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Texpler Barch
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City budget fiction and the mock figures behind town spending
The city budget is criticized as fiction not fact with unused balances and inflated fund figures. Expenditures and fund balances are seen as paper estimates to shield tax needs, while true costs and carryovers reveal a misleading financial picture for taxpayers and officials.
Looking Around This Week Column and Local Notes
A mixed column describes a new regional opinion feature by John Breyton on local affairs, church news segment, and remarks on fall colors and school opening. It mentions principal change at Sumner Senior High with Ken Williams succeeding Hollie Hunt, a shaggy bear joke, and honors for Kenneth Bahimann for saving a child in Waverly.
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Hollie Hunt
Asanay
Sumner
Ken Williams
Hunt
Shaggy Dog
Shaggy Bear
Mama Bear
Papa Bear
Bear
Baby Bear
Iowa Shifts Toward $80 Million Unencumbered Balance as Growth Surges
State Comptroller Marvin Selden Jr. projects an $80 million unencumbered balance in the treasury by June 30, 1967, about $50 million above last year’s forecast. Gov. Harold Hughes cites growth from income and sales taxes, and argues for keeping funds in state accounts rather than issuing early refunds. GOP candidates Beck and Murray clash over refunds and tax policy as audit and highway appointments shape the political landscape.
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Marvin Selden, Jr
Selden
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Towa
Dole
GOP
Robert Beck
Centerville
William Murray
Ames
Murray
Iowa State University
Beck
No misappropriation in firings say state officials
Gov. Hughes as chair of the executive council stated there was no misappropriation of state property or wrongdoing in firings and criticized the department as poorly managed. An audit noted lack of orderly delegation of authority and supervision of staff. County auditors were told state funds will cover about 40 percent of farm land property taxes next year, with an estimated 38 million needed to pay credits in full. Fish kills prompt reports to conservation officers. five kills reported this year with 48,250 fish lost so far, mainly from farming runoff and related industries.
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Lore Worthington
Polk County
Justice of the Peace
J.P
Talk County
Hiways
Bangor
Maine
Iowa State Highway Commission
Joseph Richard Coupal, Jr
Coupal
International
Bradley
Iowa
State Executive Council
Department of Buildings
HE. Montgomery
Marton
Hughes
Executive Council
Lorne Worthington
AG Land
State Conservation Commission
Des Moines
Towa
Coralville
Notes on Conservation and Pilot Knob Park clash
A Iowa reader recalls a 1960s debate over Pilot Knob State Park near Mason City where ski development was opposed by naturalists. Biologists and groups like the Izaak Walton League urged preserving the sundew habitat, delaying decisions as recreationists pressed for improvements. Woodbine and Plainfield toast centennials in a closing note.
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Towa
Pilot Knob
Mason City
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
John Brayton
Babson on town growth and prosperity in postwar America
Babson Park Mass August 1. The growth of America since World War II shows up in population rise and migration from farms to cities and outer suburbs. Small towns prosper when needs are real and met, especially county seats college towns and government or service centers.
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Time News From The Files Of Sumner Area
More than 1200 Sumner Community School District students will register for the 1863 60 school year on Wednesday Aug 25 per Superintendent M M Rogers. Card inal Lanes in Oelwein to open today Aug 18 by new operators Don Speed. St John American Lutheran Buck Creek marked 90th anniversary with full church. Miss Renee Lang and James Dierks wed Aug 8 at Hope Lutheran. Repair on Buck Creek road completed. Sharon Thomas named regional Queen of the Furrow contestant for Aug 21 at West Union. Bernard E Buhr Holstein herd had seven calves in 24 hours on Aug 1. Meadowbrook Country Club Invitational golf starts week. Daniel Paul baptized at Evangelical and Reformed. Silver wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Sell Aug 12. Marian Buhr wed Reese Gibbs Aug 12. Walter Bodermann to Mercy hospital for appendicitis operation. Ambrose D Allen, 92, longtime resident, dies. Sumner Garden Club flower show at Legion Hall. Griffin farm barn struck by lightning, destroyed. Herman Hay had appendicitis operation in New Hampton. Mrs Bertha Meyer visiting with daughter. Amel Gaede mourns death of two year old Merlin Meyerhoft. Lawn party for S F Fiester of Washington DC hosted by Fiester/Durant. Pred Thies graduates Waterloo Business College. Conrad Haag family returns from Des Moines. H B Lease to Montana trip. Elmer to harvest help. Wesley Dawson ill with appendix abscess nearing operation.
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Sumner Community
M. M. Rogers
Don Speed
Oelwein
Cardinal Lanes
St. John American Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
Renee Lang
James Dierks
Hope Lutheran Church
Sharon Thomas
Sumner
Bremer County
West Union
Bernard E. Buhr
Meadowbrook
Daniel Paul
Alfred Gloede
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Reinhardt
Frederick Sell
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Marian Bubr
August Buhr
Reese L. Gibbs
Rae Gibbs
Elgin
Walter Bodermann
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Ambrose D. Allen
Sumner Garden Club
Legion Hall
Griffin
Pinhook
Clyde McConkey
Herman Hay
New Hampton Hospital
Bertha Meyer
Clarence Bodermann
Amel Gaede
Merlin
Clarence Meyerhoft
Oran
James G. Fiester
Thos. J. Durant
S. F. Fiester
Washington, D.C
Durant
S. Pred Thies
Waterloo Business College
Conrad Haag
Mae
Leota
Pinnow
Des Moines
H. B. Lease
Intake
Mont
Elmer
Lease
Wesley Dawson
Sam Dawson
Poet and civic notes feature Sumner poet in Gazette
The Sumner Gazette runs a weekly feature on Lillian Dirksen a renowned Sumner poet who serves as Midwest poet laureate for Chaparrel Poetry Society. The page includes poetry Linda at her Window and a discussion of local culture and growth in small towns focusing on geography fiscal health and the case for regional cooperation.
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Lillian Dirksen
Sumner
Midwest
Chaparrel Poetry Society
Sumner Gazette
Local antique sale draws out-of-town bidders at Alma's
The Innocent Bystander notes Alma's sale drew many out of town bidders while locals struggled to compete. A Mount Vernon tour reveals early American furnishings as two women admire rooms. The column plugs Mulehide Roofs from Heyers Lumber Yard and wittily comments on taxes wives and offspring as wealth distribution forces.
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Alma
Mount Vernon
Grace
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