Linn County Tax Shift Likely From Valuation Increase
Linn county Auditor Merle Kopel says state ordered rises in property values will push more tax load onto agriculture and residential property though precise bill changes cannot yet be computed. Ag land and Cedar Rapids homes rise in value, commercial shares fall, boosting overall tax burden on non commercial owners.
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Linn County
Merle Kopel
Kopel
Lowa Department of Revenue
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Agriculture Fund
Ag Land
Cedar Rapids to Appeal 27 Percent Property Increase
City councilmen on Tuesday voted to appeal a tax equalization order which raised residential property valuations by 27 percent. Mayor Mon Canney said inequities from the across-the-board rise justify the appeal, and a later decision will determine if the city attorney or city assessor testifies at the hearing.
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Cedar Rapids
Mon Canney
Don Canney
Youth Bicycle Car Collision Injures Teen In Seattle
David R. Minehart, 13, of 22 Litin Boulevard, was treated at St Luke's hospital for a right leg injury after colliding with a car driven by Gary Verne Fester, 19, on First Avenue near Twenty third Street Drive SE. Police said Minehart rode on the wrong side. Fester turned east and struck the bicycle, threw Minehart across the car hood, then to the street. Minehart was released later. Police charged Minehart with riding on the wrong side.
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David R. Minehart
Litin
Minehart
Two Cases Heard By Linn Magistrate
Gerald Reiflin of Center Point waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of false uttering of a check. Lola Hurt of Marion had a larceny charge dismissed. she was accused of taking a watch from Robert Zamastil on August 1.
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Linn
Gerald Reiflin
Center Point
Grand Jury
Lola Hurt
Meadowview Drive
Marion
Robert Zamastil
Supervisors vow to take valuation hike to court
Supervisors moved to appeal state ordered property tax changes to the revenue department and to file suit if needed. At a 150 person meeting protesters objected to a 51 percent rise in agricultural property values and officials prepared questions for the department hearing. Local leaders and state lawmakers attended amid calls for possible legislative action if the appeal fails.
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State Department of Revenue
Department
Dick Pike
Prairiebure
The
County National Farmers Organization
Soviet Union
James Jordan
Marion
Steve Severn
North Vietnam envoy thanks Americans for support at Paris talks
Ly Duc Thu, Hanoi's chief negotiator at the Paris peace talks, asked U.S. visitors to carry home his gratitude for the American people's backing during the Vietnam war, as Hanoi broadcast the message.
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Ly Duc Thu
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Hanoi
Reagan Save Free Enterprise Rally in Charlotte
Ronald Reagan, amid a bid for the Republican nomination, drew about 13,900 attendees at a Saturday Free Enterprise rally in Charlotte. He urged less government regulation and stronger support for the free enterprise system, saying government will not save free enterprise.
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Ronald Reagan
Free Enterprise
California
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