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Newspaper
Greene Recorder
Location
Greene, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1967
Page
2
Mrs Harold Folkerts underwent major surgery Wednesday morning at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton. The Bristow News reports on her condition and the timing of the procedure performed at the local medical facility.
The region welcomed multiple guests during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Webrand and their Thousand Oaks son stayed with his parents in Shell Rock while Mrs. Margaret Caton Las Vegas, Mrs. Susan Flanigan Dumont, and Jerry Schroeder Greene joined Thursday dinner at Archie McNeilus’s home. Various relatives visited, hosted dinners and tea, including the Hearn, Van Dyke, Stewart, Hahn, and Sherman families, with guests from near and far such as California and Pasadena.
A visitor from California arrived Saturday and stayed as a house guest with Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart. They visited Clayton Hershey's sister at Allan Memorial Hospital in Waterloo.
The clip lists numerous Sunday dinners and visits across Greene Hampton and surrounding towns. It also reports a weekly Iowa Press Association release noting a three decade tax structure, secret sessions, a plan to raise 112.5 million in new taxes, and the governor’s budget pressure amid legislative cuts and debates over a revenue increase and school costs.
State Senator David Stanley, age 38, announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Bourke B. Hick enlooper. He has five terms in the Iowa legislature and has long been mentioned as seeking higher office.
The home of Mrs Ralph Weiland was near the Harold Meyer family and the Meyer household in Greene, with Mr and Mrs Harold Meyer and their family nearby.
Legislative leaders propose raising sales tax to three percent with a one percent boost yielding about 56.4 million and extending the levy to services like hair cuts and auto repair. A tax on advertising could cover media but interstate trade issues loom. Credit on state income tax for low earners would vary from 2 to 12 dollars while corporate tax climbs to eight percent and federal tax credits for corporations shrink to half.
The legislature approved a mix of budgetary and policy measures including boosting highway patrol numbers by ten, allowing ward elections for councilmen in council-manager cities, funding a $2 million student loan program, and authorizing a $150,000 governor’s aircraft purchase. It also reached compromises on an area school bill providing $4.5 million to stabilize finances and on migratory farm worker children in the fields. The Senate passed a major change to Iowa liquor by the drink law by a 49 to 3 vote to end the 10 percent tax, shifting revenue to liquor licensees at a 15 percent premium. Sen. Eugene Hill warned of possible bootlegging increases. The bill still awaits House action.
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