Uniform Levy for Schools Advised
Des Moines reports a 20 mill uniform property tax levy across Iowa’s 453 school districts as a proposed starting point for a new education financing plan. Proponents say it evenly funds public education. critics fear tax shifts and potential income tax increases. The plan would replace varied local levies with an average around 45 mills, but funding sources to replace existing property taxes remain unresolved.
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Gazevne
Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
van Nostrand
Jue
Roger J. Shatf
Rcarmanche
Edgar H. Holden
R-Davenport
Cedar Rapids man 64 die in tenth 1970 blaze
A Cedar Rapids man James DeWitt, 64, died Friday in a southeast Cedar Rapids fire that claimed the citys tenth fire death of 1970. Firefighters pulled him from a smoke filled home at 1959 Eighth Avenue SE after 2 p.m. He reportedly fell asleep while watching TV with a lit cigarette, which ignited the chair and sparked the blaze. DeWitt died at Mercy Hospital after artificial respiration and rescue efforts. Authorities noted heavy heat and smoke but limited fire damage to the structure. His death raises Cedar Rapids fire fatalities for 1970 to ten, the worst year on record.
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Cedar Ftelds
A . Beynar
Cedar Rapids
James
DeWitt
Houge
Mercy, Hospital
Eighth Avenue SE
Aghés
Leo Michaud
Northboro
Mass
Kisses
Mitch
Oregon
Mt. Hood
Cross pays tribute to Laporte during Canada trip
Montreal AP report notes British trade commissioner James Cross, freed after weeks in captivity, paid homage to Pierre Laporte who was killed during Quebec crisis. Cross expressed respect in French at a brief airport news conference and declined to discuss informant details with reporters.
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Montreal
James R
Cross
Canadairess
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Iowa agency fund asks total 761 million per year
Iowa comptroller's office estimates about 761 million dollars annually are needed to fund state government operations and statutory allocations for the coming biennium. The total would average roughly 504.2 million for departments each year, with capital expenditures cited.
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Jerey Mursiner
DES ‘Moines
UPI
Ray
Comptroller’s Office
Nixon presses toughest anti inflation drive on oil and building costs
President Nixon launches a multi pronged effort to curb inflation directing government action on oil pricing and wage reforms for federal projects. He urges industry and labor to self reform while warning against future price hikes and freezes. Officials doubt quick price relief.
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New York
Nixon
Abar
Freez‘ng
Texas
Louisiana
Yost expected to quit as U.N. envoy after assembly session
United Nations. Charles W. Yost plans to resign as the chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations after the current General Assembly session. Reports from Washington Boston and New York last month said President Nixon planned to name Daniel Moynihan to succeed him. Moynihan reportedly accepted the appointment but then backed away.
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Charles W. Yost
U. S
General Assembly
Washington
Boston
New York
Nixon
Yost
Daniel Moynihan
White House
Moynihan
Ile
Harvard University
Chavez Jailed Over Lettuce Boycott Tactics in Salinas
Cesar Chavez, leader of the United Farm Workers, was jailed on multiple anti boycott orders after directing a lettuce and salad boycott against Bud Antle Inc and other Salinas Valley growers. Judge Gordon Campbell ordered Chavez held until the boycott ends nationwide. Chavez supporters gathered at the Salinas County Courthouse as the protest spread to nearby areas.
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Salinas
Calif
Cesar Chavez
Lweder
Chaves
AFL- Cio
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Superior Court
Gordon Campbell
Chavez
Campbell
Bud Antle, Inc
Jeduce
Dow Chemical Co
Tne
California
Tampbell
UFWOC
All Tettuce
Ufwog Tabor
Haven
Valley
Nee
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Central Valley
Salinas Valley
U.S
UFWCC
Chuckle of ignorance is bliss and happier people query
A short, tongue in cheek note questions why happiness seems scarce and whether ignorance might fuel more joy. The piece dwells on irony and social mood without detailing events or individuals.
Plane Hunt Ends After 42 Deaths in Vietnam Crash
Two U S air force sergeants survived a plane crash near Cam Ranh Bay six days after a C123 vanished with 78 South Vietnamese soldiers and dependents and six Americans aboard. Sgt Gary Aldredge and Sgt Vincent Fairbrother endured rain and fog while crawling the jungle slope seeking help, with Aldredge later in fair condition and Fairbrother seriously ill awaiting surgery.
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Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Gary Aldredge
Navarre
Calif
Vincent Fairbrother
Riverside
R.I
Aldredge
Fairbrother
South Vietnam
Soviet Flotilla Heads for Cuba
Havana radio reported that a Soviet flotilla including a submarine and tanker will arrive Monday en route to Cuba and stay there through December 23. The broadcast did not specify the Cuban port involved.
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Miami
Havana
Teinaly
Cuba
Fire kills nine in boarding house arson suspected
Amsterdam fire kills nine Moroc can workers in boarding house early Saturday. Police suspect arson as the cause of the blaze.
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Amsterdam
Pope Paul VI Returns After Missionary Journey
Pope Paul VI arrived home in Vatican City early Saturday after a 10 day trip spanning 23 00 miles to the largely non Christian Far East. He resumed normal work including meetings with aides and possible audiences and celebrated mass in his private chapel. The pope delivered a toned down speech in Hong Kong omitting a direct appeal to Red China, reportedly altered under Hong Kong British authorities and local Catholic leaders.
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Paul VI
Vatican
Ifam
China
Hong Kong
Sali
Diatni Bated
Red China
Rome
Crown Colony
Formosa
Pantili
Peking
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