the Richard Zacek case is cited by former Cedar Rapids safety commissioner James Steinbeck. He says the decision vindicates him and five others facing indictments tied to police activity and investigative procedures, and he criticizes media coverage while urging clarity on grand jury views.
FMC Corp reports first quarter 1976 net income of 31.9 million or 96 cents per share, a record for any first quarter and up 19 percent from last year. Consolidated sales total 595.8 million, up 12 percent, with Machinery Group showing seven percent sales growth amid earlier recession. Chairman Robert H. Malott noted March improvements and projected 1976 earnings to exceed 1978 levels.
Merle L Kopel Linn county auditor and commissioner of elections announced Lovitt as deputy commissioner of elections effective May. He replaces Kenneth J Perry Jr who is a Democratic candidate for Linn clerk of court and steps down to avoid a conflict of interest. Perry remains employed in the office. Lovitt has served the county since 1973 and has assisted Perry.
General Mills plans a 26 million expansion of five plants including Cedar Rapids to convert the protein facility for cereals and convenience foods. Production will shift to Toronto, Cedar Rapids project to take about a year with no immediate job impact.
Keith Hudeponl, 23, of Williamsburg, was listed in fair condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City on Tuesday after a crash. Hospital officials confirmed his status as of that afternoon.
A four car crash on highway 30 about 8 30 p m west of Mt Vernon injures two people Thomas R Jewell 20 Mechanicsville and Esther 5 Boettger 69 Lon don route one were treated and released at a Cedar Rapids hospital Jewell charged with traveling too fast to stop in the assured clear distance ahead The second collision at Sixteenth Avenue and Edgewood Road SW involves multiple drivers and led to further injuries plus charges for Henry Stahr and a minor police report mishap
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