Country Tub Thumping by John Field shows Iowa fiscal woes
Columnist John Field laments Iowa state and local tax hikes and budget strains. He notes mandatory hardware upgrades for licensing offices, radio system changes for the highway patrol and sheriffs, a proposed quarter-mill for a county sanitary dump, costs from a new justice system law, and rising property taxes. He argues officials must curb spending and ease burdens on taxpayers.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Emil Mayberry
Hamburg
Litle
Southbound traveler now avoids 33 curves
Dr E S Rallis completed a dental post graduate course in Idaho last week. He and his family vacationed in Idaho and Wyoming and visited his mother in Green River Wyoming. A nine mile section of I 29 in Missouri opened last Thursday saving motorists 5.3 miles and about six minutes. The new four lane highway starts three miles north of Oregon and extends to the south of I 29, with interchanges at the Nodaway River and at Highway 59. Another section from Highway 59 to west of Mound City is in grading. Paving progress on both sides continues, weather permitting. Officials expect the road open through Fremont County to Rock Port by early December, leaving about 25 miles from Rock Port to Mound City unfinished. Hospitalized in Rochester.
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Oragon
Oregon
Nodaway River
Mound City
Iowa Line
Rock Port
Iowa
Boyd Richardson
Hamburg
Fremont County
July rainfall hit 5.40 inches vs normal 3.50 inches
Weather observer Maurice Brockshiar notes July was wet but not record territory with 5.40 inches, below the 1958 record of 10.81 inches. Seven month moisture at 15.31 inches remains under the 18.57 inch normal, yet crops looked better despite the wet month.
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Maurice Brockshiar
Drouth
School election slated for September 11
The annual school board election will be held Mon Sept 11. One director’s term expires this year, Richard Stulin from director district No IV, west of Main Street in Hamburg. Nomination papers are due August 22 and may be obtained from the school board secretary, Mildred Beach.
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Richard Stulin
Hamburg Corporation
Main Street
Stulin
Mildred Beach
Fremont budget tops $2 million for 1973
Fremont County prepares a 1973 budget totaling 2 025 551 with taxes up about 30 000 and the town mill levy rising to 13 85 mills while the township levy drops to 25 93 mills. Most funds increase including general, poor, state institutions, mental health and veterans affairs, with notable cuts in the county fair and voting machine funds. A new sanitary disposal fund funds a county landfill and road budgets reflect anticipated construction costs and carryover. Public hearing set for August 14.
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Fremont
Leland Smith
Board of Supervisors
Justices of the Peace
County Conservation Board
Fremont County
Sidney West
I-29
Fremont primary winners named Lorimer Hultman Harbor
Fremont voters selected Lorimer Hultman and Harbor as primary winners amid county race results. Budget notes show road funds, prior year surplus, and unclear spending for two upcoming years, while Anderson school auction set for Saturday at 9:30am includes kitchen items and maps. 4-H dinner during rodeo week to fund awards and fairground improvements.
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Anderson School
Fairgrounds
Senate
Earl Be
Ocrats
Peter Eels
Rae Tapscott
James Murphy
Kenneth Owen
Hamburg
U. S. Senate
Miller
Scott
Harbor
New
Sec. of Agriculture
Scree Sea Bam
Lori
Gooles
Coney
Salen
Fransenburg
Tapacott
Oven
Murphy
Local businesses close for upcoming vacations
A number of local businesses will be closed during the next few weeks for annual vacations. Modern Cleaners will halt operations and the Legion kitchen will be unavailable for public use through August.
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Aes
Legion Kitchen
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