Reform Program Needed Says Tax Structure Inequitable
The 1965 Iowa legislature funded up to $50 000 for a study of Iowa tax structure led by Dr James A Papke of Purdue University The final article in the series argues Iowa relies too heavily on the property tax which is highly regressive and recommends expanding income taxes and reducing local property tax reliance to improve equity The report questions structural features and asks how reforms would affect burden distribution administration and public acceptability.
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Iowa
James A. Papke
Purdue University
Governor's
Lowa
Nelson
Papke
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Taxpayers Leader Attacks Papke Business Tax Study
Murray B. Nelson of the Iowa Taxpayers Assn denounces James Papke’s business tax analysis as incomplete and biased. He argues revenue estimates are unreliable and notes the report ignores effects on individual firms and Iowa competitiveness.
Rowley Teen Narrowly Escapes Drowning
John Mazar, 15, nearly died Sunday after diving from an Illinois Central bridge into the Wapsipinicon River at Independence. He was pulled semiconscious from the water by a river patrolman and treated in an Independence hospital for head injuries from striking a submerged object.
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Rowley
John Mazar
Illinois Central
Wapsipinicon River
Independence
Powers Reunion Seeks 86th Meet in Oelwein Park
Descendants of Henry and Livona Powers gather for their 86th reunion this Sunday. A picnic is planned at 12:30 in Oelwein Park.
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Stanley
Henry
Livona Powers
Oelwein Park
Rites Tuesday for John L. Parry 64
John L Farry 64 lifelong Cedar county farmer died suddenly Saturday after a short illness. Born January 10 1902 in Graham township he married Maureen Stratton August 11 1924 in West Branch. she died in 1946 he later married Mildred Cariens. Survived by widow a niece and a nephew. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Barker funeral home West Branch with burial in West Branch cemetery. Friends may call Monday evening.
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John L. Farry
Cedar County
Mr. Parry
Graham Township
Maureen Stratton
Mildred Cariens
Lfe
West Branch Methodist Church
Blairstown Trucker Alvin Schaub Dies at 59
Blairstown businessman Alvin A. Schaub, 59, died Sunday at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Peffer's Funeral Home, with the casket not to be opened after the service. Schaub Trucking Co. operated in Blairstown since 1934. Survived by his wife, a son John at home, two brothers Walter of Phoenix and Otto of Blairstown, and a sister Mrs. Lloyd Doerzman.
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Alvin A. Schaub
Cedar Rapids
Peffer
Schaub
Schaub Trucking Co
John
Walter
Phoenix
Otto
Lloyd Doerzman
Prison Writers Lauded At Anamosa Studio Banquet
The second annual Anamosa Writer's Studio banquet was held in the reformatory auditorium. Seventy attendees heard remarks by officials and guests including Carl Kane and Bob Brown. Officers reviewed club history and publishing work while Kane praised the inmates for pursuing ideas and changing conditions.
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Anamosa Writer’s Studio
Reformatory
Donald D. Anderson
Carl Kane
Coe College
Bob Brown
Kcrg Radio News Reformatory
C H. Haugh
H. G Callison
J. R. McShane
Kane
Cascade Couple and Child Injured in I 80 Crash
A Cascade couple Lorraine McCabe and La Verne McCabe and their children Margaret and Steve were hospitalized after a one car crash on Interstate 80 four miles west of Coralville. The driver fell asleep, the vehicle rolled into a south ditch, and the 5 year old was examined and released.
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Coralville
Johnson County Sheriffs
Lorraine Mc McCabe
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