Iowa faces $71 million general fund deficit in 1967 69
Iowa state government will spend $71.2 million more than it takes in during the 1967 69 biennium, according to State Comptroller Marvin Selden Jr. The surplus at start was $112.9 million, projected to fall to about $41.7 million by June 1969. He predicts income will exceed expenditures in the second year as new taxes come in.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Marvin Selden, Jr
Selden
Administration proposes $7.4B tax rise and $4B spending cut
Treasury Secretary Fowler urged Congress to approve a plan combining a 10 percent personal and corporate surcharge with accelerated tax collections and an across the board 2 percent civilian agency budget cut for the current fiscal year. The aim is to reduce the deficit from over $25 billion to under $14 billion and strengthen the dollar, despite strong opposition in the Ways and Means Committee and from Senate leaders.
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Washington
Treasury
Fowler
Congress
U.S
House, Ways and Means
Johnson
Executive
House of Congress
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Ior
Snow and Freezing Drizzle Sweep Across Iowa
A winter system moved across Iowa bringing freezing drizzle and snow. Forecasters warned of 2 to 4 inches of snow by Thursday with hazardous driving conditions statewide. Ice covered roads in western and northern counties while Cedar Rapids and nearby areas saw intermittent light snow and freezing drizzle.
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Iowa
Midwest
Rockies
Central Plains
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Algona
Ottumwa
Weather Bureau
Reilly Named To Juvenile Court Bench
Cedar Rapids authorities announce that John B. Reilly will serve temporarily as Linn county juvenile judge after district judges approved the appointment. An order will authorize the service, with a full appointment to follow Gov. Hughes’s filling of a municipal vacancy.
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Reilly
John B.reilly
Linn County
B. J. Maxwell
Eighth Judicial District
Maxwell
Harold Hughes
Howard McLaughlin
Hughes
Fear McNamara Faces Push Out Amid Vietnam War Escalation
Washington AP reports Defense Secretary McNamara's looming resignation sparks Capitol Hill fears he is being forced out to accelerate U S involvement in Vietnam. Congress members debate motives while White House and Pentagon deny policy shift. Westmoreland may gain influence if he stays.
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Washington
McNamara
Capitol Hill
U.S
Vietnam
The
World Bank
Pentagon
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Congress
Pell
D-R.i
Senate
Mansfield Mont
Johnson
Ers
Pastore
White House
William C. Westmoreland
World Bank Post
Saigon
Westmoreland
Britain to resume diplomatic ties with Egypt on Dec 12
London officials announced on Wednesday that diplomatic relations with Egypt would be resumed on December 12, two years after they were broken during the Rhodesian crisis.
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London
Britain
Egypt
Cedar County Jury Rescued From Elevator by Sheriff
Special to The Gazette. Cedar County Sheriff Richard Barden freed 12 jurors and a bailiff trapped in an elevator after it stuck between floors at the Cedar county courthouse. The group had toured the Frost land needed for a road right of way and later awarded the Frosts 4000 dollars for 731 of an acre.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Richard Barden
Baliff George Drager
Alex
Mary Joy Frost
Bennett
Drager
Barden
Frosts
Allis-Chalmers to Merge with Signal Oil and Gas Co
New York Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. agrees to merge with Los Angeles based Signal Oil and Gas Co. Special director meetings will be held as soon as possible to approve the corporate marriage announced after both boards agreed to the merger.
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New York
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Allis-Chalmers
Signal Oil and Gas Co
Los Angeles
New York Stock Exchange
Signal
American Stock Exchange
Eisenhower donates Gettysburg farm as historic site
The White House said former President Eisenhower donated his Gettysburg farm and house to the government as a national historic site. He and Mrs. Eisenhower will remain in the house and retain use of farm facilities during his lifetime.
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Washington
UPS
White House
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Viet Cong assault at Bo Duc repelled by air and ground fire
Viet Cong attacked Bo Duc district headquarters for five and a half hours. 65 enemy bodies found near the compound. 15 government soldiers killed and 19 wounded. U S and South Vietnamese jets strafed and bombed the attackers into retreat as reinforcements moved in from the First Infantry Division.
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Saigon
Bo Duc
Haiphong
272Nd
Loc Ninh
U.S
U.S. First Infantry Division
Allis Chalmers runs plants in Cedar Rapids and abroad
Allis Chalmers operates 117 domestic plants including Cedar Rapids and eight foreign facilities. Signal runs operations in 11 states and 12 foreign countries.
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Allis- Chalmers
Cedar Rapids
Signal
Greece and Turkey Near Cyprus Peace Move and Troop Standdown
Informed sources say Greece and Turkey agreed on a Cyprus settlement and will announce it from Athens and Ankara. Armed forces were put on a simple readiness with combat alert canceled as diplomats from the U.S. and NATO pursued a framework to avert a clash amid Cyprus talks in Nicosia.
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Athens
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Ankara
U.S
U.N
North Atlantic
Signal Treaty Organization
Allis-Chalmers
Cyrus Vance
Nicosia
Vance
Makaios
Manlio‘Brosio
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Makarios
Flames Destroy Royale Ballroom in Fairfax
Special to The Gazete. Fire leveled the Royale ballroom along highway 149 at Fairfax with roof collapse by 1 p.m. The owner Jim Kurtz and his family lived in quarters attached to the building. Firefighters from Fairfax Hiawatha Atkins Cedar Rapids aided, with natural gas work ongoing nearby. No immediate cause determined.
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Fairfax
Jim Kurtz
Hiawatha
Atkins
Cedar Rapids
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Signal Oil Co
Ike
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
By Alex Efty
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Island
Brosio
Fazil Kutchuk
Royale Ballroom
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