Iowa lawmakers eye changes to tax assessment process
Iowa Senate and House committees hold hearings on property assessment equalization after Revenue Director William Forst ordered counties to raise taxes on certain property classes. Citizens and farm groups critique the orders while lawmakers discuss bills to curb agricultural land tax credits and rework the system to be fairer across counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Ways and Means
State Revenue
William Forst
Iowa Taxpayers Assn
Top Honor Won by Iowa Auto Dealers
The Iowa Automobile Dealers Assn won the top state association honor in the 1968 program. The award cited its highway safety support, free inspections, and aid to driver education.
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Iowa
Washington
Iowa Automobile Dealers Assn
Auto Industries Highway Safety Committee
Highway Safety Committee
National Automobile Deal Ers Assn
The
Iowa Association
Senate cautions before adjournment in late session
During a long legislative day Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen warned senators to stay for announcements before adjourning. Earlier Senator Chester Hougen broke from debate and said he was out of order before sitting down.
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Roger Jepsen
Senate
Chester Hougen
Cedar Falls
Board of Regents
Revenue Welfare Chiefs’ Fate Ponders by Ray
Des Moines Iowa Governor Robert D Ray weighs the future of two top state officials Revenue Director William Forst and Social Services Director Maurice Harmon Both were appointed resigned and reappointed last year after salary provisions were absent in 1967 legislation Their fate will hinge on legislative timing and possible reappointments with similar cases at the Department of Public Instruction also under review The legislature hopes to adjourn in late April.
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Roger Shaff
Rcamanche
Department of Revenue
Ray Des Moines
Robert D. Ray
William Forst
Maurice Harmon
Departments of Revenue and Social Services
Harold Hughes
Ray
State Department of Public Instruction
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscriber Rates and Address
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists subscription rates by carrier or mail including night edition and Sunday options. It notes mailing address 500 and Pub Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and reserves Associated Press republication rights for local and AP dispatches.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Co
Third Ave
Iowa
Second Rapids
Cedar Iowa
Accentee
Associated Press
Colesburg Girl Bitten by Squirrel in Iowa City Lab Test Awaited
Georgia Barnhart 13 and Patty Ridenour 14 were playing when a squirrel bit and scratched Georgia after Patty knocked it off. The head of the animal was sent to the Iowa City health lab for rabies testing. Georgia faces possible rabies shots pending results.
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Colesburg
Georgia
Barnhart
George Barnhart
Iowa City
Patty Ridenour
Patty
Raymond Ridenour
David Zimmer
State Health Laboratory
Ridenour
Tri-County
Citizens’ Band
Mason City Man Fatally Shot During Move
James Allen Smith 32 of Mason City was killed at a farm home near Ventura while helping a friend move. Police say a .22 caliber revolver slipped from his grip and discharged, causing the fatal accident.
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Mason City
UPI
James Allen Smith
Ventura
Smith
Cold Winter Honeymoon Bedevils Niederman Pair
In Marshalltown a couple faces a difficult start to marriage. Dale Niederman reports for U S Navy basic training after a brief stay in San Diego leave, while wife is recovering from a broken arm after slipping on ice. The sequence began with flu the day after the wedding and continues with their separation until spring.
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Marshalltown
Dale Niederman
Navy
U.S. Navy
San Diego
East Coast Is Effigy Mounds Film Subject
The Effigy Mounds National Monument hosts two nature films this weekend. A helicopter-shot tour of the East Coast showcases Niagara Falls and New England scenes with Igor Stravinsky music. A Midwest feature covers Missouri Ozark country and a preserved river system. Shows run Saturday to Monday at the visitor center near Marquette.
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Marquette
East
Effigy Mounds National Monument
America
Roaring Niagara Falls
New England
Virginia
Washington
New York
Igor Stravinsky
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Midwest
Missouri Ozark Country
National Park Service
Effigy Mounds
Highway
Iowa 13
Deep River-Millersburg plans $198,900 bond vote on March 20
March 20 is set for a $198,900 Deep River-Millersburg school bond issue. A special board meeting chose the election date to fund remodelling and a new addition at Millersburg school and a multi purpose room with storage at the Deep River center. Three prior bond attempts failed in two and a half years.
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Millersburg
Deep River-Millersburg
Deep River Center
Elkader Man Fined on Two Traffic Charges
Herman G Harris, 52, of rural Elkader, was fined a total of 35 dollars and costs after pleading guilty in Justice Harold Dohrer’s court. He faced two charges: failure to keep his car under control and lacking a valid driver's license after his car ran into a ditch on Highway 13 on February 1.
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Elkader
Herman G. Harris
Harold Dohrer
Harris
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Donald Voorhees
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Gibson Holliday
Polk County District Court
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Muscatine
Holliday
Wright County
Frank Nye
Zieba
ST Myers
Third Avenue
Peoples Church
East Coast
Dr-M
Rogers Bros
Rogers Brothers
Zenith
Bentham
Maytag
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