Prentis Urges Loophole Closures To Boost Iowa Tax Revenue
Iowa tax officials propose 48 bills to reform taxes and close loopholes. A withholding system could raise 5 to 8 million annually and relocate 20 million in windfall for state institutions. Estimated yearly revenue would exceed 30 million with tightened special taxes.
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Iowa
Prentis
Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
X. T. Prentis
Harold Hughes
Fred Quiner
A. L. George
Asian Flu Outbreak Fails to Hit Iowa
Dr. Ralph Heeren, head of Iowa’s communicable diseases division, says winter forecasts of a major Asian flu outbreak were inaccurate. He reports only isolated influenza cases in the state and nationwide, while gastrointestinal upset cases are not true flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Boy Pulling Sled Is Killed by Car
An Osceola farm boy eight year old Michael Smith was killed when a car struck him while he and two companions pulled a sled along a country road east of Osceola Iowa. Rural mail carrier Robert B Oehlert swerved to the side but the boy darted into the road. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Wilbert Smith of near Osceola.
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Osceola
Michael Smith
Iowa Highway Patrol
Robert B. Oehlert
Oehlert
Smith
Wilbert Smith
Five Die in Wall Cavern at Maryland Construction Site
Washington AP report says red clay buried a partly built concrete wall at a 70 acre shopping center project in suburban Maryland. Five workers died, 11 injured, two others reported missing then found. rescue teams worked five hours amid debris as two top men atop the wall survived with injuries.
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Washington
Maryland
John Poole
Poole
John Floyd
Death of Rev Ralph Hendricks In Minnesota
Word arrives of the death of the retired Methodist minister Rev Ralph Hendricks at Morton Minnesota. He was father of Rev Dwight Hendricks of Central City. Services were held there Saturday.
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Central City
Ralph Hendricks
Morton
Minn
Dwight Hendricks
Kennedy Must Explain Skybolt Action-Miller
Senator Jack Miller of Iowa urged President Kennedy and the Pentagon to justify abandoning the Skybolt missile program. He said Congress will push back unless a continuing military need exists or a viable substitute for bomber carried missiles is shown, noting past Joint Chiefs of Staff views on a mixed force. He warned of possible congressional trouble if a persuasive case is not made.
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Sioux City
UPI
Jack Miller
R-la
Kennedy
Pentagon
Congress
Miller
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Skybolt
Joint Chiefs
Skylbolt
Russia
White House
Refused Induction Iowan Sentenced to Two Years
Bernard Dale Claus aged 23 of Livermore was sentenced by Federal Judge Roy Stephenson to two years in prison for refusing induction into the armed forces. A declared conscientious objector, Claus had recently worked on defense projects in Alaska after registering in Butte Montana. He refused to report for induction in Iowa on February 20 1962 and may be eligible for early parole due to his good prior record.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Bernard Dale Claus
Livermore
Roy Stephenson
Claus
Stephenson
Alaska
Butte
Mont
Liquor Stores Expect Pre New Year Rush
Iowa liquor control officials foresee a post Christmas rush at state stores to match the record bottle buying pace seen before Christmas. Stores totaled 153 286 dollars in the two days before Christmas, up from 111 690 dollars a year earlier, with snowstorms blamed for the previous dip. Stores close at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and again at 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve.
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Des Moines
UPS
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Champion Liar Owes His Start to Coon-Hunting
Walter Lewis of Williamsport Ohio won the 1962 world champion liar title from the Burlington Liars Club. His wins stem from a longtime habit of swapping hunting dog stories with a neighbor, having sent in 25 to 30 tales before success. He works at Lockebourne Air Base and has four of five children at home.
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Williamsport
Ohio
Walter Lewis
Burlington
Wis
Liars Club
Lewis
Dick Davis
Circleville
Herald
Lockebourne Air Base
Public release of birth control research study
Washington AP The welfare department released a 127 page study on birth control research that had been withheld due to fears lay readers would misinterpret it. The survey catalogs about 400 reproduction related projects and contains scientific but non advocating content.
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Washington
Welfare Department
Department
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Luther Terry
Terry
White House
Anthony Celebrezze
Surgeon General's Office
Mysterious Week-Old Fire Under Probe in Iowa City
Fire crews and police investigate a small fire found Friday in a deserted upstairs hallway at 102914 South Riverside drive. The blaze caused moderate damage with charred door and window frames, cracked panes, and scorched wall varnish. Authorities suspect arson not yet confirmed.
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Iowa City
V. J. Shimon
South Riverside Drive
Gazette Want Ad Service Defined by Classified Offer
A terse notice frames service as what customers receive when they place a Gazette Want Ad. It implies a standard of assistance and results tied to the newspaper's classifieds platform. No individuals or organizations are named.
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Gazette
Nervous Bandit Wounds Des Moines Store Manager and Wife
Des Moines Midtown Safeway manager Ed L. Harkins and his wife Dorothy were wounded when a nervous bandit shot during a robbery that yielded only loose change. Police sought a stocky Negro with a pockmarked face. a stolen car was later found abandoned nearby.
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Bandit
Des Moines
Ed L. Harkins
Midtown Safeway
Dorothy
Mercy Hospital
Harkins
Woman Admits Defrauding VA in Widow Pension Scheme
Frances D. Haag, 37, of Des Moines pled guilty to fraudulently accepting 11039 from the Veterans Administration. Federal Judge Roy Stephenson delayed sentencing for a pre sentence investigation. Haag is charged with receiving payments due her as a veteran's widow after remarriage in May 1951.
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DES Moines
Frances D. Haag
Veterans Administration
Roy Stephenson
Nebraska Reports on Unmarked Patrol Cars
Nebraska Safety Patrol Chief Carl J. Sanders says unmarked patrol cars do not reduce fatalities or increase arrests. Iowa officials report more arrests since unmarked cars began operation. Nebraska now has 18 to 20 unmarked patrol cars patrolling state roads.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Laff a Day: Ring Incident Sparks Amusing Claim
A humorous panel caption recalls a wrestler insisting he did not remember being struck, joking that he merely fell over the ropes while climbing into the ring. The line playfully riffs on memory and sports crowd reactions.
Prisoner confesses to 1956 Grimes sisters slaying in Chicago
Alfred Lawless, 34, released soon from a drunkenness sentence, admits to abducting and killing Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 Grimes in December 1956. He says he left them on a snowbank after molesting them, though autopsy notes no sexual assault. Lawless recalls driving off, burning their clothes, and drifting across the country since. Chicago police will study the confession amid past doubts.
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Los Angeles
Grimes Sisters
Chicago
Barbara
Patricia Grimes
Alfred Lawless
Lawless
Jamestown
Patricia
Indiana
Detroit
Byrd Leaves Hospital After Fever Treatment
Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia is released from Union Memorial Hospital after a check-up for a fever from his European tour last summer. His physician Dr. Howard Chandler Smith says Byrd, age 75, plans to return to Berryville and resume normal activities soon.
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Baltimore
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Union Memorial Hospital
Howard Chandler Smith
Byrd
Berryville
Smith
Driver Charged with Leaving Crash Scene
Lawrence F. Bagby, 20, Washington D C, visiting for the holidays, was arrested Friday night at the bowling alley and charged with leaving the scene of an accident after a car he allegedly drove hit a parked vehicle owned by David Greenley, 39, Independence, and fled.
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Independence
Lawrence F. Bagby
Washington, D.C
David Greenley
If People Had It To Do Over Again Most Would
A reflective thought ponders that given another chance most individuals would change their past actions. It suggests universal desire to revise decisions and seek better outcomes in life.
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