Ambiguity Hovers Over Five Iowa Constitutional Amendments
Unofficial returns show all five amendments approved but legal ambiguity may require court action. Some code says amendments may be placed on voting machines while others require separate ballots. AG opinions in 1961 and 1962 clash over paper versus machine ballots for constitutional changes.
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Harrison
Webertown Daily Press Association
Des Moines
State Code
Lowa
Attorney General
Oscar Strauss
Wayne Faupel
Iowa City and ten counties appeal state property valuation hikes
State Revenue Director William H. Forst said ten counties Benton Calhoun Davis Dickinson Hardin Harrison Ida Jefferson Johnson and O'Brien plus Iowa City appealed his orders raising assessments to equalize statewide valuations. Hearings will be held after Forst set hikes last weekend affecting 71 counties with increases from 10 to 25 percent on agricultural land and 10 to 70 percent on residential and commercial property including Dickinson county suburban homes.
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Des Moines
William H. Forst
Forst
Benton
Calhoun
Davis
Dickinson
Hardin
Harrison
Ida
Jefferson
Johnson and
Dickinson County
Iowa String Quartet to Tour the South
The Iowa String Quartet from the University of Iowa music faculty will tour the South this weekend with three Florida programs plus concerts in Little Rock Arkansas and Waco Texas. Members Allen Ohmes John Ferrell violins William Preucil viola and Charles Wendt cello will perform at Clearwater Rollins College Winter Park Miami Little Rock and Baylor University. The group resumes duties at the University of Iowa after the Little Rock show.
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Iowa City
Iowa String Quartet
Florida
Little Rock
Ark
Waco
Texas
Allen Ohmes
John Ferrell
William Preucil
Charles Wendt
University of Iowa Music
Clearwater
Fla
Clearwater Chamber Music Society
Rollins College
Winter Park
Little Rock Chamber Music Society
Baylor University
U. of I
Des Moines Accountant Cahow Elected Iowa Association President
Harold Cahow of Des Moines was elected president of the Accountants Assn of Iowa at the 22nd annual convention. Robert D. Jones of Cedar Rapids was named first vice president and Herbert Blume of Tripoli second vice president, with Martha Wilkinson of Cedar Rapids elected director.
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DES Moines
UPI
Harold Cahow
Accountants Assn. of
Iowa
Robert D. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Blume
Tripoli
Martha Wilkinson
Five New Directors Elected to Independence Retail Bureau
The Independence Chamber of Commerce elected five new directors to the retail merchants bureau for a three year term. Named were Richard Isham Lola Van Heuvelen Donald Strauss Walter Dubbeld and Dean Good as announced by Marvin Bradley the chamber’s executive secretary.
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Retail Merchants Bureau
Independence Chamber of Commerce
Marvin Bradley
Chamber
Richard Isham
Lola van Heuvelen
Donald Strauss
Brown
Walter Dubbeld
Dean
Delaware appoints Geraldine Wendling as public health nurse
Geraldine Wendling of Dundee becomes Delaware county public health nurse joining a part time secretary in the basement county jail office. Wendling offers broad services including child care information, newborn checks, public health dentistry and disease control. She is a former Delaware County Memorial Hospital nurse of ten years. The item notes a separate sports and radio broadcast reference about Iowa vs Illinois.
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Manchester
Geraldine Wendling
Dundee
Delaware County
Robert Heiserman
Wendling
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Tama Police Chief Nabs Glue Sniffing Juveniles
Tama chief of police John Kriegel found two Indian youths sniffing glue in an empty Fourth Street building while on rounds at 5 p.m. The youths had brown sacks of liquid glue. they were turned over to Probation Officer Fay Hite of Vinton. Police note other glue sniffing cases in the past two months.
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Gazette
TAMA
John Kriegel
Fourth Street
Kriegel
Fay Hite
Vinton
Hazleton Youth Given Suspended Sentence In Break-In Case
In district court Judge Peter Van Metre suspended Larry Beier’s one year jail term for the Hazleton Lumber Co. break-in on good behavior. Beier, 18, was paroled to Buchanan County Sheriff Fred Beier, Kenneth McCardle and Deputy Tony Wengert. Neil Earl Harlan, 47, Waterloo, faced continued arraignment on drunken driving charges.
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Hazleton
Peter van Metre
Larry Beier
Buchanan County
Fred Beier
Kenneth McCardle
Tony Wengert
Hazleton Lumber Co
Neil Earl Harlan
Waterloo
Harlan
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Harrison Weber
String Quartet
South
C.R. Accountants
Independence Retail Bureau
Hawks
Illini
Brooks and Schrader
KCRG
Elters
Armstrongs
Armstrong Domestics
Sunbeam Vista
Ality
Turtle
Jantzen
Munsing Wear
Puritan
Bernard Altman
Damon
Gino Paoli
Armstrong
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