Tax Relief and School Aid Hiked in Iowa House Debate
The Iowa House debated a tax bill as Rep. Coffman sought to reconsider a 55 48 vote on a withholding amendment. An amendment created a $30 million property tax relief fund and raised school aid from about $30 million to $42 million annually, to be distributed by daily attendance. The body also debated adding $4 million to school aid. Gordon Cooper’s orbit reference punctuated the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa House
William J. Coffman
North English
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Coffman
Treasury
Gordon Cooper
House
Kennedy
Sen. Cotton
R-N.h
Iowa House considers 3% flat income tax plan
Rep. Leroy Petersen proposes a flat 3% income tax in Iowa to raise up to 80 million dollars yearly. The plan includes a 2% gross receipts tax on newspaper and billboard advertising and maintains the 2% sales tax, extended to hotels and motels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Leroy Petersen
R-Grimes
Petersen
Hick Bid for Farm Lobby Ban Rebuffed
In a 50 to 37 Senate vote supporters of the administration farm program defeated a Republican bid to attach a rider banning lobbying by committee members elected to administer federal farm programs. Senator Hickenlooper argued the measure would curb coercive loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hickenlooper
Browa
Ellender
Dla
Sen. Young
N.D
Secretary of Agriculture
Freeman
Beautiful is Mrs Cooper's Word for Shot in Space Capsule
Mrs Gordon Cooper called the splashy launch Beau tiful as she and daughters Camala and Janita watched from a Houston area home. Public affairs officer Dave Schwartz said the family would stay secluded and declined interviews after the capsule flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Cooper
Camala
Janita
Houston
Dave Schwartz
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cooper
Schwartz
Light Co. Studying Stock Dividend and 2-for-1 Split
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. directors study paying part of the dividend in stock due to tax concerns. Stockholders approved a two for one split effective on Wednesday trading. A 25 cent dividend on the new stock will be paid in July, aligning with prior cash payouts. Chairman Suther land C. Dows announced a Cedar Rapids generating plant planned for 1966 at $21 million, part of a $67.9 million five year outlay. New certificates for split shares to be mailed around May 31 with instructions for stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Sutherland C. Dows
Light Co
New York Stock Exchange
Dows
Reddy
Ralph Dresher
Dresher
Corrective Liquor Bill Stirs Fight in Iowa Senate
Des Moines UPI reports the Iowa Senate returned to liquor debate to consider eight corrections to the liquor by the drink bill. Key changes include allowing the liquor control commission to set wholesale prices, lowering class C license fees for small towns, limiting punitive damages, and removing a 10 percent beer tax in taverns and grocery stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Senate
Harold Hughes
Liquor Control Commission
House
Eugene Hill
New
Cooper launches private satellite during space flight
Cape Canaveral AP Gordon Cooper extends his World Flight as he completes the first three orbits of a 34 hour suborbital mission. He released a 10‑pound satellite sphere from Faith 7 and reported successful deployment, with seven or more orbits approved and planned rendezvous tests for Gemini and Apollo missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Faith 7
South Atlantic
Air Force
Russia
Pacific
Midway Island
Mercury Control Center
Atlantic
World
Wife Can Hear Cooper's Voice From Space
Cape Canaveral reports two one way radios have been installed in Trudy Cooper's home near Houston. The devices, taken from Walter Schirra's capsule, let Mrs. Cooper hear her husband’s voice when he flies over Houston but she cannot reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Trudy Cooper
Space
Houston
Mercury Control
Walter Schirra
Earth
Good Lord Directing It Coopers Grandmother
In Tecumseh Oklahoma observers including Orena Herd and Gordon Cooper's mother Mrs. Cooper celebrate the blastoff of Cooper's space mission. Tears and prayers mark the launch as family members watch from nearby homes amid tense countdowns and public attention. Mrs. Herd credits the Good Lord for directing the start while Mrs. Cooper notes a birthday eve and prepares for a long flight with flag and afghan at hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Cooper
U.S
Carbondale
Colo
Shawnee
Cora Cooper
What follows him Thursday after dinner speech
An after-dinner speaker wore down the room until a guest whispered asking what comes next. The other guest replied that it will be Thursday, ending the long monologue with a dry joke.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Nye
Gazette
By Jerry Gross
Hick
The
Iowan
Mansfield
D- Mont
Dirksen
R-Nl
By B. F. Kellum
Today's Index
Inez Robb
By Russ Wiley
George Brown
Jack Schroeder
R Davenport
Sen
David Shaff
Clinton
Commission
Ascension Island
California
Point Arguello
By Grissom
Gus Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
Grissom
Roger
Orbit No. 1
Alan Shepard
Shepard
Cape
Schirra
Good Lord
Coopers
By Bob Shaw
Tecumseh, Okla
Hattie Cooper
Orena Herd
Col
Leroy Cooper
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!