Iowa considers extending sales tax to services
Iowa Tax Commission says a broad service tax could yield at least 20 million dollars annually. Estimates include revenues from laundries, barber shops, garages, hotels, publishing, funeral homes, and professional services, with utilities already taxed and real estate sales unlikely.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Louis H. Cook
Dewey E. Goode
Bloomfield
Herman M. Knudson
Clear Lake
Leo A. Hoegh
Clyde E. Herring
Cook
Cooke
Public Hearing Debates Cedar Rapids Bus Fare Increase
City officials and National City Lines executives faced two hours of testimony as they debated a proposed fare hike for Cedar Rapids lines. Critics argued the company fails to attract riders, while transit officials warned of financial ruin without higher demand or subsidy. The panel offered no decision, planning further discussion before ruling, with potential outcomes including increased fares or city ownership.
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Cedar Rapids City Lines
City Hall
National City Lines
Milo Sedlacek
Kenneth Totten
Chicago
C. W. Garberson
Sedlacek
Sign ofColder Weather Signals Jail Term Decline
ST. BONIFACE Man UP Police say the worst of winter is ahead as Pete Nikoluk begins his annual jail term. He has spent the past 21 winters incarcerated on vagrancy charges, often jailed just before the coldest period starts.
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ST. Boniface
Man
Pete Nikoluk
Nikoluk
Anamosa Inmate Fatally Stabbed
Clifton Clauson a 32 year old inmate from Waterloo was found stabbed to death in the reformatory boiler room in Anamosa during the noon hour. Warden Ray Purcell said there were no immediate clues to his killer and authorities from the Sheriff and the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted the probe. Clauson was serving a five year term for assault with intent to rob, originally sentenced May 14, 1954 to Fort Madison and transferred here November 5.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Reformatory
U S Bans Russian Sketching of Military and Critical Sites
Washington barred Russian citizens from sketching or photographing military objects, rail stations, radio installations or other strategically important sites in the United States. The ban parallels Soviet limits on Americans in Russia. Russians are also barred from buying aerial photos, large maps, or detailed development plans of industrial cities.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Russia
Bing Crosby undergoes kidney stone surgery
Santa Monica singer Bing Crosby underwent a four hour operation Wednesday to remove a kidney stone. Doctors said he came through in excellent condition and will be hospitalized seven to ten days with about a month of home recuperation. Friends noted the stone had troubled his golf game in recent months.
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Santa Monica
Bing Crosby
Woman Dies After 4 Days In Wreckage
Melba Tomlinson 22 of Denver died en route to St. Johns Arizona after four days trapped in a snow wreckage. William C Wilson 33 Denver attorney and Miss Tomlinson secretary, piloted the light plane that crashed during an attempted emergency landing in a snowstorm on a Santa Fe to Winslow flight. They survived three days in the wreckage with minimal supplies before Wilson sought help. area is remote with 12 inches snow and 3 below temperatures.
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ST. John’s
Ariz
Melba
Tomlinson
Denver
Brant Hamblin
Miss Tomlinson
Lester Platt
Wilson
Santa Fe
N.M
Winslow
Attention to child weight control urged at Iowa colloquium
Special to The Gazette reports Dr. Ercel Eppright of Iowa State College presenting at the Weight Control Colloquium on campus. He warns childhood weight issues persist into adulthood and urges early nutrition education and standardized body measurements.
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Gazette
Ames
Ercel Eppright
Department of Foods and Nutrition
Iowa State College
Iowa
Iowa State
Swanson
Daughter 16 Pleads With Convicts To Surrender Hostages
In Massachusetts a 16 year old girl pleaded with her father bank robber Theodore Green and three other inmates to surrender with 11 hostages at the state prison. An army tank arrived as guards and inmates barricaded the fortress. The girl spoke through a window and was later escorted to solitary confinement. The holdouts threatened a battle to the finish if freedom and a getaway car were not provided.
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Boston
Massachusetts
State
Toby Green
Theodore
Toby
State Public Safety
Otis M. Whitney
John J. O’brien
Reds Strike Tachens in Heavy Air Raid and Invasion Fears
More than 200 Communist planes attacked the Tachens near Formosa in the latest air assault in the civil war era. Nationalists report fierce fighting on Yikiangshan with hopes to slow invasion as Soviet-built aircraft hammer coastal targets and a possible invasion fleet gathers near Pishan.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Yikiangshan
Reds
Peiping
Pishan Island
Pishan
Rehiring of Mrs. Moss Is Ordered
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Wilson orders Annie Lee Moss reinstated after two suspensions for possible security risk. Moss will be assigned to a non sensitive finance and accounts post without access to classified data. Wilson says the study finds no proof of actual subversion but notes derogatory information prior to 1946.
