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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1967
Page
1
Iowa manufacturers oppose the rushed property tax replacement and funding measure. They criticize secret sessions and a quick passage that doubles corporate income tax to 8 percent, eliminates half of federal deductibility, cuts the investment tax incentive, and expands service taxes affecting meat, poultry, and advertising.
An Associated Press survey across Iowa found no officials reporting narcotic traffic among teenagers. Lawmen acknowledge adults use drugs like marijuana morphine and heroin, but most say youth use is not a present or widespread issue. several cite beer as a bigger attractor for teens.
Patricia Anne Lappe, 18, of Council Bluffs was killed in Omaha when a rifle held by her brother James Lappe, 21, fired a live round. Officers said the pair and Howard Brace were demonstrating military arms with what they believed were six dummy bullets.
Des Moines Iowa William Murray Republican gubernatorial candidate in 1958 and again last election notes personal satisfaction with the property tax relief through state aid to schools. He credits the 1955-56 tax study and Rep LeRoy Petersen for the equalization plan while criticizing the service tax on advertising and urging careful study before broad application. Murray warns the governor may seek a special session to handle uncertain tax rules.
Fayette president and Mrs. Eugene E Garbee of Upper Iowa will honor Dean and Mrs. Charles B Clark from 10 to 11 30 a m July 12 at the president s home Members of the faculty staff summer school students and friends are invited Dr Clark is the academic dean at Upper Iowa University of Iowa campus event hosted by the university community
West Central Community school board tentatively approves a 517735 budget for the coming year with 372628 to be raised by taxes. The millage may adjust with new state aid, Maynard Savings Bank named depository, and bids approved for milk gasoline and fuel oil. One spare bus to be sold. two bus drivers still needed at Randalia and Maynard.
Henry Van Drootheist aged 21 from Rock Valley Iowa drowned when a small boat capsized on Lake Alvin near Harrisburg on Sunday. He was last seen in the water and authorities were alerted.
Calmar businessman George Buchelt 61 died Sunday in a Rochester hospital after heart surgery. Services are tentatively planned for Wednesday at St. Aloysius church with a rosary at 8 in French Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Evelyn two sons George Jr Crystal Lake Ill and Floyd Vienna Austria a daughter Mrs Richard Bronner Cresco six grandchildren one brother Alphonse Ossian and three sisters Lena Davenport Mrs Andrew Rausch Oelwein and Mrs Hugo Rosenbaum Lawler. He belonged to the Decorah Elks South Winn Country Club Calmar Commercial Club and St Aloysius Men’s Rosary Society.
Bernard F. Nowack 78 longtime Iowa development official dies at his Des Moines home after a day of illness. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Des Moines where he served as former assistant director of the Iowa development commission.
The United States is said to feature a Great Pyramid at Mount Rainier in Washington state. The claim labels Pyramid Mt Rainier as a national symbol and notable landmark in the region.
Fairfield AP reports two Parsons College faculty members, Donald and Jane Mitchell, filed suit in Jefferson County district court claiming the college is behind in payments to the professors retirement fund. Acting president William Munson acknowledged a six month delay amid financial woes tied to accreditation loss.
A 16 year old Des Moines youth fleeing a grocery store burglary was shot by officers after he refused to halt near Toledo. Gary Mumford was reported in fair condition Monday with bullet wounds, following shots fired by Lt. Robert Burns and Sgt. Richard Lamb as he fled the scene.
Kelley Dailey, 12, of Waterloo wins the local soap box derby in a car he and his father built. The victory secures a trip to Akron for the national finals and a $500 savings bond as 16 entrants were defeated. The father suffered a fatal heart attack during the event on June 23.
Firefighters from Walker Urbana and Center Point battled a 30 by 60 foot barn fire on the Clarence Hepler farm one mile west of Walker. The blaze, blamed on faulty wiring, totaled an estimated 15000 dollars and killed a cow ten sheep 600 bales of hay and farm tools. Firemen kept the flames from spreading to nearby structures.
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