Cedar Rapids Mayor backs local option sales tax over property tax
Cedar Rapids Mayor and League of Iowa Municipalities vice president Don Canney argues a one percent city sales tax would reduce property taxes through relief funds, avoid new agencies, and as a progressive revenue source for services used by residents and nonresidents alike. He cites high retail sales and widespread legislative support for local option taxes.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Canney
League of Iowa Municipalities
League
Minnesota
Iowa
Miller
Receipts Rise Despite End of Food and Drug Tax
A Iowa state sales tax discussion shows Cedar Rapids receipts increasing after the July 1974 removal of the 3 percent tax on food and drugs. In 1973–74 taxable sales reached 449.3 million with 13.48 million in tax, while the September 1974 quarter shows 113.92 million in sales versus 109.996 million last year.
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State Department of Revenue
Cedar Rapids
Annual Coe Festival Showcases 200 Musicians from 73 Iowa Schools
The ninth annual Coe college instrumental festival brings about 200 junior and senior high musicians from 73 Iowa schools to Coe college Sinclair Auditorium for a 7:30 p.m. concert open to the public. Festival includes two rehearsals, a Coe Jazz Band concert, and solo audition opportunities.
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Coe College
Sinclair
Coe
Claude T. Smith
Chillicothe High School
Chillicothe
Smith
Central Methodist College
University of Kansas At Lawrence
Doc” Severinsen
Rich Matteson
Warren Covington
Missouri Educator’s Assn
National Band Assn
Andy McIntosh
North Scott High School
Eldridge
Will
Library space problems prompt plea for patience and shifts
Officials at the main library and the Edgewood and Kenwood branches ask patrons for understanding as space reallocations occur. The main library moved the reference collection to three new double shelving sections and shifts magazines to the basement, with some titles discarded. Edgewood and Kenwood report full shelves, using metal carts to display books, while juvenile collections were rearranged for extra shelving.
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Kenwood
Edgewood
Ruth Richardson
Adult Services
82 Year Old Ilije Still Competes In Chess
The oldest active classified chess player is Dr Radusko Ilije, 82, of Novi Sad. He continues to play in major Yugoslav tournaments, never late for games, and recently toured to Sarajevo where he played as many as three games daily, drawing envy from younger partners.
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Novi Sad
Yugoslavia
Radusko Ilije
Sarajevo
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