Kinley seeks swift property tax relief and farming relief debate
Des Moines Senator George Kinley warns taxes could drive homeowners out within a decade while pushing a property tax relief plan. He backs a legislative interim study to craft a position paper, considers raising homestead credits, and weighs changes to agricultural tax treatment and school funding to ease the burden.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Senate
George Kinley
Kinley
Legislative Interim Committee On
Polk
Sen. Kinley
School Foundation
Four Die in Iowa Weekend Highway Crashes
UPI reports four people died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. Clara Miller 78 Osage died in a two car head on crash near Charles City. her husband Clarence 74 hospitalized critical. Linda Nauman 19 Floyd in serious condition. In Dubuque county Brockman 24 and Schmerbach 22 died when their car collided with Culbertson 43. others injured. Barbara Bardon 18 Dubuque died in a crash north of DeWitt on US 61.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Clara Miller
Osage
U.S. Highway 18
Charles City
Clarence
Linda Nauman
Floyd
Charles City Hospital
Dubuque County
Daniel Brockman
Marvin Schmerbach
Sherrill
Garth Culbertson
Culbertson
Lois
du- the State
Barbara Marie Bardon
DeWitt
U.S. Highway 61
Ferris wheel stalls stranding 25 riders at Dairy Cattle Congress
About 25 riders were stranded when a double Ferris wheel stalled at the National Dairy Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo. Firemen using 100 foot aerial ladders rescued riders up to 80 feet high as investigators seek the cause of a six inch axle break.
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Waterloo
UPI
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Fire Department
Three New Pharmacy Faculty Named at Iowa
Dr. Dale E. Wurster announces three new faculty at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Kenneth Breslow, Robert A. Freeman, and Lloyd E. Matheson Jr. join as assistant professors in radiopharmacy, pharmacy socioeconomics, and pharmaceutics respectively. The piece also notes Breslow, Freeman, and Matheson earned degrees from Brooklyn College, University of Mississippi, and University of Wisconsin. Public safety officials predict fewer traffic deaths in Iowa this year, with August and September seen as hot months for fatalities.
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Iowa City
Dale E. Wurster
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Kenneth Breslow
Robert A. Freeman
Lloyd E. Matheson, Jr
Breslow
DES Moines
Department of Public Safety
Public Safety
Charles Larson
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy
University of Southern California
Freeman
University of Mississippi
Matheson
University of Wisconsin
Vosatka Studies In Czechoslovakia
Mt. Vernon Cornell College senior Steven Vosatka studies music in Prague for three weeks of the 1975 76 academic year as part of a self designed BSS plan. He is among six Cornell students on off campus study this semester.
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MT. Vernon
Steven Vosatka
Cornell College
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vosatka
John Vosatka
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Cornell
Two Accused of Gasoline Theft in Tama
Two 18 year old Belle Plaine men were charged with larceny in the nighttime for stealing gasoline from a barrel at the Tama-Toledo Country club in Tama on Sept 13. Richard Joseph Daily waived preliminary hearing and was bound to Tama county district court. James Earl Byers requested a preliminary hearing set for Oct 2 after posting 10 percent of a $2,000 bond.
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TAMA
Belle Plaine
Tama-Toledo Country Club
George Stein
Toledo
Richard Joseph Daily
Tama County
James Earl Byers
Daily
Byers
Escapees slide free as two more recaptured in Iowa incident
In Council Bluffs and Omaha, two escapees from the Council Bluffs jail remain at large while two others are back in custody. Leonard Coleman and Mackie Smothers were arrested on the city’s north side, near the other escapee, with survivors Pelander and Hansen still in custody or awaiting trial for related charges.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Leonard Coleman
Mackie Smothers
Carl Pelander
Jerry Leroy Hansen
Public Safety
Jack Chappell
Pelander
Tim Kinkade
Coleman
Smothers
Council Bluffs Park
Kansas
Hansen
Violet Welsh
Harrison County
Logan
Freedom Train Ends Six Day Des Moines Stop
The American Freedom Train concluded a six day visit in West Des Moines with more than 87,000 visitors to its historical displays. John Rex of the Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce reported over 13,000 Sunday attendees, totaling 87,134 for the full run. The train heads to Omaha for a week long stay starting Tuesday. On this date in 1974 the Honduras hurricane death toll was reported at 5,000.
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West Des Moines
Omaha
John Rex
Greater Des Moines
Honduras
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