Senate Defeats Teachers Pension Law By One Vote
South Dakota Senate rejected by one vote a 25000 appropriation to implement a teachers retirement act. The measure lacked a two thirds majority, while preceding actions showed mixed support and calls to honor party pledges. Debate featured critics from Neubauer Beck Heck Fleck and Stavig on the law’s fairness and design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Merton E. Neubauer
Tyndall
W. F. Thomas
Belle Fourche
Elmer A. Beck
Ree Heights
Leo D. Heck
Kimball
South Dakota Education Association
W . Est Fleck
B. L. Stavig
Appropriations Committee
Sai
Netbner
Heek
Brule
W.Y Terre
South Dakota
House
Sharpe Approves 23 More Bills In South Dakota
Governor M Q Sharpe backed 23 enacted measures including trimming the unemployment compensation panel to Aberdeen to one member at 4000 yearly. Other bills fund geologic surveys, permit a car pool for state workers, extend free schooling to the handicapped, extend county burial benefits to World War II veterans, and require fire marshal approval for community centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narynal
Sharpe
Rites Held For Lake Preston Man
Word reached Lake Preston that Ed Alberts died in Freeport Illinois where he and wife were visiting. The funeral was held in Freeport. Alberts and his son Hobart ran a Lake Preston service station. A daughter Edna lives in Freeport and another son Warren serves in the Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Preston
Mar
Ed Alberts
Freeport
Alberts
Hobart
Ilinois
Farm Union
Warren
Army Air Corps
Edna
South Dakota House approves towns under 500 levy limit
South Dakota lawmakers race to end 28th session with tax reform and spending under debate. The House passed 48 to 23 a measure allowing towns under 500 population to raise levy to 15 mills, while repealing the net income tax for individuals and corporations. Senate action and Governor approval loom amid broader budget and reform moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Q. Sharpe
House
W. R. Gardner
Buffalo
Assessment and Taxation Committee
C. E. Anderson
Henry
Appropriations Committee
South Dakota
Senate
Roll Call On Income Tax Bill Final Approval
Pierre march 4 roll call shows the house approving the repeal of the state net income tax. Names listed include Anderson of Minnesota Bauer Blair Blake Bormann Burg Fanebust Fett Fowles Gardner Gooch Griffiths Grape Gunderson Hafner Halls Hubbard Jackson Johnson of Union Kemper Kretschmar Lothrop McCann Mayo Metz Miler Mills Nelson Weisbet Noble Nygaard Oviatt Poelstra Polley Pulford Rezac Raat Schemmer Shortridge Sims Solomonson Stokes Swenning Thoene Trippler Weidensee Wieting Wood Worrall Zimmerman Speiker Nays include Anderson of Codington Brennan Brown Bruett De Boer Glover Goodnan Hoelscher Hyde Janda Johnson of Grant Johnson of Hamlin Tarson Lloyd McKenna Moore Motley Olson Sorenson Tiede Weverstad Excused Hermann McMillen Winters.
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Pierre
Cal
House
Anderson
Minnehaha
Bauer
Blair
Blake
Bormann
Burg
Fanebust
Fett
Fowles
Gardner
Gooch
Griffiths
Grape
Gunderson
Hafner
Halls
Hubbard
Jackson
Johnson
Union
Kemper
Kretschmar
Lothrop
McCann
Mayo
Metz
Miler
Mills
Nelson
Weisbet
Noble
Nygaard
Oviatt
Brennan
Brown
Bruett
de Boer
Glover
Good Nan
Hoelscher Hyde
Janda
Johson
Grant
Hamim
Tarson
Lloyd
McKenna
Moore
Motley
Olson
Sorenson
Tiede
Weverstad
Hermann
McMillen
Winters
Roll Call on Teachers Pension in Senate Fails Majority
Pierre March 4 roll call shows the $25,000 teachers retirement appropriation failed to reach a two thirds majority. Nays totaled 12 including Albaugh Beaty Beck Dam Graves Heck Nelson of Marshall Reed Roesler Sonnenfeld Stephensat Tidball. Yoa s and listed names are among the yeas.
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Pierre
Mar
Senate
Yoas
Buzhler
Dahme
Elkins
Ernst
Grigsby
Gudahl
Jacobs
Knight
Lovre
Messner
Nelson
Lincoln
Neubauer
Nevin
Ohlman
Olsen
Oster
Risty
Stavig
Terry
Thomas
Tiede
Tommeraason
Weir
Nays
Albaugh
Beaty
Beck
Dam
Graves
Heck
Marshall
Reed
Roesler
Sonnenfeld
Stephensat
Tidball
Bancroft Girl Entertains At Party
Lois Thaden entertained a group of high school students at her home Friday night. The evening featured five tables of whist with lunch served. Rosella Dirksen and Bill Andrews won the high prize while Clifford Dirksen and Ellen Currier received the low prize.
