Ray Calls Five Point Plan To Cut Iowa Property Taxes
Gov Robert Ray urged the 1974 Democratic legislature to adopt a five pronged attack on property tax problems. The plan includes increasing 1978-79 state school aid by 48 million, forming a citizen task force, capping property taxes, funding 17 million for municipal aid and revenue sharing, and setting up accurate industrial assessments. He spoke to a joint session, touted a soybean yield breakthrough, and urged retaining a competitive corporate tax structure.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
School Aid Foundation
Iowa
State Department
Ray
Iowa House
Governor proposal lists Iowa capital improvements plan
Governor Robert Ray urged the legislature to approve 5.94 million dollars for phase II of the Linguist Education Center at the University of Town. The package includes 976 thousand for Oakdale heating plant upgrades, 600 thousand to remove barriers across three campuses, 175 thousand for a Cedar Rapids patrol station, 75 thousand for related state office needs, 100 thousand for a water treatment plant facility, and 50 thousand to replace a feed water heater at the Vinton school.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ie University of Town
Lows. City
Oakdale
Ames
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Town Bureau of Criminal Investigation
State Department of Transportation
IDOT
Lowa Brains and
Vinton
Udall calls overhaul of presidential candidate selection
Rep. Morris Udall proposes a four day national primary cycle with one primary in March April May and June and standard national rules to shorten and rationalize the process He argues caucuses favor politically aware voters while primaries risk popularity swings and says Michigan Iowa results will be inconclusive and muddled in 1972 context
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Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Udall
Arizona
Iowa
George Wallace
Michigan
Cedar Rapids School Vandalism Costs Rise Sharply
A two year report to the Cedar Rapids Community school district shows vandalism costs nearly double from 940 142 to 1 060 000 with 1974 75 losses highlighted. Incidents at Nixon elementary Aug 17 and Roosevelt junior high Mar 13 caused windows carpet and equipment damage and prompted new Burglar alarms.
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Cedar Rapids
Hamilton Vasey
Nixon Elementary School
Roosevelt Junior High
Vasey
Nixon School
Instructional Materials Center
IMC
Roosevelt
PLO Joins UN Debate Amid Voting Protest at Security Council
The Palestine Liberation Organization participates in a UN Security Council debate on the Middle East with all privileges except voting. The U.S. opposes seating the PLO as a member state, while Britain France and Italy abstain. Israel boycotts, and a bomb incident near the Iraqi mission prompts warnings from authorities.
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United Nations
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
U.S
United States
PLO
Britain
France
Italy
Farouk Kaddoumi
Israel
Chaim Herzog
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Paridora
Ber Palestine Committee
Security Council
A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Libya
Anwar Sadat
Geneva
Sadat
Middle Bayl
U.N
Associated Press
Jewish Armed Resistance Strike
Jewish Defense League
OAU Angola Summit Ends in Deadlock
The OAU Angola summit adjourned after three days without a peace agreement. MPLA, UNITA, and FNLA leaders vowed to continue fighting as delegates debated neutrality and recognition. Tass reported Soviet-backed forces gained Ambriz coastal control.
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OAU
Angola
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Lope Do Nascimento
Popular Movement
MPLA
Luanda
Jonas Savimbi
The
National Union
UNITA
Holden Roberto
National Front
FNLA
United States
South Africa
Zaire
Zambia
South Af
Uganda
di Amin
Rale
Assembly of
Organization of African Unity Bureau
Amin
QAU
Mauritius
Moscow
Tass
U.S
Ford
Mozambique
Ambriz
Health Report Urges Self-Care for Health Gains
The HEW report cautions that while medical care improves, personal habits drive heart disease cancer and respiratory illness. It notes infant mortality fell about 4 percent per year since 1984 and highlights longer life expectancy shifting health challenges as more people live to older ages.
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Washington
U.S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Theodore Cooper
HEW
United States
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Ford appoints Morton as presidential counselor for policy
President Ford named Rogers Morton to a presidential counselor post with cabinet rank focusing on economic and domestic policy. The 61 year old will also liaison with the President Ford Committee and the Republican National Committee and keep his memberships on key policy boards. He will start later this week and receive a 44 600 salary.
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Washington
Ford
Rogers Morton
Ford Committee
Republican National Committee
Morton
Ron Nessen
Nessen
White House
Energy Resources Council
Chuckle Overweight Item Appeals for Snacking Time
A quirky note notes overweight humor as a snackish trait, with playful language and a stray string of letters suggesting a garbled caption or caption-like fragment from a comic or editorial panel. The text reads as a lighthearted aside on self-control and appetite.
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Iowa State University
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Mike Reed
Boxwood Lane
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Moi
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Rica
Fnla-Unt
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