Linn County Tax Levee Increases Hit 20 Mills in 113 Districts
Line Residents Face Record Tax Bill Increases Range to 20 Mills By Pat McPartlland. The 1953 tax bill for Linn county citizens rises sharply as the board of supervisors sets levies for 113 districts. Only 13 districts show reductions. 100 districts post increases from under one mill to 20 mills. Cedar Rapids also records a large rise, with the 1953 levy up to 74 908 mills from 64 996 mills in 1951 payable 1952.
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Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Threaten City With Suit on Fluoride Vote
Pro fluoridation attorneys threaten suit over Cedar Rapids voting plans. They cite Iowa code to demand two to four special policemen at each polling place and challenge the legality of a outside polling ballot scheme. Tax levy details and county valuations are summarized, with references to local officials and the anti fluoridation group.
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Elderkin
Milo Sedlacek
Iowa
Otto Hanzlik
Cedar Rapids
Echool
Mishap on Eisenhower train jolts party near Dallas
An Eisenhower special train suffered a brake failure and a broken coupling near Dallas Union Station. Passengers jerked forward as a birthday cake toppled onto a Texas supporter. Eisenhower remained unhurt and walked to the station before resuming his schedule.
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Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Dallas Union Station
Texas
Texas and Pacific ‘Railroad
Refund Wasn't Worth All That
CHICAGO AP Juanita Minster, 52, received a promised tax refund but found the amount was only two cents after submitting a form and her husband death certificate. She paid 25 cents to notarize the form and mailed the documents, yet the refund proved trivial.
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Chicago
Juanita Minster
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Red Feather Kid Urges Workers to Submit Reports
Cedar Rapids coverage notes the Red Feather Kid appeals to 1 500 volunteer Community Chest workers to hurry in campaign reports. An audit finds $51 768 50 raised in two days equals 22.1 percent of the $294 684 goal, with last year totals far higher at $71 555 52.
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Cedar Rapids News
Red Feather
National Association of Cost Accountants
Wholesale Food Prices Decline This Week
New York AP report shows the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index at 6.38 down from 6.44 last week. The index is 5.8 percent lower than a year ago and marks the lowest level since early May.
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New York
Stevenson says Eisenhower knows Korea war won t end soon
Adlai Stevenson told Spokane crowds that Dwight Eisenhower knows there is no trick to end the Korean war and accused the Republican of wanting to bring soldiers home quickly by training South Koreans. He urged a clean government and tight fiscal control, citing his Illinois record, as he campaigned in Oregon and Washington with pledges of economy and integrity.
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Spokane
Adlai Steverson
Dwight Eisenhower
Pacific Northwest
Korea
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Pendleton
Ore
Illinois
Eisenhower Promises Full Power to Halt Recession at Fort Worth
Dwight Eisenhower told a wind chilled crowd in Fort Worth that a Republican administration would use the full power of government to prevent another recession. He labeled Truman policy a failure, urged moving the country onto the right track, and rejected fears of GOP social gains. The Union Station gathering drew 7 000 to 10 000 supporters. introduced by state official Mrs. Lawrence Tarlton, who hailed him as a Texan leader set to win. Continued on Page 10, Col. 5.
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Fort Worth
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Union Station
Lawrence Tarlton
Democrats
Texas
Eisenhower reports ten year income of 888303.99 dollars
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower releases a ten year financial statement showing joint income of 888303.99 dollars for him and Mamie Eisenhower. The package notes 635000 from the Crusade in Europe book and 158750 capital gains tax on the book with other earnings and investments.
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New York
Dwight ID. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg, Jr
South
Dry spell in Iowa threatens winter damage to crops and lawns
Des Moines reports seven weeks of drought with September as the third driest on record. Soil is hard, lawns at risk, and wells in parts of southern Iowa begin to dry up. Officials urge thorough watering, root fertilization, and prompt rain for fall plantings, pastures, and the 1952 corn harvest.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
Serymat
Towa
Agriculture Department
Yanks Storm Over Top of Triangle Hill
U S Seventh Division troops forge to the crest of Triangle Hill amid inch by inch combat as Chinese troops fiercely resist. South Korean forces attack Reds on White Horse Mountain while Allied planes and tanks support in foggy dawn fighting. Casualties reported lighter than Tuesday as crest assaults continue.
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Segal
Seventh Division
Triangle Hill
White Horse Mountain
White Horse
21St
Triangle
Noor
Papa-San
Truman to tour Iowa with stops in four cities
President Truman will make a whistle stop tour of Iowa on October 29 visiting Mason City Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Mason City early morning Waterloo at 9 a m Cedar Rapids at 10 a m and Davenport at noon with possible additional stops later.
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Des Moines
INS
Washington
Harry S$. Truman
Iowa
Mr. Truman
Mason City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Jake More
White House
More
Truman
Shenan
Senator Taft
Ex Postmaster in Chicago Indicted on Bribery Racketeering Charges
Federal grand jury indicted former Postmaster John Waderlein and ten others for operating a bribery racket that coerced postal workers into paying thousands for promotions. Haderlein allegedly accepted about $2,500 and faces up to 34 years in prison and fines up to $20,650.
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Chicago
John Waderlein
Haderlein
Elkader Records State Law of 16
Cold arc over Iowa as Elkader reports 16 degree start and a sharp wind. Statewide readings stay cool with arctic conditions forecast through Thursday and a dry 30 day outlook well below normal temperatures.
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Elkader
Iowa News
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
US Casualties Rise in Korea to 121,154
The Defense Department reports a weekly increase of 890 American casualties in Korea, raising total U S involvement to 121,154 since the war began. Deaths total 21,233 with 17,531 Army, 2,893 Marines, and the rest Navy and Air Force. Killed in action 19,051. wounded 89,320. missing in action 12,783 with 207 listed as dead.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
Korea
Draw Reds Under Fire Objective: Mock Invasion of Korea
U N forces staged a mock invasion of the northeast Korean coast with 100 ships and six carriers. The operation aimed to expose 250 000 to 300 000 Reds in the Kojo peninsula area near Wonsan and test air and sea bombardment. Navy fighters pounded shorelines as thousands of troops approached within three miles before returning to transports.
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U.N
Kojo
Wonsan
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Inchan
Navy
Plane crash at Stapleton airfield kills three
Denver report states a light chartered plane crashed at Stapleton airfield killing three people and leaving one person critically injured on Wednesday. Authorities identify the victims and investigate the cause of the accident.
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Denver
Vis
Stapleton Airfield
Cedar Rapids Conference on World Questions
A fourth annual Cedar Rapids Conference on World Questions will cover American Foreign Policy Today in four sessions. Speakers include Norman Thomas Ivan M Stone Graham Hovey and James Bristol. Tickets are 2 dollars for all four sessions or 1 dollar per session.
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U.S
Cedar Rapids
American Friends Service Committee
Norman Thomas
Ivan M. Stone
Graham Hovey
James Bristol
Btone
Beloit College
Hovey
University of Wisconsin
Bristol
Friends Committee
Armstrong
Coe College
Coe Auditorium
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Bramwell
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