Iowa 1963 Legislature Fails Tax Relief Bill
Des Moines reports the 1963 Iowa legislature closes with no local property tax relief bill passed while approving a $206.2 million annual biennial budget, two years of 2 percent sales tax rate, and capital improvements funding. Leaders credit a hard working session that advanced many issues, though capital punishment and equitable assessed valuations were not enacted.
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Des Moines
Tawa
Iowa
Scent
House
Ray Eveland
D-Kelley
Gow. Hughes
Eveland
John Mowry
Marshalltown
Senate
Robert” Righer
New Hampton
Andrew Frommell
Dubuque
Hughes
Mowry
Biennial Budget Falls Short of Hughes Request
The Town Legislature approved a 206.8 million dollar biennial budget for state operations for the next two years in its 1963 session. It exceeds the 199.8 million level from 1939 but remains well below Gov. Hatfield’s proposed 20? million. Legislative fiscal director Duane Witker presented the estimate. Major line items include 30 million for Board of Regents institutions, 24 million for state departments, 22.5 million for institutions under the Board of Central, 19 million in general state aid to schools, and 11.25 million for agricultural land tax credit. Additional sums cover social welfare, capital improvements, school subsidies, transport, and the State Conservation Commission.
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Harold Flightes
William Schorle
R Denderson
Vern Lish
Cla Iida
State Boardh of Regents
Centrol
State Conservation Commission
GOP policy statement enacted major points in Des Moines
Iowa Republicans report that 12 of 13 points in a pre session GOP policy, drafted before convening, were enacted into law except the ax relating measure. The package included reapportionment action, a Dec 3 special election, liquor debate on floors, Kerr Mills aged aid, highway budget control, 40 million annually for highway commission, brucellosis eradication, home rule for cities, increased workers compensation and unemployment benefits, utility rate regulation, new criminal and supreme court judge selection system, $1 million operating funds plus 8 million capital for Regents, industrial development aid, partial tax relief measures, anti discrimination for religion origin, and updates to wills laws.
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Des Moines
Kerr-Mills
State Highway Commission
Hughes
Don Barry
Danbury
Towa
Iowa Commerce Commission
Crimves Court
Supreme Court
State Board of Regents
Two Men to Receive Interim Appointments in Des Moines
Gov. Harold Hughes announced plans to appoint Democrats Robert Barry of Danbury to the Town Highway Commission and Corbin Crawford of Ainsworth to the State Board of Control. He said there was no question he would make the interim appointments.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Robert Barry
Danbury
Town, Highway Commission
Corbin Crawford
Ainsworth
State Board
of Control
Woman in Sun Suit Robs Davenport Service Station
A young woman wearing a blue sunsuit entered Davenport service station early, produced a double barreled pistol, demanded receipts from owner Ken Taylor, and escaped on foot after taking about 79 dollars. Taylor told police the suspect forced him to lie on the floor for five minutes.
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Davenport
Gay
Ken Taylor
Taylor
Havana Barracks incident shocks Cuban border region
A commando unit rammed a militia barracks near Havana to mark Cuba’s independence day. An exile spokesman says the underground resistance tore raised an anti Castro flag before fleeing. An undetermined number of militiamen were reported fatally hurt in the predawn raid.
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Carazas
Venezuela
Ram
Cuba
Mavana
Segundino Alvarez
Casivo
Cooper Takes Rest After Cape Welcome In Cocoa Beach
Astronaut Gordon Cooper plans a day of rest after his 22 orbit Mercury flight. He questioned whether Mercury missions end, with NASA official Seamans saying unlikely another manned Mercury flight soon. Cooper will receive NASA Distinguished Service Medal from Kennedy and attend a joint session of Congress before a ticker tape parade in New York, while his Cocoa Beach welcome drew massive crowds along a 34 mile stretch as his wife Trudy and daughters Camala and Janila watched.
