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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1969
Page
38
In Des Moines a joint appropriations subcommittee heard UNI President J W Maucker warn tuition could rise 150 a year without more funds. Sen Francis Radakar called the plan discriminatory as UNI seeks 26.9 million in the next budget to cover enrollment growth and faculty raises.
DES MOINES legislators return from vacation with focus on sales tax credit refunds as Republicans move to repeal the credit. The 1967 law staged refunds by income, with automatic credits for some filers, prompting nearly 13 million in refunds in the program’s first year. A later change on the Iowa tax return aims to curb 1968 refunds. William Forst, new director of the state department of revenue, tightened procedures to require explicit entitlement declarations. In Winthrop, the Buchanan music department will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. in the old gymnasium with vocal and instrumental groups.
Des Moines AP officials said tax return mistakes are at normal levels. Federal figures show surtax errors down to about 2 percent while other errors stay typical. Iowa officials note Town income tax form mistakes are also normal and refunds delayed due to computer reprogramming and sales tax refund stoppages amid a legislative clash over credits.
Frank Nye notes in legislative coverage that Representative William Dorrington stumbled while describing a bill to repurpose a Sioux City building for mental health services due to his quote about not speaking clearly with his false teeth. The senate debates over a 234.6 million school equalization appropriation highlighted partisan fights over funding and tax policy. Senator David Stanley defended limits, while Senator Alan Shirley condemned the sales tax credit repeal as a 1970 poor people’s tax.
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