Deny Need for State Assessor in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the State Tax Commission drafts a bill to create a state tax assessor office. The plan aims to empower the commission to equalize property evaluations statewide, with professional reappraisals every eight years, or four with changes, and exams to certify county staff.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Legislative Revenue Study Committee
Tax Commission
Ste
Prentis
Fred Quiner
Tas Commission
GOP Leaders Map Budget Reductions
Republican leaders in Washington accept Kennedy's challenge to spell out where billions will be cut from the 98.8 billion budget. Halieck and Bow promise detailed spending-reduction plans to senior subcommittee members while Kennedy defends a tax cut with reforms. Curtis notes internal admin divisions over tax relief versus reform and fiscal restraint.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
GOP
Charles A. Halseck
Indiana
Frank J. Bow
Ohio
Republican
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
J Kennedy
Congress
Curtis
Dillon
One Bomber Crashes After Fire At Lincoln Base
A BAT bomber caught fire during takeoff from Lincoln Air Force Base and crashed after reaching altitude. Three of four crewmen parachuted to safety. one was killed, remaining strapped in the ejection seat. The aircraft burned on impact about 142 miles north of the base, a Strategic Air Command installation.
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Lincoln Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Army Chief Flags Suspected Soviet Munitions in Cuban Caves
Army Intelligence chief Alva R Fitch told Senate committees that the Soviets may be storing ammunition, military vehicles, and aircraft in thousands of caves in Cuba. He said top Cuban generals cannot inspect and that aerial photography shows road extensions and cave networks. He discounted reports of offensive missiles or bombers hidden there and noted no nuclear warheads are believed in Cuba.
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Army
Cuba
Washington
May
Ger
Alva R. Fitch
Senate Armed Services
Fitch
Kennedy
Firecracker Blast Damages Mason City High School
An 11 year old admitted placing a cherry bomb in a second floor wash room at Mason City High School. The blast caused about 75 percent of the building to burn, with damage estimated at 350000 dollars. The incident led to a special Mason City Board of Education meeting to discuss resuming classes and rebuilding plans.
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Mason City
Ill
Mason City High School
Mason City Board of Education
Paul Martinie
Trimpe
Tihe
Four Die After Platform Failure at Big Horn Canyon
A crew of four men fell to their deaths at Yellowtail Dam near Hardin Montana when a platform suspended from a cable swung and struck the canyon wall. The accident occurred Wednesday as workers stood on the platform 150 feet above the riverbed.
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Big Horn Canyon
Yellowtail Dam
Hardin
Mont
Mistakes in Evaluation of Warplane Cited
A Senate investigator says Secretary Zuckert undervalued potential savings by about 29.9 million if Boeing won the TFX contract. The subcommittee cites about 61 million in apparent errors in Zuckert’s evaluation. Boeing was the low bidder but General Dynamics got the award, prompting questions of possible favoritism.
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Washington —l
Senate
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Boeing Co
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Zuckert
Boeing
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
Further Drain On U.S. Gold Looms
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon warned that the United States faces additional losses of gold and a persistent balance of payments deficit. He urged redoubling efforts to curb dollar outflows in foreign aid and to stimulate the domestic economy, tying the argument to Kennedy's tax program at the American Bankers Association conference.
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Princeton
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
United States
Dillon
American Bankers Association
U.S
Kennedy
House Cuts Money For Rep. Powell
Washington in The House cut nearly in half the amount Rep. Adam Clayton Powell wanted for his Education and Labor Committee and left no funds for a special task force he controlled. Powell was not on the floor as the chamber voted, with illness and laughter noted by colleagues. The committee was allotted 200000 next year, down from 348000, with six subcommittees each receiving 25000 and 50000 for the parent panel under Powell’s direction.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
House
Labor Committee
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Puerto
Rico
Subcommittee
Norwich Dam Burst Triggers 5 Deaths and Citywide Destruction
Five people died when a dam failed in Norwich Connecticut causing a three story wing to collapse. A mother and three sons were led to a rooftop by flood waters. her body was recovered later. Dozens evacuated and hospitalized were exposed to the disaster as schools closed and health measures began. The Norwich Bulletin could not publish, printing instead at New London Day.
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Margaret Moody
Thomas Moody
Moody
Thomas
James
Shawn
Connecticut
Lewis Sears
Harold Walz
Anna Bargell
Madeline Atterbury
Alex Pobol
Helen Roode
Norwich Bulletin
Aftornaon
New London
Call Surveyor In Action Over Seized Liquor
A Carter Lake raid led to 48 bottles of liquor seized and a car, with Nebraska stamps, in dispute over state lines. Leo Kubik faces illegal transportation charges. Matt Walsh seeks suppression arguing the liquor was in Nebraska, while Pottawattamie County Attorney Noran Davis maintains part of the car front lies in Iowa.
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Carter Lake
Nebraska
Leo Kubik
Atetorney
Matt Walsh
Cay
Towa
Pottawattamie County
Noran Davis
Iowa
Kennedy Signs First Measure For 1963 Agriculture Funding
President Kennedy signed the first 1963 measure providing 3503.2 million dollars to the Agriculture Department. The joint resolution authorizes a supplemental appropriation to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for disposal of surplus foods overseas.
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Washington
Kennedy
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
Ohio River Flood Peril Is Declining
The Associated Press reports the Ohio River Basin sees receding floodwaters in West Virginia Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania. Yet heavy rains threaten other Eastern and Southern states with overflows and delays to transport and schools. Red Cross cites about 12000 affected in the basin as property damage runs into millions.
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Ohio River
Associated Press
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
South Carolina
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
The
Red Cross
Maryland
Carolinas
Maine
Kentucky
Hingis
Mayo
Middle Atlantic
New York State
Cincinnati
Hoover Urges Alertness in War on Soviet Spies
Director J Edgar Hoover urges citizens to aid federal agents in spotting and countering Soviet espionage. He outlines that spies lack a fixed profile, urges prompt reporting of any information, warns against amateur investigations, and cites a photographer who helped identify a Russian diplomat seeking a high altitude aerial map.
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Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
FBT
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Moscow
New York City
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XN. J. Prentis
Halleck
Thomas Curtis
Missouri
Tax-Writing, Ways and Means Commilttee
Turner-Stanton Co
Norwich
Conn
Mohegon Park
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
John’ Tower
Adinistration
Little Rock
Gov
Orvald. Faubus
Arkansas National Guardsmen
White House
Department of Defense
Fort Smith
Ark
18Th Tactical Reconnaissance
Guatemala
Rep
Atandard
FBI
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