Property Tax Debate Shapes Thirtieth District Race
Marion farmers Myron Oxley and Monty Bertelli win seats in the Thirtieth district primaries. Oxley campaigns on property valuation reform while Bertelli targets taxes, land use, and school funding, urging an income tax and local control to ease property tax burdens. Bertelli cites past legislative work and door to door campaigning as he positions for the 1965 session.
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Marion
Myron
Mike” Oxley
Monty Ray Bertelli
Route 1
Linn County
Oxley
James Jordan
Jordan
Tom Neenan
Center Point
Bertelli
Gordon Holmes
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bertell
Joan Lipsky
Tom Riley
District 30 candidates discuss taxes and session limits
The 30th District covering Cedar Rapids precincts 34 35 36 Hiawatha Robins Marion Linn Mar and several townships features Bertelli and Oxley debating tax policy and school funding. They criticize retroactive valuations rising property taxes and unequal shifts toward residential classes. They call for shorter sessions stricter bill limits and more state aid with local control.
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Iowa
School Foundation
Oxley
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Monroe 1
Robins
Monroe II
Marion
Linn-Mar
Brown, Linn
Buffalo
Maine
Otter Creek
Washington
Boulder
Jackson
Bertelli
Monroe
Brown, Buffalo
Linn
Education on Location Tour Sets to Washington
A two day Visit to Washington DC offered to 330 local students as part of a First National Bank project. The Education on Location tour runs Nov 1 to Nov 3 with 19 students per chaperoned group and a $180 fare covering airfare lodging meals guides and ground transport. Schools and districts listed include Marion Alburnet Center Point Lisbon Mt. Vernon North Linn and others.
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Washington, D.C
First National Bank
Marion
Capital
Arlington National Cemetery
Lee Mansion
Lincoln and
Jefferson Memorials
Capitol Building
White House
Washington Monument
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Alburnett
Amana
Center Point
Central City
Lisbon
Mt. Vernon
North Linn
College Community
Solon
Springville
Linn-Mar
Regis and
LaSalle
Washington
Right Wing Franco Memorial Rally Slated in Madrid
The 500000 member Confederation of Civil War Veterans says a mass right wing rally will mark the first anniversary of General Franco's death. The Nov 20 demonstration targets Plaza de Oriente in front of the Royal Palace where he once spoke to followers.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
Confederation of Civil War Veterans
Francisco Franco
Confederation
Plaza de Oriente
Royal Palace
Tillis files FCC complaints over dog food ads stuttering issue
Nashville singer Mel Tillis says he will file complaints with the FCC against NBC and CBS for not airing four dog food commercials, arguing the decision to omit his stuttering was discriminatory. He questions the effort to hire the handicapped. ON THIS DATE in 1899 actress Lillian Gish was born.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Mel Tillis
Federal Communications Commission
NBC
CBS
Tillis
Lillian Gish
Mummy Identified as King Tut Grandmother Tiye
Researchers at the University of Michigan identify a previously unnamed mummy as Queen Tiye, King Tutankhamun’s grandmother, using hair sample matching and X rays. Electron probe analysis linked a strand of hair to a tiny gold casket inscribed with Tiye’s name from her grandson’s tomb opened in 1922.
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King Tut
Ann Arbor, Mich
Tiye
Egypt
University of Michigan
James Harris
Covery
Tutankhamen
Bertelli calls for fewer bills and shorter sessions
Bertelli advocates reducing the legislative workload and session length to cut costs. He urges returning to the original purpose of community colleges as vocational schools with limited liberal arts offerings. He notes private colleges struggle to attract students and some risk bankruptcy, urging expanded tuition grants to aid small schools. Tuition grants have fallen a third while private tuition doubled in five years.
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Bertelli
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Myron Oxley
Department of Revenue
School Aid Foundation
Comptroller’s
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Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Gary Graffman
Thirty -Second
Oakland Rd
Kiecks
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Saag
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Town & Country Shopping Center
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