Political Topics Blend School Reform and Farm Tax Credit
Des Moines report outlines potential next steps for Iowa legislative action on agricultural land tax credits and school district 12 grade consolidation. It notes current credits cover only part of the 15 mill tax load and lists four possible future approaches. It also surveys traffic counts on major Iowa highways and mentions the 1893 reinforced concrete bridge near Rock Rapids to be shown to the Smithsonian.
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Des Moines
Iown House
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Rock Rapids
The
Highway Commission
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Rural Lansing Boy 15 Dies After Fall Injuries
Cyril Heuer, 15, of rural Lansing, died Saturday from a broken back. Heuer was injured last week when he fell from a haystack, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Heuer.
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Lansing
UPI
Cyril Heuer
Cyril
Otto Heuer
Lions Club Charter Banquet Set for Center Point
Center Point Lions Club hosts a charter member banquet Tuesday at the high school gym. Speaker will be Dr. Walter Yeager of Waterloo, president of the Lions Eye Bank Foundation.
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Center Point
Lions Club
Walter Yeager
Waterloo
Lions Eye Bank Foundation
Miss Iowa Contest Set At Surf Ballroom Coronation
Iowa selects its Miss America entrant from 29 contestants at the Miss Iowa pageant during Governor's Days in Clear Lake. The coronation ball at the Surf Ballroom Sunday will crown Miss Iowa by Gov. Herschel Loveless.
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Clear Lake
UPI
Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
Surf Ballroom
Waukon Farmer Found Dead Beside Tractor
Arthur Amundson, 72, of Dorchester area, was found dead Sunday beside his overturned tractor on his farm. He had been dead since Friday and authorities suspect a heart attack as the cause. He left three sons Stanley Amundson of California, Charles and Kenneth of Minnesota, and two daughters Al Hesty of Lansing and John Rominger of Maryland. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church.
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Waukon
Arthur Amundson
Dorchester
Amundson
Cmdr
Stanley Amundson
California
Charles
Kenneth
Minnesota
al Hesty
Lansing
John Rominger
Maryland
St. John’s Lutheran ‘Church
Pilot Lies In Wreckage For Three Hours
A Denver businessman, Murray V. Senour 46, survived a light plane crash near Afton after being trapped in the wreckage for about three hours. He suffered a mild concussion and minor injuries, and authorities suspect a broken gas line caused the crash. Senour was en route from Denver to South Bend, Indiana.
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Creston
UPI
Denver
Colo
Afton
Murray V. Senour
Raymond Rickets Farm
Senour
Omaha
Don Rutledge
Senour Vacuum Systems
South Bend
Ind
Home Found For Homeless Roland House
The 14 room two story former Bergen Lutheran parsonage in Roland will stay in Roland after Co P Erickson of Story City bought it and planned to move it to Story City for conversion into an apartment house. State and county permit refusals halted the move and the house remained in place near the church. The 65 tone structure was hauled from its foundation and stood in the street during negotiations.
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Roland
Erickson and
Brown
Fort Dodge
Erickson
Sam Steigerwalt
Lold
Story City
Co. P. Erickson
Bergen Lutheran Church
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Ing
Poli
Carl Schach
Iowa Highway Commission
Schach
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Sioux City
LeMars
Cern
ITP
Lions Banquet
the County Board
Cadillac
Allen Olds
Cadillac ‘Company
First Avenue
Lowa
Aileen
Craemer's
HouBig
France
Hourigant
Chantilly
Second Avenue
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