Iowa Sales Tax Revisited for Property Tax Relief
A legislative interim study committee will reexamine the Iowa sales tax as a potential funding source for property tax relief. The discussion weighs a 1 percent rise to 4 percent, its regressive concerns, exemptions, and alternative taxes, noting past shifts between parties since 1933.
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Legislative
Lowell Norland
Kensett
House
Ways-Means
Iowa
Norland
William Murray
Loveless
Senate
Capital gains tax cut gains public support and House action
A 66 percent majority backs reducing the maximum capital gains tax from 49 to 35 percent while the House passes the measure as part of a broader tax cut. President Carter opposes tax relief for gains, arguing it mostly benefits the rich. Support hinges on boosting investment incentives to revive the economy.
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House
Carter
William Steiger
Wisconsin
Steiger
Ways and Means Committee
Carter faces veto over capital gains tax cut clash
A Harris survey shows 75 percent support a $10 billion federal income tax cut for individuals, with public favor also backing business tax cuts. Congress debates a cap gains tax cut up to 35 percent amid Carter veto threats and political risk in an election year.
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Harris
Carter
Congress
Inflectional Rhodesia leadership blocks change despite reforms
Rhodesia’s first African appointees to the broadcasting service quit citing inability to alter state propaganda. The piece argues white minority rule persists, internal settlement fails, and guerrilla pressure remains the only path toward real minority rights, forecasting a bloody future.
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Rhodesian Broadcasting Corp
Charles Manyaba
Washington Sansole
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Smith
Dellums Gaffe Clouds CETA Debate with Power Hint
U S Rep Ronald Dellums faces criticism for insinuating colleagues were intoxicated on the House floor while defending the CETA extension bill. He urged lawmakers to resist rushed amendments that could cripple aid programs for the jobless, calling for careful review before action and proposing lawmakers live briefly on subsistence income.
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U.S
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
Dellums
Congress
Ceta Extension
House
Senate
Tribute to Pat Kot zendorfer on nuclear safety vigil
A Cedar Rapids reader honors Pat Kotzendorfer who organized about a dozen people outside the IE building on a Sunday to remind 110 000 locals that 33 years ago atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The letter questions media coverage of nuclear safety and raises concerns about fallout from a Soviet satellite crash and the Rocky Flats facility near Denver.
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Pat Kotzendorfer
Cedar Rapidians
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Pat
Cedar Rapids
Readers urged to study nuclear site dangers at Rocky Flats
A letter to the editor warns about contamination and 200 plus fires at Rocky Flats where plutonium components for U S nuclear warheads are made. It urges awareness of shipping radioactive materials from Savannah Georgia and Hanford Washington to Colorado and notes the plant’s expansion in Cedar Rapids. The writer credits Pat Kotzendorfer for advocacy and ties concerns to the Aug 7 Consumers life insurance article, discussing Whole life versus term policies with a personal example from J R Pat Gallagher West Branch.
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Rocky Flats
U.S
Savannah
Hanford
Wash
Northwestern
FTC
Kramer
Cornell hosts RAGBRAI and Falcons. praise for cleanup
The Cornell College campus welcomed RAGBRAI riders and the Metro Falcons. both groups were praised for organization and responsible behavior. The administrator cites insufficient trash receptacles as the litter cause after the Falcons game and looks forward to the next Ash Park home date on August 19.
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Ragbrai Riders
Cornell College
Metro Falcons
Cornell
Ash Park
Falcons
Ragbras
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Chicago Tribune
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West
House of Representatives
Richard Schord
D.mo
Ichard
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Zambia
Abel Muzorewa
British Conservative Party
John Davies
New York Times Service
Rep. Dellums
the Gazette
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Life Insurance
Albert Kramer
David Fix
Federal Trade Commission
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
J.R
Gallagher West Branch
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