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Washington
Wilson
Army
Annie Lee Moss
Sen. McCarthy
Moss
Finance
East Iowa Hit by Snowfall Varies Across Regions
Up to nine inches of snow fell in Iowa Tuesday and Tuesday night with eastern areas receiving lighter amounts. Western Iowa saw temperatures plunge to eight below zero at Carroll as roads stayed slick and snow packed. Cedar Rapids reported 28 degrees at 2 30 Wednesday while highs reached 123 and the overnight low 16.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Mercury
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Father of Dr. Sam Is Dead and Bail Refused
Cleveland news reports the death of Dr. Rich ard A. Sheppard 65 after his wife’s death and his son Dr Samuel H Sheppard being convicted of second degree murder. The appellate court denied bail pending appeal, citing life imprisonment in such crimes.
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Sam
Cleveland
Richard A. Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Samuel H. Sheppard
Mike Ucello
Sheppard
Merit Pay Raises For Some County Office Workers
Linn county board grants merit-based wage increases to select courthouse staff effective January 1. Among those boosted are deputies in the sheriff’s office, officials in relief and maintenance, clerks of court, auditors, treasurer staff and county engineer aides, with adjustments ranging from 5 to 350 dollars annually. The board also moved funds between city assessor and assessment expense funds and filed a Treasurer’s quarterly report.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Miles P. Sutera
Courthhouse
Road Department
Sheriff's Office
Larry Condon
Harlan Snyder
Pete Whittemore
Robert Martin
Harry Ackerman
Evelyn Willis
Earl Bailey
Seth Hendryx
Alice Smith
Doris Haesemeyer
Ida Hampton
Jo Ann DeMuth
Mabel Holton
Iaa Nash
Leona Oldfield
Lawson Steadman
Edward L. Nazerka
Lottie Mihulka
Will Secrist
Albert Grimm
Bernadine Whelan
Virginia Johnson
Nelda Hamer
Norma Smith
Minnie Johnson
Alta L. Hageman
Barbara Boddicker
Ruth Turner
Sonia Martin
Beverly Petrak
Mary Ann Fee
Patricia Morrison
Rita Binge
Jayne Stewart
Marcelyn Shultz
William H. Behrens
Joseph Hurt
M. A. Halverson
Zenata Paul
City Assessment Expense Fund
Frank F. Bates
Eisenhower Urges UN To Seek China Cease Fire
President Eisenhower said he would like the United Nations to try to arrange a cease fire between the Chinese Nationalists and Red China. He questioned whether Red China would honor such an agreement and noted U.S. defense commitments to Formosa and the Pescadores Islands. He also commented on Dag Hammarskjold’s mission to Peiping over the imprisoned American airmen and supported continuing negotiations without a time limit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.N
Red China
Dulles
U. S
Formosa
Tachens
Pescadores Islands
Senate
Pescadores
Chiang Kaishiek
Mr. Eisenhower
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Hammariskjold
Cuba council bans Communism in decree
Havana officials announced a decree approved by the council of ministers Tuesday night outlawing Communism in Cuba. The move targets political parties and activities aligned with the communist ideology, signaling a new government stance.
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Havana
Council of Ministers
Cuba
U S Will Shun Direct Action Over Airman Release
Dulles told Dag Hammarskjold the United States would abstain from any direct action that could hinder U N efforts to secure release of American airmen imprisoned in Red China. Hammarskjold said restraint on all sides might lead to their freedom, and he reported assurances from China's Communist rulers on the prisoners’ well being.
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Washington
Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
U.N
Red China
State Department
Hammarskjold
China
Chinese Nationalist Minister Yeh Leaves U S Conference
George Yeh, Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister and U N delegate, told Secretary Dulles he was returning to Formosa. He left angrily after a brief meeting and refused to discuss a cease fire, saying he would take the first available plane home.
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Washington
INS
George Yeh
Dulles
Formosa
Yeh
U. S
U. N
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