Taxed and Budgeted: Iowa Legislation in 1965 Session
Senator David Stanley reviews the 1965 Iowa legislature adjournment, criticizing the record $267 million annual budget with large education funding but increased state administration. He condemns 12 new taxes, taxes on income and sales, and calls for property tax relief and civil service reform. He cites the failed separate-district representation plan and warns of political firings in state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Towa
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Polk County
House
Richard Dennler
Letts Bible School Class Ends Sessions
LETTS The Junior High Class closed sessions of Vacation Bible School Thursday evening. The theme was World Without End. Fourteen members were enrolled. Rev. Spiker was the instructor. The class met at the Chautauqua Park in Columbus Junction. Other lower grade classes will continue this week. Personal notes mention visitors and graduates from Grinnell College and Cub Scout awards. Also a note on disappearing Ainu from Japan with description of facial hair and tattoos.
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Frank Greely
Kahoka
L. M. Hildebrand
Grinnell College
Diane Dunn
Columbus Junction
Mike
Greg Townsley
Steve Bonnichsen
Three Generations of Helmick at ISU Alumni Event
Three generations of Helmicks attended an ISU alumni festival in Ames. J B Helmick Sr graduated in 1945, James Helmick Jr in 1940, and Lanny Herrick this year with a B S in Aerospace engineering. The gathering included extended relatives from Columbus Junction and visitors from Des Moines, Winnetka, Phoenix, and other towns.
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Helmick
ISU
Columbus Junction
Ames
Towa State University
J.B. Helmick, Sr
James Helmick, Jr
Lanny Herrick
Hermick
Paul Masonholder
Mary
Richard Herrick
Don , Schnell
A. J. Vivant
Riverdale
Lela Bell
Eugene Ames
Des Moines
Winnetka
T. W. Pedersen
Margaret James
Chicago
Sam’ James
Columbus
Lester. Holmes
Elliott Whatley
Phoenix
Amy
Dale Edmondson
Mayme Colton
Ilma Malvek
Faribault, Minn
Parishioners Strike Over Mass Language in Italy Village
In Brufa, Italy, Catholic villagers in Perugia Province protest using vernacular Italian in Mass. The congregation tells the parish priest they prefer the traditional Latin rite, signaling a local dispute over liturgical language.
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Brupa
Italy
Perugia
Hollenbeck to Address Watchtower Convention in Iowa City
Clarence Hollenbeck Jr will address the Watchtower Convention June 1 13 in Iowa City. Delegates from 17 congregations across southeastern Iowa and northeastern Missouri are expected, with 800 attendees. The event is part of 530 Bible Society seminars nationwide this year. Martyn Van Dorah of Muscatine Jehovahs Witnesses cancels weekend meetings at Kingdom Hall. A public talk by A Laguna of New York titled The Moral Breakdown What Can Be Done About It will headline the convention.
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Clarence Hollenbeck, Jr
Hancock
Sti
Watchtower
Iowa City
iTowa
Hollenbeck
Iowa
Missouri
Watchtower ,Bible and Tract Society
America
Martyn van Dorah
Muscatine
A. Laguna
New York
Iowa Home Society Cites Two for Volunteer Service
Mrs McRoberts and Mrs Nichols received certificates of recognition from the Iowa Children's Home Society for long standing volunteer work. McRoberts serves Muscatine County as adviser and sponsor at United Fund meetings and informs local groups about children's issues and adoption referrals. Nichols has led fundraising campaigns locally for years benefiting the state’s largest child care agency aiding emotionally disturbed children, adoptive needs, and unwed mothers.
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McRoberts
Woodlawn Avenue
Ben Nichols
Nichols
Iowa Children's Home Society
Muscatine County
United Fund of Muscatine
Catholics See Danger Population Growth Threat to Peace
A group of Roman Catholic experts warns in a new book that population growth in Latin America and Asia could double in 35 years, threatening socio economic progress and increasing land pressures that breed human despair. The work, published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons, argues rapid growth risks global instability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Latin America
Asia
P. J. Kenedy & Sons
Musk at in Iowa fall orientation leaders named
Five University of Iowa students were named fall orientation leaders and one alternate to assist new students. Leaders Jeanne Leslie and Richard Shepley join Julia Barnard as alternates, with Nancy Weaver in Wapello, William Heitmeier in Letts, Michael Jennings in Columbus Junction, to plan days, home visits, and summer letters for incoming students.
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University of Iowa
U Ning
Muscatine
Julia Barnard
Mulberry
Eader
Jeanne Leslie
Mulverry
Richard Shepley
Colony Drive
Wapello
Nancy Weaver
Street
Letts
William Heitmeier
Columbus
Michael Jennings
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Calif
Nellie Marsden
Clyde Harbison
H. W. Pedersen
Iowa Home Society
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Westinghouse
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