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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1996
Page
1
The Governor's Economic Competitiveness Task Force urges Iowa to lower top income tax rates and raise standard deductions to match federal levels. It also proposes removing federal deductibility if a constitutional amendment gains 60 percent support in both legislative chambers, chaired by Donald Decker of Fort Dodge.
The Economic Competitiveness Task Force recommends lowering the top personal income tax rate to 4 5.5 percent and raising the standard deduction to 4000 for singles and 6700 for joint filers within 1 3 years. It also urges ending the state deduction for federal taxes if a constitutional 60 percent vote requirement passes and maintaining a single factor corporate tax with a 7.5 9 percent top rate. The package would expand residential property tax relief, eliminate the inheritance tax while keeping the federal pickup, and aims to return part of a nearly 1 billion surplus. Governor Branstad aides will study the plan ahead of January legislative talks.
Veterans Day observance in Volga features Jim Duff of Elgin and families watching a parade led by hundreds of high school band members American Legion Post members and a military tank. The event concluded with services at The Old Volga City Opera House.
A full term Caucasian newborn girl named Baby Jane Lincoln was found dead in a Tipton area barn along Highway 30. The Cedar County sheriff said the naming was a community effort while investigators seek parents and clues. tips and donations are being accepted.
The Army prepared to charge the first of several male soldiers at a Missouri training site over sexual misconduct as officials report multiple trainers at Aberdeen Maryland faces rape and related charges.Other investigations at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and other training centers are part of a broad inquiry.
Washington officials move toward mandatory pasteurization of apple juices and possibly other fruit juices following an E coli 0157 outbreak that sickened dozens and killed a child. FDA urges parents to choose pasteurized juices and notes washing is ineffective against the pathogen.
Researchers report inserting a polyesterlike gene into cotton to create a fiber with cotton texture and enhanced warmth comparable to winter fabrics. Tests show about 8.6 percent greater heat retention. study by Maliyakal John of Agracetus, to be published in PNAS, notes potential for dye lock and wrinkle resistance through genetic changes.
Rodney Pop Wright, ex Drake and Harlem Globetrotters star, visited Cedar Rapids and Marion schools Monday to discourage drug and alcohol use. Iowa City High football routed Dubuque Wahlert 56 20 for a Class 4A semifinal berth. A Rambling column notes IGA grocery owner Bucky Buckner still delivers weekly from his North En store. Texaco attorney finds audio misquote on a taped company executive using a racial slur, concluding the phrase was Poor St. Nicholas.
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