Light City Tax Hearings Draw Modest Cedar Rapids Attendance
Iowa legislative tax study committee heard from 35 speakers and an audience of under 60 in the afternoon and just over 100 in the evening at Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids. Lawmakers noted the small turnout as they tour the state seeking ideas to reform property and other taxes ahead of the 1971-72 legislature.
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Iowa Legislative Tax Study Committee
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Edward Nicholson
Davenport
Oska Joosa
Des Moines
Ralph Potter
Jn Marion
Dale Crosier
DCR
Crosier
Robert
Riley backs one cent sales tax for cities in Iowa
Former state senator Tom Riley of Cedar Rapids urged lawmakers to adopt a one cent city sales tax aimed at property tax relief. Speaking to the Catholic Laymen's Club, Rileysaid the levy would reduce Cedar Rapids property taxes by about 2 percent, noting out-of-city shoppers would share the burden.
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Cedar Rapids
Casey
Bishops Cafeteria
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Municipal Court Actions Prompted by Assault Case
Beverly Bengford, 38, of 1840 Fortythr e street NE, pleaded no contest in municipal court Thursday to assault and battery, demanding a jury trial set for the next jury assignment. The information was signed by Caral Boyd of 202 Fifth Avenue, Hiawatha, naming several individuals and civil judgments including sums from various parties and entities listed in the docket.
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jForty-thrre Street
Caral Boyd
Fifth Avenue
Hiawatha
Joe Carnahan
Stephen Miss Bengford
Carnahan
Judy K
Spencer
Keim
Richard Hansen
Bookkeeping
Bob Davis
Bob Davis Musicland
Lillian Claudia Prang
Sine Kalell
Sanitary Farm Dairies
J' Kenneth
June Juett
Great Plains Gas
George UE. Goodwin
J and R Motor Supply
IA and
R Auto Supply
James ,Ta
Ruby Gatewood
Barnett Appliance Co
Donald Gaffney
Geraldine Chamberlain
1Co
Donald P
Linda Si Bates
Goodyear Service
Margarete Smith Cage
Mid-City National Bank For Chicago
Raydell Lamartees
Beverly Ann
Shellsburg Man Is Acquitted of Assault
James Stodola of Shellsburg was found innocent of assault and battery charges in municipal court on Thursday by Judge August F. Hansell. He was charged with assaulting Leo Konicek on May 1.
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Shellsburg
August F. Hansell
James Stodola
Leo Konicek
Fish kill traced to sewage plant overload near Cedar Rapids
Last weekend's fish kill on the Cedar River is linked to overcapacity at the sewage treatment plant. An accident at a Ford plant worsened the burden, prompting meetings with Cedar Rapids industries. Officials expect continued fish kills due to low river oxygen levels and urge production cuts to ease the system.
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Cedar Rapids
He Sewage
Ford
Cedar Rapid Wet Process Industries
George Milligan
Indian Creek
Cedar River
Milligan
Edgewood Road
Richard Phillips
Charge Against C R Woman Is Dismissed
In Cedar Rapids a municipal court dismissed the charge against Myrtle Perkins after a spill of corn syrup from Penick and Ford equipment caused a fish kill. The council and consultants met with several industry representatives to discuss pollution controls and future sewage treatment needs at plants including Penick and Ford, Cargill, General Mills, and Quaker Oats. Authorities cited no single cause, noting missing flood effects and high temperatures as factors, and described plans for pilot oxygen-based sewage treatment and possible tertiary stages.
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Penick
Ford
Cargill Co
General Mills
Quaker Gats
Wilson Sinclair Co
Charles Mullinex
Green Engineering Co
Myrtle V. Perkins
Seventeenth Street
Mel
John
B. Reilly
Fish
Ivan Stransky
Peck& and
Gazette
Whimer
George Milligan
Cedar Rapids
Milligan
Indian Creek
Cedar Rapids group seeks stiffer penalties for fraud
A Cedar Rapids consumer group led by Mrs. Justin Huber calls for amendments to Iowa's consumer fraud act to impose harsher penalties on firms found cheating the public. The group, Linn County Citizens Consumers, plans a public meeting August at 8 p.m. at the Montrece Hotel to elect officers. They cite weight discrepancies on grocery items and say current law relies only on injunctive action. They warn penalties as deterrence are needed and say they are coordinating with Des Moines consumer protections staff.
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Cedar Rapids
Haber
Linn County Citizens Comsumers
Montrece
Iowa
Huber
Widmer Named VP of Engineering at Faulty Valve
Charles M. Bud Widmer is identified as vice-president of engineering at the company. The fragment notes Widmer’s association with Faulty Valve and his leadership role in engineering.
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Charles M
Bud” Widmer
Unexploded World War II Grenade Found Under Belgian Bed
Belgian police report a World War II era grenade lay unexploded under Clement Thijs’s bed for 14 years. Workmen ripping up his bedroom floor discovered the device and alerted authorities. The danger prompted a careful detonation plan and no injuries were reported.
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Reppel
Belgium
UPI
Clement Thijs
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