Tax Collecting Time Leaves Revenue Director Cold
Kansas Revenue Director James McDonald dislikes April 15 as the tax deadline and confesses he sometimes forgets to record his own payment. The piece recounts odd returns, including bloodstained forms, pennies glued to sheets, and notes about parental inadequacy, illustrating tax season chaos at Topeka.
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James McDonald
McDonald
State Director of Revenue
Kansas Department of Revenue
Barkley
Kansas
This Day in History Highlights and Tax Talk
The column marks April 18 with notable events from 1775 to 1955 and later notes on tax time in Kansas. It recalls Paul Revere’s ride, Cerro Gordo, the San Francisco quake, Doolittle’s Tokyo raid, Ernie Pyle’s death, and Einstein’s passing. It also pairs birthdays for Leopold Stokowski and Robert Hooks and includes Kansas tax humor and reflections.
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Paul Revere
Massachusetts
U.S
Winfield Scott
Cerro Gordo Hill
Mexico
Scott
Mexico City
San Francisco
James Doolittle
Tokyo
Japan
South Vietnam
South
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Leopold Stokowski
Robert Hooks
New Sub Stations Planned at Iola
City officials authorize Wilson and Company to design two new electric substations for Iola at an estimated cost of 350 dollars. Projected growth shows power peak usage up 218 percent from 1961 to 1971 and 185 percent from 1972 to 1981. Construction bids planned by late summer with operation by June 1973.
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Iola
Utility Advisory Board
Wilson and Company
Salina
Jim Wilson
Wilson
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