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Neiws
Cooper
Robert C. Seamans
Navnal Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seamans
Mercury
Huck Finn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kennedy
White House
Rose Garden
Congress
New York
Cocoa Beach
Gerda
Lacy
Trudy
Camala
Janila
Sharp Lines Define Presbyterians Clash Over Church State
A United Presbyterian report sketches sharp lines between church and state in a debate shaping American life. It opposes Bible readings in public schools and religious displays on public property, says a candidate’s faith should not determine fitness for office, critiques church tax exemptions, and supports tax funded welfare services over direct aid to parochial schools.
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Des Moines
John Calvin
Geneva
United Presbyterian General Assembly
TeCalls
Tree Society
Birmingham Probes Theft Of Dynamite
Birmingham authorities investigate the theft of roughly 100 pounds of dynamite days before May 1 bombings that touched off racial unrest nationwide. Sheriff Melvin Bailey said two cases were stolen from a storage house. An uneasy calm held. 1,300 officers and 3,000 federal troops were on standby, while Gov. Wallace sought to block federal action.
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Birmingham
Melvin Bailey
Bailey
Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Muscle Shoals
North
Tennessee Valley Authority
Huntsville
Bomb Threats Prompt Tight Security at Ottawa NATO Talks
Anonymous letters warning of explosions at hotels housing NATO delegates, including US Secretary of State Rusk and Foreign Ministers Home and Couve de Murville, stir security in Ottawa as FLQ claims past bombings in Quebec and ministers arrive for the NATO ministerial meeting.
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FLQ
Quebec Liberation Front
Quebec
Two Birmingham Cases Included in Decision
The Supreme Court overturned convictions in five major sit in cases including two from Birmingham Alabama. Justice Harlan concurred in part and dissented in part with the majority. The opinion questioned state action and criticized an area price method for natural gas set by the FPC affecting Philips Petroleum Co. in Barnesville Oklahoma.
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Birmingham
Washington
Supreme Court
Durham
N. C
New Orleans
Greenville
D. C
Ala
Justice Harlan
FPC
Philips Petroleum Co
Barnesville
Okla
U.S. Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
High Tribunal
Wisconsin
California
New York
Refuse to Speed Barnett Hearing in Desegregation Protests
The Supreme Court today refused to accelerate a hearing in Gov. Ross Barnett's criminal contempt appeal. Barnett seeks a jury trial in the contempt case tied to desegregation protests over lunch counters in the South. Chief Justice Warren's opinions were issued separately in Greenville and Birmingham cases, noting discreet treatment and results.
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Washington
Ross KR. Baronett
Sippi
Harlan
Warren A
Greenville
Birmingham
South
Power Commission Plan Is Sustained
The Supreme Court upheld the Federal Power Commission plan to use its regulatory authority. The ruling affirms continued government oversight of power generation and distribution under the commission’s framework.
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Power Commission
Federal Power Commission
U S Demands Agreed to On Tariffs
At the GATT conference six European Common Market nations and the United States moved toward tariff cuts. West Germany channeled credit to a new automatic adjustment formula for tariff gaps while France and others signaled readiness to bargain. The 73 nation talks paused as sides jockeyed positions with a special evening session planned.
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Geneva
United States
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Hans Shaliner
Switzerland
Body of Man Found At Gravel Pit Near City Limits
Unidentified man about 70 years old was found dead near a gravel pit beyond the city limits. He wore overalls and an overall jacket with shoes but no socks. The body, possibly dead for days, was discovered by Bobby Borden and wife of Davenport during fishing. Authorities and the medical examiner were called to the scene. the body to be taken to Wittich funeral home.
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Stewart Road
Bobby. Borden
Davenport
Borden
Richard Opelt
W. Swayze
George M. Wittichunera
One Hurt in Keola Bulk Plant Fire
A gasoline storage plant fire at Keola bulk plant burned John White of Troy, 26, while unloading gasoline into a tank. He sustained burns to the head and face and was taken to University Hospitals in Iowa City for treatment. The cause of the fire was determined promptly.
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Keola —H
Sansport
John White
Troy
University Hospitals
Iowa City
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