Iowa considers replacing three man tax commission with single administrator
Iowa lawmakers study group urges consolidation of the state tax commission and local assessment oversight into one expert director. Sen. Leo Elthon says a single administrator could enforce equalization more effectively and cheaper than the current three commissioners who each earn 10 000 a year. The commission collects over 150 million dollars in state taxes annually.
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Leo Elthon
Elthon
Iowa
Tax Commission
Andrew L. George
Cedar Falls
X. T. Prentis
Mount Ayr
Lynn Potter
Cresgo
Elthan
Commission
SUI Degree to Frank Starzel After 40 Years
Frank Starzel 59 of LeMars and former Associated Press general manager will receive a bachelor’s degree in English with a journalism specialization from the University of Iowa. He pursued the degree via ISUI correspondence after retiring from the AP in 1963, completing geography and American government courses this year.
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Iowa City
Frank Starzel
LeMars
Associated Press
University of Iowa
Starzel
Isui Bureau of Correspondence Study
University of Texas In
Austin
South
Londonderry
SUI
Iowa City Press- Citizen
The
Des Moines Register and Tribune
News
Legislative study committee members listed with party and districts
The passage names members of a legislative study committee. It lists Sen Earl Elijah as chairman, along with Reps A C Hanson Chester Houghen and Alfred Nielsen, Sen Peter Hansen and Rep Merle Hagedorn. It notes the committee also administers homestead tax exemptions.
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Sors
Legislative Study Committee
Earl Elijah
Clarence
A. C. Hanson
Inwood
Chester Houghen
Waterloo
Alfred Nielsen
Rdefiance
Peter Hansen
Manning
Merle Hagedorn
Royal
Hughes Remarks On Tax Proposal in Des Moines
Gov. Harold Hughes endorsed the idea of reforming state tax administration but rejected a plan to replace the tax commission with a single official. He favored appointment by the governor with Senate confirmation and a reviewer board if a single official is used.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Leo Elthan
State Tax Commission
Hughes
Elthon
Senate
Starzel family ties mark Bloomington journal history
Editor of the Pantagraph in Bloomington and Chicago Journal staffer joined AP in 1929 and became general manager in 1948. Earlier he worked at the LeMars Globe-Post, a weekly published by his brother Rome Starzel. Mrs Frank Starzel native of Cedar Falls and SUI graduate.
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Bloomington
Ill
Pantagraph
Chicago Journal
LeMars Globe-Post
Rome Starzel
Frank Starzel
Alta Santee
Cedar Falls
SUI
Elmer C. Henlein
Iowa City
Barry Has 17 of Ohio Delegation
COLUMBUS AP Barry Goldwater of Arizona has a nice nest egg of Ohio votes in the Republican national convention. Thirty of Ohio's 58 GOP delegates replied to an Associated Press poll. Seventeen said they favored Goldwater and two leaned toward him. Three favored Nixon and two leaned toward him. One favored Lodge and one leaned toward him. One said Taft Jr. is their choice. One leaned to Romney and two were undecided. The delegation is pledged to Rhodes as a favorite son on the first ballot.
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Columbus
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Ohio
G.O.P
Associated Press
Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Robert Taft, Jr
U.S. Senate
Romney
Michigan
Gov. Rhodes
Inmate Guilty of Man slaughter in Prison Stabbing
Jerry Louis Parsons, 27, was found guilty of manslaughter for the April 4 stabbing death of Earl Lee Bonjour, 26, at the state prison kitchen in Fort Madison. Parsons claimed self defense and faces sentencing Monday.
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Fort Madison
UPI
Jerry Louis Parsons
Parsons
Earl Lee Bonjour
Flying Prisoner Returned After Air Escape Crash
Steven Barner, 23, who escaped from a state penitentiary farm stole an airplane and crash landed near Grinnell. He was captured and returned to prison Thursday night by two guards from the penitentiary at Grinnell Hospital where he was treated for injuries. Barner’s condition was reported as good.