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Bancroft
Mar
Lois Thaden
Rosella Dirksen
Bill Andrews
Clifford Dirksen
Ellen Currier
Ree Heights Honor Students Named
Ree Heights grade school honors list perfect spellings across six weeks. In the primary room, students Delton Beck Norman Lackey Marlon McGee Harlan Fawcett and Betty Jane Deuter achieved flawless spelling. Intermediate room pupils Maxine Deuter LaVaun Stockman Hoyt Nicholas Phillip Sneithen and Jacquelyn Lackey also earned perfect scores, with Jackie Struse and Marlys Rainy posting perfect attendance and spelling for the year respectively. Vords Koss Wayne Pawcett and Marlys Rainy will coordinate the next C.L. program.
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Ree Hens
Ree Heights
Gladys Nelson
Delton Beck
Norman Lackey
Marlon McGee
Harlan Fawcett
Betty Jane Deuter
Maxine Deuter
LaVaun Stockman
Hoyt Nicholas
Phillip Sneithen
Jacquelyn Lackey
Jackie Struse
Marlys Rainy
Vords Koss
Wayne Pawcett
Bancroft Juniors Prepare Annual High School Play
Bancroft March 4 special report says Bancroft High School junior class rehearses their annual play. Cast includes Lois Schlender Margaret Wort Rosella Dirksen Evelyn Englehardt Clinton Miller Robert Huddleston Rudolf Geyer Joyce Carlton Ina Perryman Darrell Halverson Marie Bates.
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Bancroft
Bancroft High School
Lois Schlender
Margaret Wort
Rosella Dirksen
Evelyn Englehardt
Clinton Miller
Robert Huddleston
Rudolf Geyer
Joyce Carlton
Ina Perryman
Darrell Halverson
Marie Bates
Ree Heights Junior Class Play Scheduled for March 19
The Ree Heights Junior Class play is set for March 19 under the direction of Mrs J M Slager. Cast includes Kenneth, Nicholas, Thelma Fawcett, Bonnie Leach, Le land Sivertsen, Eugene Shaw, Marilyn Phinney, Evelyn Lingscell, Darlene Justice, Dean Henson, Kenneth Campbell, with Eleanor Rath as property and stage manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ree Heights
Mar
Hitchcock Youth Returns To Camp AITCHCOCK
Sgt James Kingdon left Tuesday evening after a 15 day furlough at his parents home Mr and Mrs John Kingdon. He returns to Gowen Field Boise Idaho. His address is 411 Bomber Squadron Gowen Field Boise Idaho.
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Hitchcock
Aitchcock
James ‘Kingdon
John "Kingdon
Gowen" Field
Boise
Ida
Bomber Squadron
Gowen, Field
Ide
Navy Chaplain On Furlough Returns Home to Ree Heights
Navy chaplain Wayne Nicholas is home from New York visiting his parents Mr and Mrs. The furlough underway marks a rare break in service as he spends time at Ree Heights, March 4.
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Navy Chaplain
Ree Heights
Wayne’ Nicholas
Navy
New York
South Dakota Repeals State Income Tax By House
South Dakota lawmakers completed repeal of the net income tax after Senate approval and a narrowly contested House vote. The measure preserves a skeleton for possible future reenactment, with officials projecting a substantial fund balance and continued tax liability for 1942 income. Debate highlighted fiscal fears and who bears the burden as the state moves toward federal administration of the tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Mar
South Dakota
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Sharpe
W. BR. Gardner
Buffalo
Assessment and Taxation Committee
Chaiman C. E. Anderson
Henry
Gardner
Finance Department
Anderson
Lawmakers push repeal of state income tax amid war funding
Representative Arthur Fane bust of Sioux Falls decries the idea that income tax is only for the rich and says it will reach everyone. Representative Grover Lothrop of Aberdeen urges scrapping the state levy and leaving taxation to the federal government to fund the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Fanebust
Sioux Falls
Grover Lothrop
Aberdeen
Hyde County WAAC Recruit Heads to Omaha for Exam
Mrs. Evangeline Blaisdell, Hyde County's first WAAC recruit, departed Highmore Wednesday for Omaha to take her entrance examination. Her move marks the county's initial participation in the WAAC program.
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WAAC
Hyde County Highmore
Evangeline Blaisdell
Hyde County
Omaha
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