County Assessed Valuations Rise Over Previous Year
Muscatine County 1962 assessed valuations total 48,102,750, up more than 500,000 from 1961. City of Muscatine real and personal property combined value is 22,717,695, with outside-city gains totaling 348,175. Railways and utilities valued at 6,288,280 in 1960 and 6,971,190 in 1961. Deposits in Iowa banks amount to 2,110,260 of the 1962 total. the state levies 1 mill on bank deposits to fund the Korean war bonus.
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Ty John Kasbeer
Muscas
Mervin Shafer
State Law Commission
Muscatine
Shater
Shafer
Iowa
Railroads in Iowa face 1962 property tax cut totals
The state tax commission reports 1962 property assessments against railroads in Iowa will dip by about 53.6 million. Rock Island Line receives a 5 percent cut and Milwaukee 3 percent, with Muscatine county railroads seeing roughly 40 to 45 thousand in reductions. The overall property total stands at 47,384,850 for all property amid a 567,000 net increase from 1981 versus 1960. Final totals shift after military credits and adjustments.
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State Tax Commission
Iowa
Rock Island
Milwaukee Word
Muscatine County
First Civil Rights Test for Negro Voters in East Carroll
Federal judge Edwin F. Hunter begins administering literacy and citizenship tests to 78 Negroes in East Carroll Parish Louisiana. The action targets decades of discrimination and aims to set a pattern for handling voter rights cases in the South. A grand jury recess delays proceedings in the Smith slaying case in Keokuk County, with testimony heard and next session set for Tuesday.
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Monroe
Lacs
Louisiana
U. S
Hunter
South
Lake Charles
East Carroll
M —A
Gayne Gilbert Smith
Martinsburg
Ben Bella Welcomed by Moslems in Oran
Tens of thousands of Muslims in Oran cheer dissident Ahmed Ben Bella upon his arrival from Tlemcen. He visits army camps, greets crowds, and signals a moderate stance while hinting at tensions with Ben Youssef Ben Khedda over leadership as Algeria moves toward independence.
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Ben Bella
Oran
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Tlemcen
Elmst
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Algiers
Ben Khedda
Tiemeen
New Zealand Expels Two Soviet Diplomats
Wellington announces expulsion of V. S. Andreev and N. I. Shtykov, both Soviet delegation staff, for illicit attempts to obtain security information. Prime Minister Keith J. Holy oak told Parliament Russia sought sensitive data through illegal means.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Keith J. Holyoake
V. S. Andreev
de Legation
N. I. Shtykov
Negro Leaders Released From Jail After Protests
Albany Gulft integration leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were released today after a fine payment, though they chose jail terms over fines. They voiced puzzlement at the surprise release and described jail conditions as simply adequate. The two ministers were convicted in Recorder's Court Tuesday for involvement in December racial demonstrations, given 43 days or $178 fines, and both selected the jail option.
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Albany
Martin Luther King Jr
Ralph Abernathy
King
Abernathy
Recorder’s Court
Telstar firsts: transatlantic TV and phone link demo
Telstar satellite carriers a landmark transatlantic test linking the United States and Europe. Eugene J. McNeely of AT&T announces scheduled demonstrations from New York between 5 and 6 p.m. EST, with further TV and telephone tests from Dover and Britain.
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New York
Telstar
United States
Europe
Pacis
Eugene J. McNeely
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Former Missouri governor and wife found dead at home
Ex Governor of Missouri James Blair and his wife Emile Blair were found dead in their Jefferson City residence. Sheriff Horace Debo said the couple appeared to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning after running the car engine in a garage attached to the house. A dog was also found dead. The Blairs were in night clothes, and a maid reported to work but could not enter the house. The governor served from 1937 to 1961.
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Horace Debo
Blairs
Debo
Emile Chorn
Kansas City
France Pays Debts and Buys U.S. Gold Amid Talks
Treasury reports France is ahead on postwar debt payments totaling 283.4 million and will buy 112.5 million in American gold. The exchange between Secretary Dillon and Finance Minister Giscard dEstaing notes the first major U.S. gold reduction in two months, lowering holdings to 16.3 billion. France will settle remaining Marshall Plan loans of 209.7 million and pay 83.7 million to cover installments due 1970 and 1971. The Des Moines report cites federal cases and a 27.4 million excess in the first half of 1962.
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Washington
France
United States
Treasury
Secreta
Douglas Dillon
Giscard d'Es
Laing
U.S
Export-Import Bank
Largest Tax Depreciation Overhaul Takes Effect
Washington says the first major overhaul of the tax depreciation system since 1954 went into effect, cutting 1.5 billion in first year revenue. The measure targets business investment, with steel railroads and paper firms set to gain, while a balanced budget for 1963 is unlikely. Kennedy announced the cut with Treasury backing, noting broad business support and expected boosts in machinery orders and capital spending.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Wise
Treasury
Vee Sen Ae Steel
Congress
Quick Divorce For Miss Leigh
Santa Monica California sh short divorce story notes Janet Leigh quickly won a divorce from Tony Curtis after a brief court appearance. She testified that Tony did not want to be married any longer.
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Santa, Monica
Calif
Janet Leigh
Tony Curtis
Miss Leigh
Tony
Space Agency Seeks New Moon Ship Designs
NASA calls for two lunar craft types including a two man excursion vehicle and an unmanned support craft. James Webb says bids could be under contract in three months while studying second design longer. Probes include a glass enclosed two man capsule mounted on an Apollo style mother ship for surface exploration and return to orbit.
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NASA
Apollo
Moon
Earth
Photafox
Washington
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Aerospace Industry
Prom
James E. Webb
Apolle Sprercraft
Suggestions For Platforms Are Weighed
Three days of state party platform meetings for Iowa Republicans and Democrats open here today. The State Board of Regents arranged to have a representative present to explain its needs. Board secretary David Dancer led the ready presentation. The need for buildings to accommodate expected heavy increases in enrollments at state educational institutions has been a topic for several years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Regents
David Dancer
Churchill Is Running Temperature After Illness
Doctors at Middlesex Hospital said former prime minister Winston Churchill, 91, has developed a bronchial infection and is running a temperature while recovering from a thigh fracture. A reduction in swelling from a blood clot and phlebitis in his injured left leg was reported, noting the June 26 fall in Monte Carlo as the cause.
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London
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Monte Carlo
Slayton Grounded From Solo Space Flight
Astronaut Donald K. Slayton is grounded due to heart trouble, shifting to engineering work on Mercury Gemini Apollo programs at Houston. NASA chief James Webb says Slayton not ruled out for two or three man flights later, increasing Maj Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. prospects for an early space mission after Schirra.
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Washington
Donald K
Deke
Slayton
Air Force
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
James B. Webb
National Aeronautics, and Space Administration
Webb
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Schirra
Pacifists Draw Jail Sentences In San Francisco Case
A federal judge sentenced three California pacifists to six months in jail each for attempting to sail a vessel into waters near a U S nuclear test zone in the Pacific. Judge William T Sweigert also gave six months to two officials of the Committee for Non Violent Action, the group that sponsored the voyage. Defendants include Roper Moss 23 West Coast office manager and Samuel R Byson 44 co civil image of the organization.
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San Francisco
California
U. S
Pacific
U. S. Dist
William T. Sweigert
Committee For Non-Violent Action
Pacidtists
Roper Moss
West Coast
ySamuel, R. Byson
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