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Grinnell
Steven Barner
Barner
Revolver Missing in Dana Slaying as Husband Faces Murder Charge
Authorities hunt Friday for the revolver used to kill Edna Deal 29 in Dana schoolyard near Jefferson Iowa The husband Air Force Sgt Lee Merle Deal 30 is due for a preliminary hearing next Thursday on an open murder charge He says he does not recall the shooting and says he discarded the gun while driving toward Grand Junction after wife refused to let him see their four children The couple had separated and Mrs Deal had filed for divorce February 8 detailing alleged abuse involving the children
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Jefferson
Edna Deal
Dana
Air Force
Lee Merle Deal
Deal
Grand Junction
Parole Eastern Iowan On Bad Check Charge
John Podgurski, 21, sentenced to seven years in the Anamosa reformatory for false uttering of a check in Buchanan county. He was paroled to the California parole board after being apprehended May 4 in California where he worked as a dye cutter. His employer posted a 2500 bond and Podgurski waived extradition to return to Independence for court appearance.
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John Podgurski
Buchanan County
Reformatory
Anamosa
California Parole Board
Podgurski
California
Independence
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription options with carrier and mail rates for night and afternoon editions plus Sunday issues. It notes carrier 50 cents per week, mail at various annual rates and a policy about in-town carrier service.
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U.S
ISU Graduation Echoes Eastern Iowans Degrees
President James H. Hilton conferred 1150 bachelor degrees and certificates at Iowa State University’s 93rd commencement, the second largest class in history. Eastern Iowans awarded include graduates from Belle Plaine to Winthrop across multiple engineering, sciences, education, and arts fields.
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James H. Hilton
Iowa State
ISU
Belle Plaine
Jerry Booth
John Grantham
Dale J. Holst
Bellevue
Philip W. Dempewolf
Brooklyn
Kathleen Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis J. Bartley
Nancy Jensen Bethea
Dennis Burns
Robert Carstens
M.S
Jan Cisler
Ruth Kelley Erickson
Sharon Holets
David Hoyt
Donald Mehaffey
Barbara Merrifield
Alan Messner
Margaret Miller
John Nye
Edward L. Powlishta
Patrick Smith
Mary Titler
James Wolf
Central City
Darry Petrak
Keith, D. Rogers
Karen Wright
Coggan
Ken Blofield
Columbus Junction
Larry Jennings
David Morris
Decorah
Andrew C. Ask
Delta
Jacque Deweese
Dyersville
Thomas H. Westhoff
Earlville
James D. Carpenter
Fort Atkinson
Lawrence Voyek
Fredericksburg
Richard Mikes
Garwin
Brian R. Hurlbut
Guttenberg
Alvin C. Bierbaum
Harper
John Morrow
Hazleton
Lawrence Zanatta
Independence
Patricia E. Ferreter
Barton Switzer
Iowa City
Yeoman Resigns from Monticello City Council
Monticello city council member Willard Yeoman resigns after serving since January 1962. Joe Jones is appointed to fill the vacancy. Jones, a Dried Whey Inc. partner, has lived in Monticello about three years and never held public office before. Yeoman did not state a reason for stepping down.
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Garett Monticello
Willard Yeoman
Monticello
Joe Jones
Jones
Dried Whey, Inc
Pittsfield
Ill
Yeoman
Jonn the Yo-Ho Co
Cabin Burns on Dean McCully Farm near Columbus City
A five-room cabin on the Dean McCully farm six miles southeast of Columbus City was destroyed by fire at 10:15 p.m. Thursday. Cause of the blaze was undetermined. Only Roy Rodin and George Miles held networks for KCRG TV-9's late week news.
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Columbus Junction
Dean McCully
Columbus City
Bob Young
Cab- News
Roy Rodin
George Miles
Kcrg-Tv
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