Suit Asking for Forced Assessments Is Rejected
The Des Moines based suit by Rep. Chester Hougen to compel the State Tax Commission to equalize assessments was rejected by the Town Supreme Court. The ruling says the commission, as a board of review, has discretion over adjustments and no power to order hearings unless fraud or dishonesty is shown.
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Des Moines
Chester Hougen
Cecar Falls
State Tax Commission
Town Supreme Court
Commission
Henry Peterson
Supreme Court
Trial Court
Tax Commission
Hougen
Park County
Black Hawk County
Senate Hearings On Extending Draft Open In Washington
The four year draft extension bill clears the House 387 to 3 and moves to Senate hearings chaired by the Armed Services Committee with Assistant Secretary of Defense Norman S. Paynter leading the witness. The measure keeps a four year cap on force size and preserves dependent allowances, medical draft provisions, and special pay for doctors during wartime service.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Norman S. Pay
Homer E, Abele
R Obio
H. R Gross
A Lown
George E. Brown Jr
D-Calif
Armed Services
Grogs
Republcan
Henry S. Ruess
D-Wis
Bux
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Roman Pucinski
D-Th
Charles Fe, Goodell
Congress
Pucinski
Goodell
Iowa Senate considers billboard limits on I 80
East Iowa counties clash over billboards along Interstate 80 as the legislature mulls a regulatory bill. Cedar County grants 30 plus permits despite zoning board opposition while Scott County bans signs. Johnson County mayors delay decisions awaiting state action. The measure seeks federal funding tied to right-of-way advertising ban.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Highways Committee
Tipton
Cedar County
Scott County
Davenport
Johnson County
Ray Justin
Martin Weley
Cedar Rapids
Senate
House
Spencer Youth Dies in Crash
Spencer-Alfred Clarke sixteen of Spencer was killed and five other youths were injured Monday night when their car ran out of control on a gravel road three miles east of Spencer. Clarke was thrown out as the car rolled and landed on its top. James Ryker seventeen of Spencer and Mary Ann Miles sixteen of Dickens were hospitalized here. Three others were treated and released.
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Spencer
Alfred Clarke
Here
Clarke
James Ryker
Mary Ann Miles
Dickens
Shooting in Linn County Investigated
Two men were held after a farm shooting in northeast Linn County Monday night. Noble Morgan, 56, of near Anamosa, jailed in Linn County. Marion Forry, 28, of near Prairieburg, treated for a scalp bullet crease and held in Jones County jail for investigation. Morgan said Foley grabbed his .22 pistol and discharged it during a struggle at Morgan's home.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Noble Morgan
Anammosa
Marion Forry
Prairieburg
Anamosa Hospital
Jones County
Morgan
Foley
Loot Cars Of Workers At Thatcher
Eleven cars at the Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co plastic packaging division lot on Muscatine Island were looted late Monday night. Sheriff Dick Oppelt said tools, flashy lights, blankets, floor mats and hubcaps were taken from at least seven vehicles. Cars were unlocked. theft occurred between shift start around 7 p.m. and midnight. Larry Pipper of Columbus Junction found his box of tools missing at 12 10 a.m.
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Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co
Route 5
Muscaline Island
Dick Oppelt
Larry Pipper
Columbus Junction
Pipper
Ex-Premier Bidault Seeks Asylum in Bavaria
Ex-French premier Georges Bidault, 63, sought political asylum in Bavaria after being asked to renounce politics to avoid exile. German officials suggested a quiet haven under conditions, while Bidault’s aid said he would not abandon political action. In France he faces weapon charges, though German authorities say the acts are political and not extraditable. Separately, Iowa City wife and mother Julia Wade, 43, died in a 30 foot plunge after her car hit a Cedar River bridge. cause undetermined.
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Germany
Sim
Georges Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Bidault
Oscar Slammier
Bavaria
de Gaulle
Secret Army
France
Konrad Adenauer
European Movement
le Gaulle
Adenauer
Iowa City
Julia Wade
Cedar River
Here
Wade
Bradley Named By Hughes for Highways Post
Mons Sanary J Bradley Jr, a Des Moines Democrat, is nominated to the State Highway Commission by Gov Harald Hughes. The 40 year old former member and chairman will serve until June 30, 1965 to complete the late Howard B Helscher’s term. Also named are Frank B Means, 63, Manilla Republican to two-year State Commerce Commission term. Dr John P Hummel, 42, University of Iowa faculty, to a second six-year term on the Board of Examiners in the Basic Sciences. Dr Elmer W Horte, 5%, Wartburg College faculty, to a six-year term on the same board starting July 1.
