Iowa House Committee Rejects Short Ballot Amendment
Des Moines voters face a blocked move as the House constitutional amendments and reapportionment committee votes 11 to 6 to indefinitely postpone the short ballot amendment. The panel also sends a veto power measure on appropriations to the calendar without recommendation and approves a duel ban amendment on a 11 to 6 vote. Governor Hughes receives word of the action after a morning news conference.
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Des Moines
House
Constitutional Amendments and
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Estes Owes $19.7 Million in Taxes and Penalties
The U S government claims Billie Sol Estes owes 19 663 939 in income taxes penalties and interest for three years and seeks priority in the claims line at a hearing Estes did not attend. Accounts show taxes rose sharply from 1959 to 1961 amid fraud involving chattel mortgages on tanks.
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UPI
U.S
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Sandstone
Minn
Federal
el Faso
West Texas
Atkins Assigned To Benton School
The Benton county school board in a closed session unanimously assigned the Atkins school district to the Benton Community district. The resolution goes to the state board for approval with hopes of action at the March meeting. The move aims to end a local dispute over future attendance.
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Vinton
Benton County School Board
Atkins
Benton
State Board of Public Instruction
Floyd Elson
Elson
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Public Instruction
Atkins School Board
College Schools Boost Starting Pay to $5,700
Cedar Rapids news reports the College Community school board approved a 3600 salary rise for BA and MA graduates. BA starting pay rises from 5100 to 5700 and MA from 5600 to 6200. The move adds about 78000 to teacher wages and roughly three mills in taxes. Resignations from Frank Kluesner, Carol Churchill, and Rebecca Skatley were accepted and Dorothy Hall granted a one year leave.
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The
College Community School Board
Frank Kluesner
Carol Churchill
Rebecca Skatley
Dorothy Hall
Prince Charles of Luxembourg Weds Joan Dillon in Roman Catholic Ceremony
Prince Charles of Luxembourg married Joan Douglas Dillon daughter of former U S Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon in a quiet Roman Catholic ceremony in Guildford England. The wedding was a low key family event.
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Guildford
England
Prince Charles of Luxembourg
Joan Douglas Dillon
U.S. Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Boy Bombs School He Cannot Attend
Naples AP Giovanni Carillo aged 18 was arrested on charges of personal violence and arson for trying to burn a schoolhouse. He was barred from the school because he lives outside the district and reportedly destroyed the door with a Molotov cocktail bomb.
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Naples
Giovanni Carillo
Edgewood Road Barrier Reversed by Highway Commission
The Iowa highway commission rescinded the Jan 18 amendment delaying Cedar Rapids Edgewood road NW contracts. The three mile city county project links northeast and northwest quadrants with a Cedar River bridge to be assessed separately. County Farm Bureau opposition over 1.25 million dollars from the secondary road fund remains part of the broader dispute.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Linn County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Commission
Social Security Rise Aimed at Reducing Elder Poverty
President Johnson seeks large Social Security increases focused on about five million aged in poverty. Gardner told Congress full-year benefits could lift 1.4 million seniors above the poverty line, with $1.5 billion in cash to the elderly below poverty. He urged also higher welfare standards and tax changes to ease elderly taxation.
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Washington
Johnson
Gardner
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Advisory Council On Public Welfare
Treasury
Stanley Surrey
Surrey
Chuckle: Wealth Versus Brains Spars in Quick Turnabout
A humorous quip notes some men have more money than brains but implies a quick reversal as fortune changes. The line reflects light satire on wealth and wit without specifics or names.
Aden in Grip of General Strike After Attacks
Aden faced a general strike after two days of violent terrorist acts that left 11 people dead including two British women. One British woman died in a hospital from injuries from a bomb blast at a party held at a British official's apartment.
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Aden
North Viet Nam shells zone as Marines take heavy losses
North Vietnamese troops hit U S Marines with heavy casualties in a day long battle about 10 miles south of the buffer zone. reports say up to 1000 mortar shells were fired as American 175mm guns near the zone faced little damage.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Junction City
Zone C
4Th Marine Regiment
Powell Faces House Vote on Censure Ouster Bid
The House plans to decide on stripping power from Adam Clayton Powell with a censure and loss of pay and seniority. Supporters predict approval despite opposition from many members who may block the measure. Powell is at a Bahamian retreat with Corrine Huff, while police tighten access to the chamber during debate.
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House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Congress
Bimini
Corrine Huff
Miss Huff
Halls of Congress
Capitol
Tom Blanton
Texas
Educators Demand More Money as Romney Leaves Lansing
Educators swarmed Lansing to urge higher school funding but Gov. George Romney was away in Washington. Zolton Ferency, Michigan Democratic Party chair, warned Romney may rue his absence.
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Lansing Mich
Lansing
George Romney
Romney
Washington
Michigan
Zolton Fereney
Four Year Term Amendment Defeated in Iowa House
The Iowa House, voting along party lines, rejected SJR3 which would have required the governor and lieutenant governor to run as a team for four-year terms. The 77 to 42 defeat followed earlier shelving of a second amendment to shorten the election ballot.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
House
Vern Lisle
Clarinda
Baringer
William Gannon
Mingo
Fats Under Fire With Boston Police
The Boston Police Department starts a voluntary weight reduction program led by Dr. Samuel Berman with 75 officers, aiming to cut fat across a 2,500-member force. The plan combines dietary limits on carbohydrates, high protein, and fat intake with metabolic pills and periodic exams, and has already helped about 300 colleagues shed over five tons.
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Boston
Samuel Berman
Berman
Herbert Mulroney
Mulloney
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