Brookings study urges broad tax base shift for Iowa relief
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation cites a Brookings Institution panel proposing to relieve property taxes by boosting state school aid and widening the tax base. It favors extending sales tax to services, raising it to 3 percent, plus a flat 1 percent tax on net income before deductions. The plan targets $80 to $89 million in new revenue while criticizing tax loopholes and calling for a new tax structure.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Legistative Revenue Study Committee
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Brookings Institution
Defenders of American Liberties in Dallas under spotlight
An Dallas based group titled Defenders of American Liberties aims to aid perceived underdogs lacking organization backing. Reports warn the effort may blur lines between defense of liberty and aiding extremists as cases involve a North Dakota farmer facing tax liens and New York residents accused of concealing cards tainted by communist imagery.
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Defenders of American Liberties
Dallas
Regatl
North Dakota
Yonkers
Tron Curtain
Iowa
Liberty
Anthem Bill Aims To Set Star Spangled Banner Text
Congress considers a bill to officially establish the Star Spangled Banner wording and music with input from 48 musical groups. Rep J T Broyhill will introduce the measure while noting no major dispute over variations. The piece should avoid restricting personal interpretation or penalizing off key singing.
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J. T. Broyhill
Virginia
Congress
Land of the Free
We All Potential Chiselers to the IRS
A column laments new IRS rules on entertainment accounting. It argues the crackdown treats all taxpayers as crooks, demanding exhaustive documentation for every meal and trip. The piece warns this bureaucratic overreach punishes honest travelers and echoes past prohibitions.
Double Standard of Civil Rights Contrasts Free Speech
A skeptic column critiques selective defense of civil liberties, contrasting sympathy for desegregation protests with lack of support for anti communist demonstrators. It argues First Amendment protections should apply uniformly across contexts and venues from Yonkers Klein’s to Southern hamburger stands, urging consistent, universal civic rights.
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Carolinas
Providence
R.L
Chamberlain
Klein
Yonkers
New National Student Movement
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Riely
Klein's
North Carolina
Hughes Urges Bold Leadership for Iowa in Cedar Rapids Speech
Governor-elect Herold E. Hughes told Linn county Democrats in Cedar Rapids on January 4 that Iowans want a competent fiscally responsible government, fair law enforcement, strong education, state aid to locals, faster highway progress, humane programs for the needy, and imaginative economic development. He urged cross party leadership and bold action to use Iowa’s resources for all citizens.
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Linn County Democrats
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Herold E. Hughes
Paign
Plan To Reduce Taxes Gradually Faces House Panel
An editorial research report discusses a five year progressive income tax cut proposed by Rep. A Sydney Herlong and Rep. Howard Baker. The plan lowers rates from 20 91 percent to 15 47 percent and trims the 62 percent corporate rate, with support from business groups but opposition from labor and some tax authorities. President Kennedy backed substantial tax cuts in 1963 while House committee chair Wilbur Mills warned against rate reductions amid rising deficits.
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House
Ways and Merits
Harlong- Baker
A. Sydney Herlong
Florida
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
Baker
Herlong- Baker
Herlong-Baker
National Association of Manufacturers
U5, Chamber of Commerce
Committee For Economic Development
First National City Bank
Kennedy
Economic Club
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
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Mr. Caplin
John Chamberlain
Klein’s
N.C
Conservative Party
Democratic Republic
Voltaire
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