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Mons Sanary J. Bradley Jr
Des Moines
States Highway Commission
Harald Hughes
Bradley
Highway Commission
Howard B. Helscher
Cedar Rapids
Frank B. “Means
Manilla
Emmetsburg Fire Destroys Kerber Milling Elevator
A structure fire at Kerber Milling Co in Emmetsburg destroyed the frame elevator and a large stock of soybeans and grinding equipment. The loss is estimated around 200000 dollars. No injuries reported. Firefighters kept flames from spreading to a second firm elevator. blaze began before 2 a.m. and was controlled at dawn with ongoing smoldering expected for days. Some nearby tanks of fuel hindered efforts.
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Emmetsburg
Kerber Milling Co
Fred Kerber
Conviction Upheld in Davenport Manslaughter Case
Iowa Supreme Court today upheld the District Court conviction of John Tornquist, 24, of Davenport on a manslaughter charge in the death of his 4 year old step daughter Jacqueline. Tornquist was convicted by a Davenport jury last Sept 1 and given an eight year sentence at the State Penitentiary by Judge Clay LeGrand. He has been on $15,000 bond. The alleged strike preceded the February 21, 1962 death.
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Iowa Supreme Court
John Tornquist
Davenport
Tornquist
State
Clay LeGrand
Jacqueline
Five Known Dead From Tornadoes in 3 States
A series of tornadoes struck Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi leaving five dead and many injured. Flooding closed roads around Chattanooga Knoxville and Kingsport while Parrottsville reported seven missing earlier but later accounted for. Damage ran into hundreds of thousands with several counties hit across the three states.
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Parrottsville
Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Ayar
East Tennessee
North Carolina
Cooke County Rescue
Tennessee Highway C Patrol
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Kingsport
North
Mississppi
Urey Starkville
Great Smokies
Lawrenceburg
Murfreespore
McMinnville
Mid State
Jasper
Georgia Line
Western Iowa Lawmakers Fight Proposes Sales Tax Boost
Five Republican western Iowa House members near the Nebraska border oppose a plan to raise Iowa sales tax from 2 to 3 percent, arguing it would push business to Nebraska and misdirect funds from property tax relief. They urge studying Nebraska financing and oppose boosting taxes while Nebraska remains tax free.
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Iowa
Des
Maurice van Nostrand
Towa
Nebraska
van Nostrand
Reps, Harry Gittins of Council Bluffs
William Schetle
Henderson
Paul McElroy
Fercivale
Conrad Ossian
Red Oak
House
John
Mowry B.marshalitown
Kentucky Flood Displaces Thousands and One Fatality
Flash floods and heavy rains forced more than 12,000 residents from Floyd and Pike counties in Kentucky as the Buckeye and Kentucky rivers rose. One firefighter, Kogan Billiter, died when a train hit a landslide and plunged into a river near Pikeville. Dozens of towns faced evacuations, with 74 children marooned and critical water shortages for Harlan.
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Harlan
Squtheast
Kentucky
Kogan Billiter
Pikevis
Chesapeake & Qhin
Momlay
Doclay
Beaver Reek
Floyd County
Prestonsburg
Harkian
Pikeville
Floyd
Pike
Howard
Springer Ins
Heelan En~ Ferprise
Ian Hha
U.S. 119
New York Newspapers Idle As Strike Spurs Prolonged Shutdown
New Yorks seven major newspapers remain idle for 95 days and will not resume before Monday. A union meeting Sunday will decide on ratification of a proposed contract while striking printers and mailers press for terms. Negotiations with publishers and six non striking craft unions continue. A key issue is persuading the AFL CIO New York Newspaper Guild to extend its contracts beyond four months to align with craft contracts.
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New York
Afl-Cio
New York Newspaper Guild
Delay at Estes trial as juror pool eyed in Texas
In El Paso prosecutors and defense counsel met Monday to select a jury for Billy Sol Estes on fraud charges. Judge Thomason has not ruled on a defense motion seeking at least six months delay of the transfer of the trial to San Antonio Texas.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
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Minnie Dunn
J. Frank Manderson
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Madison
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Marshall Space Flight Center
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