Service Tax Not Yet Due Until October
Iowa Tax Commission Chairman Barry Burrows Jr reminded Towans that the proposed state sales tax hike and service coverage expansion have not taken effect. The bill is not yet signed by Gov Harold Hughes and, if signed, would begin Oct 1. Burrows cited reports of early collections and said any pre Oct 1 receipts would go to firm profits, not the state.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Tax Commission
Barry Burrows, Jr
Towans
Harold Hughes
Burrows
Strawberry Point Peddler License Set at 25 Dollars
Strawberry Point council approved a 25 dollar peddler license. Licenses available from the mayor town clerk or treasurer. The council also voted to rent a school bus to shuttle swimmers to Camp Ewalu four days weekly for four weeks starting July 31. Dr H M Anderson received sidewalk repair permission.
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Strawberry Point
Camp Ewalu
H. M. Anderson
Iowa City Bridge Project Gets Shared Funding OK
The Iowa highway commission approved shared financing for reconstructing the Burlington street bridge in Iowa City. The project costs total 341000 dollars with the city paying half, plus a 134000 dollar pedestrian overpass built at a 50 50 split.
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Highway Unit Okays
Iowa City Bridge Job
Ames
UPI
Iowa Highway Commission
Burlington Street
Iowa City
Tests Planned for Amish Children
The Amish seek to keep their children in private one room schools and avoid certified teachers. Iowa officials pursued enforcement until a compromise allowed certified teachers funded by a foundation grant to take over last year. State Superintendent Paul Johnston will decide exemptions while tests will be administered to show comparable education. Some groups warn the measure may invite court challenges over equal standards and potential class discrimination.
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Iowa
Dan Borntrager
Hazleton
Hughes
Paul Johnston
Johnston
Rock Island Contract Awarded for Red Rock Railroad Track Rise
The Rock Island district of the corps of engineers awarded R. B. Burch Inc of Cedar Rapids a 677,496 dollar contract to raise railroad tracks across the North River arm of Red Rock reservoir between Carlisle and Avon Lake. The work includes building a bridge and an earth embankment to elevate the rail line above the reservoir's full flood control pool in Warren and Polk counties.
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Rock Island
Corps Off Engineers
R. B. Burch, Inc
Cedar Rapids
North River
Red Rock
Carlisle
Avon Lake
North’ River
Warren
Polk
Woman Killed in Davenport One-Car Crash
Davenport police report Mary Gravert, 59, of Davenport, died in an early Friday single vehicle crash on a Davenport residential street. The accident prompted an investigation into the factors leading to the fatal collision.
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Davenport
Mary Gravert
Summer Enrollment Sets Iowa U. Record
University of Iowa reports a 1967 summer session record enrollment of 7,749, up 192 from last year. The 12 week session has 558 students. eight week ends Aug 9, 12 week ends Aug 30. Growth shown in Graduate College, Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Nursing.
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Iowa
University of Iowa
Graduate College
Colleges of Business Administration
Nursing
Liberal Arts
Parsons Offer To Replace Roberts Revealed In Court Document
Federal court records in Chicago show Parsons offered to replace President Millard Roberts as a condition of staying in good standing. The proposal named Dr Irwin J Lubbers, former Central college president, as Roberts replacement. The North Central Association had previously removed Parsons from its approved list. Judge Julius J Hoffman presided as hearings continued on Parsons bid for an injunction against the NCA.
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Chicago
Parsons College
Parsons
Millard Roberts
Irwin J. Lubbers
Central College
Pella
Dr. Lubbers
Iowa Assn. of Independent Colleges
North Central Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Accrediting
Parson
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
NCA
North Central Assn.t
Parsons Board of Trustees
Trustees
Roberts
William B. Munson
Col Booker Named Associate Director At Iowa University
Col Brooks Booker Jr a longtime University of Iowa aerospace studies head will be associate director of conferences and institutes starting August 1 upon retirement from the Air Force. He will assist Dr William Coder in planning and running continuing education programs attracting over 25 000 visitors yearly across fields from technical writing to engineering and medicine. Booker served in Europe Korea and Hawaii and was chief of the war plans branch at JCS in Washington He holds degrees from Sacramento State College and George Washington University and is active in Kiwanis Hawkeye Area Community Action Program and Goodwill Industries of southeast Iowa.
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Iowa City
Brooks Booker, Jr
University of Iowa
U. of
Air Force
Booker
William Coder
U. of I
Col. Booker
U. of I.ne
Air Force Reserve
Europe
Korea
Hawaii
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington, D.C
Five die in racing car crash on rural Albion road
Four young men and a teen aged girl were killed when two cars racing on a rural Albion road hit a tree and a stump. State police said the vehicles glanced off each other in the early Friday crash.
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Albion
N.Y
State Polce
Bomb Explodes At D M House In Des Moines
Des Moines AP report: an explosion shattered the front steps of Albert Payne's west Des Moines home about 3 15 am. No injuries reported though an enclosed porch windows were blown out and others cracked. Payne, editor of True News, said he suspects no clue to the blast.
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Des Moines
Albert Payne
Payne
True News
Congress
Iowa
Egyptians Won't Unload Aid Ship
A West German freighter bound for Alexandria was rerouted to Greece after Egyptian dock workers refused to unload it. The ship carried insecticides to combat a leafworm plague threatening Egypt's cotton, plus spare parts and other urgently needed goods. Egyptians suspect German complicity with Israel in last month's war.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Greece
Egypt
West Germany
Israel
Clayton County recruits nurse for public health services
The Clayton county board of supervisors approved a program to hire a professional nurse to oversee public health nursing across the county. They are now seeking qualified applicants for the available position.
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Clayton
Eleader
Clayton County Board of Supervisors
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George Washington University
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