Determining Ways and Means in State Tax Debate
Legislators argue that tying appropriations to revenue raises and taxes in one bill doomed HF 550. The House and Senate ways and means committees clash over whether to allocate funds with new taxes. A conference report failed as coalition opposition formed to reject the combined measure. The lesson urged is to determine state needs and revenues separately and in that order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everal
Appropriations
Ways and Means
House
Robert W. Naden
Webster City
Appropriations Committee
David O. Shaff
Clinton
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
John Shoeman
Atlantic
Sen. Shoeman
Sen. Shaff
Election Year Pressures Put JFK Under Spotlight
Drew Pearson notes Senator Hubert Humphrey warns small wheat farmers face losses without a stopgap bill and opposes rigid Kennedy Freeman wheat control. He cites farm groups and Wallace’s Alabama influence threatening Kennedy with unpledged electors, risking 17 electoral votes if Florida and other states tilt away.
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Ashington
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Kennedy-Freeman
Farm Bureau
Pearson
Kennedy
United States
Australia
Canada
Fter
George Wallace
Alabama
Jfk
TVA
Wallace
South
Mississippi
Florida
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa ends $1 liquor permit books under new law
The state abolishes the $1 permit book requirement for liquor purchases at state stores. Revenue loss is expected to be offset as transients buy in Iowa and border taverns shift purchases from out of state to Iowa stores. The change ends a longtime control measure aligned with enforcement crackdowns.
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Iowa
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Nebraska
Hughes
Iowa Newspapers Assess the 1963 Iowa Legislature
Editorials from Burlington Hawk-Eye to Oelwein Register critique the 60th General Assembly for failing to enact property tax relief while praising other strides. Critics warn of higher costs to property owners, while supporters point to constructive measures and a generally workable session. Entities include Iowa newspapers, Governor Hughes, and the 60th General Assembly.
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General Assembly of
Iowa
Senate
House
Burlington
Grinnell Herald - Register
Capitol
Waterloo Courier
Sioux City Journal
General Assembly
Hughes
Don Berry
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa City
Oelwein Register
60Th General Assembly
Assembly
Cedar Rapids track winners and local events in 1953
Frank Hall and Ronald White won events at the Cedar Rapids grade school track meet with Hall taking the 50 yard dash and broad jump and White winning the high jump. The Cedar Rapids Home Show opened with Grover A. Godfrey as guest and ribbon cutting by Mayor Sedlak. Harold Babb joined Coe College faculty as assistant psychology professor. 1943 notes mention Iowa farm work registration urged by Gov Hickenlooper. The Dawn Patrol Flying club formed with George Kolda as first president. Local committees named for shoe rationing. 1933 Cornell College president Burgstahler to speak at Grant and Washington graduation. McKinley eight-boys target shoot results listed with a Mt. Vernon Avenue hike to the police range.
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Frank Hall
Cleveland
Ronald White
Garfield
Cedar Rapids
Hall
White
Grover A. Godfrey
Memorial Coliseum
Milo Sedlacek
Howell H. Brooks
Harold Babb
Ohio
Coe College
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Dawn Patrol Flying Club
George Kolda
C. C. Kaldenberg
Bailey Boot Shop
Linn County Shoe Rationing Advisory Committee
Bob Ford
Killian Company
H. J. Burgstahler
Cornell College
Grant and Washington
Memorial Building
Jack Panek
Bill Jacus
Jack Swan
McKinley 8Bl
H. H. White
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Nineteenth Street
van Vechten Park
Silent states push to amend the U.S. Constitution
Sixteen states have moved to amend the Constitution to curb federal power, with 18 if Nebraska governor’s vetoes were overridden. Proposals include letting states propose and ratify amendments without Congress, removing federal control over legislative apportionment, and allowing state chief justices to overrule some Supreme Court decisions.
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Ashington
U. S
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Republic
Earl Warren
Warren
Frank Morrison
Nebraska
Congress
South Carolina
Silent Amendments Move Through Legislatures In Quiet Drive
Sparsely populated districts look to reapportionment as nations and states shift balance of power. Critics led by Yale professor Charles L. Black Jr and lawmakers from Kennedy and Hughes administrations oppose three amendments aiming to curb federal power and alter constitution rules. New Jersey shows renewed debate as senate actions unfold.
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Supreme Court
General Assembly of States
Chicago
Council of State Governments
Lloyd W. Lowrey
California
Lowrey
National Legislative Council
Assembly
W. Stuart Helm
Pennsylvania House
Texas
Charles L. Black, Jr
Yale University Law School
United States
Kennedy
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
George Romney
Michigan
American Bar Association
Warren
Court of the Union
New Jersey
New Jersey Senate
Richard J. Hughes
U.S
Clifford Case
Senate
Senate Assembly
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She Gedue Rapids Gusette
Real Sport
Drew Pearson
Davenport
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Charles City Press
Fort Dodge Messenger
60Th Assembly
Mason City Globe Gazette
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Estherville Daily News
Ottumwa Courier
Sam Cohen
The
Big Shoe Store
George Clark
Stanley Meisler
Associated Press
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