Assessors Blast Tax Commission Over Valuation Practices
The Iowa State Association of Assessors criticizes the tax commission for failing to equalize property values across counties and cities. They note 40 counties raised, 34 cut, and 35 unchanged farm and building values, arguing the method replaces assessor judgment and widens county land value differences. The group urges sharing data used for adjustments to restore local control.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Association of Assessors
State Tax Commission
Associassociation
Tax Commission
Commission
Sunderman Farmer Killed In Tractor Accident Near Clarinda
Wilbert Sunderman a 47 year old Page county farmer died Tuesday on his Clarinda area farm when his tractor overturned pinning him and striking the back of his neck with the wheel. The injury occurred as the machine rolled and he was killed on the scene.
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Clarinda
INS
Wilbert Sunderman
Page County
Here
John Roosevelt Visits Des Moines to Promote Hair Spray
John Roosevelt, 33, son of the late President, toured Des Moines to promote his hair spray sold in a polyethene bottle. He arrived Tuesday night and described himself as a business man with no political ambitions. He demonstrated the product by tossing a bottle in his hotel room, where it bounced and rolled into a corner.
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Des Moines
INS
John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Gazette Sports Photo Tops AP Contest Winners
Don Padilla photo editor of The Gazette wins first in sports division for UCLA Iowa football shot showing Hawkeye Mike Riley airborne. Other winners include Ron Bliesener for spot news with Train Wreck photo and Howard Swift with pictures in feature and sports divisions. Eighty five entries. prizes in all divisions total 25 for first down to 5 for fourth.
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Don Padilla
The
Gazette
Iowa Associated Press News
Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
New York
Gardner Soule
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
Des Moines
Scott A. Anderson
Eastman Kodak Company
Iowa
Spot News
Charles Sorlein
Mason City Globe-Gazette
al Allen
Dubuque Telegraph- Herald
Norman Hill
Ottumwa Courier
Tom Martin
Muscatine Journal
Howard Swift
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Elwin Musser
Mason City Globe- Gazette
George Newman
Sioux City Journal- Tribune
Phillip M. Hutchison
Davenport Daily Times
Fireman Poleslide Injury at Davenport Station
Davenport reporter's prank at an open house ended with Bill Windram Jr. sliding a fire pole and shattering a kneecap. He fell to Mercy hospital from the second floor to the first during the stunt.
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Davenport
INS
Bill Windram
Mercy Hospital
Keokuk County 4 H Club Dinner Friday Night in Keota
The Keokuk county 4 H banquet will be held Saturday night in the Keota high school auditorium. Speaker Ted Hutchcroft of Medi apolis a 4 H club member who visited England last summer will address the gathering.
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Keokuk County
Keota
Keota High School
Ted Hutchcroft
Mediapolis
England
Roach Elected President Of Iowa Good Roads
Howard L. Roach of Plainfield won the presidency of the Iowa Good Roads Association on Tuesday. Claude Coy Kendall was re elected executive secretary.
Father of II Held for Plot To Bilk Widow
Arthur Lyle Dorsey, 45, father of 11, was held for investigation in FORT COLLINS COLORADO for allegedly extorting 6400 dollars from a widow. He posed as a special investigator to hush up a report about his 15 year old son, while his wife and children had drawn national notice during 1948 hitchhiking to Colorado.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Iowa
Ray Barger
Arthur Lyle Dorsey
Barger
Dorsey
Forty sheep killed as truck overturns near Newton
A truck accident south of Newton left forty sheep dead and driver Eayard Daniels of Perry injured. Daniels was treated at a Des Moines hospital for chest shoulder and leg injuries.
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Newton
INS
Eayard Daniels
Perry
Des Moines
Bob Brooks Broadcast Ad For S. C. Campion Game
Bob Brooks announced a basketball game broadcast for S. C. Campion set to air at 8 p.m. Wednesday night on local radio. The notice specifies time and station, emphasizing the forthcoming matchup and listener opportunity.
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Bob Brooks
S. C.-Campion
Iowa G O P Accused of Letting Labor Down
Sioux City Iowa labor leader says the Republican party has let labor down. IAM member Smith says he voiced labor views in The Machinist and will report to the IAM state council in Des Moines. He criticizes anti closed shop and anti secondary boycott bills and notes some Republicans aided by labor but calls for more action by the governor and party.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Beardsley
Smith
Machinist
IAM
IAM State Council
Des Moines
Republican Party
Beardsley Defends Labor Policy in Des Moines
Gov. William S. Beardsley said his administration has acted honestly and fairly with labor and pledges to continue fair treatment for all groups. He emphasized consistency in dealing with labor as with other constituencies.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Des Moines Robbery Strikes Gem Salesman on Train Route
A New York jewelry salesman, Henry Nevens, 50, was robbed of gems valued at 30 000 to 40 000 dollars by two men who taunted him by name. They forced him along the tracks for 75 feet with a gun, then fled after snatching two packets of jewels and warning him not to report the crime. He freed himself and called police.
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Des Moines
New York
Robert E. O’brien
Henry Nevens
Nevens
Omaha
Taney
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Lowe
Jervis W. Baldwin
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Iowa Associated Press
Gazette Sports Photo
Walter Winghell
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