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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
9
Construction advances at Hawkeye Downs include rest rooms new grandstand facilities and all new steel bleachers. Officials expect completion by the 31st All-Ioan fair opening next Friday August 12. Exposition updates include floral shows in Exhibition Hall new signage and cleaner grounds before the fair.
Des Moines AP reports polls in the Iowa primary on September 6 will operate on central Daylight time. Atty. Gen. Oscar Strauss notes the 1965 law only spared Labor Day and the election day, while a new federal law requires daylight time from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October.
About a dozen boys can still be accepted for the final week of Camp Wapsie Y. The last session runs August 14 to 20. More than 130 boys are at camp this week with capacity for the next period opening Sunday. Total registration for the year may top last year’s 1 052. Facilities will be available for church retreats and youth groups after the season.
David Lafferty, 27, ends 130 days underground to claim a new world endurance record. He receives 650 pounds from Lord Weymouth and greets wife Uta, mother-in-law Marianne Krebs, and daughter Jackie after emerging.
Governor Hughes and Selden report Iowa’s revenues outperform estimates with corporate and inheritance taxes higher than expected. They say Midwest growth is strong and a 1967 tax increase may be unnecessary while noting inequities in the tax system. A tax revision plan will be proposed during the campaign.
Governor Hughes defended the new pay as you go personal income tax system and urged taxpayers to expect relief in January with possible refunds. He denied double taxation charges and explained 1966 taxes are collected in 1965 to 1966. The $80 million surplus boosts state receipts for the 1965-1967 biennium, against a $265.4 million forecast and $267.1 million appropriated.
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