Iowa Lawmaker Proposes Pollution Tax on Gasoline
DES MOINES Iowa City Rep Arthur Small proposes a nine cent per gallon tax on leaded gasoline and six cents on non leaded gasoline to fight pollution. He frames the plan as a tax principle mirroring Ruhr valley practice where pollution levels determine tax owed. Existing Iowa gas tax is seven cents.
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Des Moines
Arthur Small
Iowa City
Small
Iowa
Ruhr Valley
Europe
Night Club Evening Set at Upper Iowa Night Club
Harold's club at Upper Iowa college will stage a mock Reno night club in the C P Colegrove Auditorium to close the Winter Carnival. The room will feature gaming tables for fare roulette poker and blackjack with winnings bid on auction items. Students will also vote for Miss Drumsticks the coed with the prettiest legs in an annual Alpha Phi Omega sponsored event.
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Fayette — Harold’s Club
Reno
Upper Iowa College
C. P. Colegrove
East Iowans In Iowa Symphony Band Concert
The University of Iowa symphony band will give its annual winter concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in the main lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union. Admission is free. East Iowans in the band include Cedar Rapids Lee Dutrt Coralville Carolyn Hug Garrison Barbara Gulick Iowa City Martin Boller Kris Klopfenstein Howard Meeker Jim Piersol Roger Wendt Kalona Dennis Edelbrock Don Edelbrock Olin Pamela Ballou Washington Mark Shearer Waukon Kaye Kolsrud West Branch Jim Douglass Gary Maske.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Symphony
Iowa Memorial Union
Kalona
Dennis Edelbrock
Don Edelbrock
Olin
Pamela Ballou
Washington
Mark Shearer
Waukon
Kaye Kolsrud
West Branch
Jim Douglass
Gary Maske
East Iowans On College Dean's List
Two East Iowans earned all A’s on the Northeast Missouri State College dean’s list for the fall semester with many more on the 3.0 or better GPA list. Names include Paula A. Hartz of Marengo and Robert Kinsinger of Belle Plaine among numerous residents from Amana, Cedar Rapids, Marion, Iowa City, Oelwein and other towns.
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Kirksville
Northeast Missouri State College
Paula A. Hartz
Marengo
Robert Kinsinger
Belle Plaine
Blairstown
Rodney C. Kubichek
Cedar Rapids
Carol E. Ballantyne
Jeanne K. Barta
Mary M. Bayles
Mary L. Busch
Daniel Christensen
Kathy Dietz
Timothy E. Hartman
Linda K. Hartley
Michael L. Hurn
Douglas A. Letts
Michael McDonnell
Barbara A. Welsh
Kristi M. Wormsley
Decorah
Darrell Sersland
Dysart
LaRue Jean Paulsen
Leann Sue Paulsen
Elgin
Steven D
Ear tag solution for 18 year olds in Iowa? Legislative note
Frank Nye reports on Iowa politics with a mock proposal that 18 year olds receive ear tags for age verification if drinking rights stay at 18. The piece riffs on a conference committee, reapportionment, and lists several lawmakers and staffers across towns like Sigourney Tipton Traer and Washington, noting caution signs and debate over the bank holding company bill.
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ES Moines
Iowa
Senate
John Camp
R-Bryant
Philip Burks
Legislative Service Center
Supreme Court
Sen
S. J. Brownlee
R-Emmetsburg
Burks
Buchanan County Board Rules Seven Roads for Closure
Independence Iowa Buchanan county board of supervisors approved closing or vacating seven road sections after public hearings January 10 11 The action reduces the earlier plan from fourteen sections Roads closed include Perry township two roads Middlefield Fairbank Sumner townships and two Littleton streets Reasons cited poor condition no residents on the section or low travel The board will remove brush and lower banks to allow farm implements to pass by 1973 property owners must remove fences by September 1 1972 All work must finish by December 1 1973
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Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Perry
Middlefield
Fairbank
Sumner
Littleton
Buchanan County
Tama Bank Seeks Receiver For Toledo Auto Business
Tama State Bank sues in Tama County District Court for 128000 plus interest from G Edward and Madonna Robinette and Ed Robinette Chevrolet Inc. The bank seeks a receiver to take immediate possession of assets, manage funds, and oversee the business until final adjudication. Key claims include promissory notes dating 1960 1970 and 1972, alleged collateral misstatements, lapses in insurance workers comp and overdrawn corporate accounts.
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G. E. Robinette
Ed Robinette Chevrolet, Inc
Tama State Bank
Robinette
Robinette Corporation
Schwengel to Speak at Benton County High Schools Friday
Rep. Fred Schwengel will visit Benton county in three stops Friday statewide. He speaks at Urbana high at 9 a.m. Norway high at 11 30 a.m. and Shellsburg high in the afternoon, with a stop at Mt. Auburn Legion hall for a car-plotting event.
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Davenport
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Benton County
Urbana High School
Norway High
Shellsburg High School
Legion Hall
Auburn
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Upper
East Iowans
Iowa Symphony Band
Alburnett
Marilyn K. Peterson
Amana
Charles K. Eckman
Anamosa
Ruth E. Hatheer
Patricia A. Hahn
Rodney J. Cronbaugh
John R. Guglielmetti
Robert M. Storm
Roberta S. Tubaugh
Oxford
Sears
Saris
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Frank Nye
Rep
Sigourney
Allen J. Billman
Tipton
Rebecca J. Dickerson
Rebecca Lynn Pierce
Traer
Ronald R. Kubik
Victor
Louise Ann Daniels
Walcott
Linda S. Richman
Kevin M. Caldwell
Lana E. Brice
Douglas D. Laux
Dorothy J. Pauly
Terry E. O’hanlon
Annice M. Resch
Buchanan
Tama Bank
Toledo Auto
Small Business Administration
Benton
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