Iowa Senate Aims to Standardize Property Values
A Iowa Senate subcommittee led by Sen Joseph Cassidy begins work on redefining actual value for tax purposes to create uniformity across real estate and personal property. Sen David Stanley proposes market value as of Jan 1 with 27 percent applied for assessed value, potentially boosting bonding capacity for local governments and schools.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Joseph Cassidy
D - Walcott
Iowa
Cassidy
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Sen
David Stanley
R - Muscatine
Stanley
Iowa Tax Commission
Bomb explodes outside Turkish Embassy in Washington
A home made bomb exploded about 40 feet behind the Turkish Embassy around 3 30 a m EST. Authorities found powder burns in the street as police confirmed the incident eight hours before President Sunay was due to arrive for a state visit. Officials declined further comment.
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Washington
UPI
Cevdet Sunay
State Department
Parsons student burned in Fairfield home explosion
Iowa City Iowa UPI reports Parsons College student Robert Gunther twenty was seriously burned by a hot water heater explosion in his Fairfield basement Sunday The blast bulged a wall and Gunther was moved from Fairfield Hospital to University Hospitals His wife was on the second level and unharmed
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Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Parsons College
University Hospitals
Fairfield
Robert Gunther
Gunther
Fairfield Hospital
New York Adopts First State Lottery in June
Albany N Y UPI New York state approved a monthly lottery expected to raise about 165 million dollars annually for education with a top prize of 100000 dollars Tickets will go on sale in June and draws begin in July Each ticket may cost 1 or 2 dollars with proceeds allocated to prizes administration and education Lottery rules use a random horse race to determine the winning ticket with winners drawn from a fishbowl and matched to the race horses The measure passed 52 to 4 in the Senate and 120 to 25 in the Assembly}
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UPI
New York State
New York
New Hampshire
State Department of Taxes
Western Union
Senate
Assembly
Witness under arrest in Garrison probe fraud claim
A material witness in Jim Garrison’s JFK investigation, Gordon Novel, was arrested in Gahanna Ohio. Extradition to Louisiana may be delayed as Ohio officials note Louisiana is not in the uniform extradition compact. Novel called the probe “the fraud of the century” and awaits possible transfer.
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New Orleans
UPI
Gordon Novel
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Ohio
Louisiana
Novel
Gahanna
Columbus
Garrison
John Melroy
James Rhodes
Staley pledges dairy cow slaughter drive in Iowa
CORNING Iowa UPI The president of the National Farmers Organization says plans are set for a drive today to sell dairy cows for slaughter to permanently crimp the nation milk supply. Oren Lee Staley calls it a holding action and notes slaughtered cows do not give milk.
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Corning, Iowa
UPI
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
Senators urge wider use of airpower in Vietnam
Senate figures urge lifting restrictions on U S airpower after discussions with pilots who attacked North Vietnam. Senator Symington proposes calling combat pilots to testify, while Chairman Stennis backs bombing Haiphong port and MI G 6 bases near Hanoi. He notes MIG bases are central to North Vietnam's defense and have cost the U S. hundreds of planes and fliers.
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UPI
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U.S
Congress
North Vietnam
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
John C. Stennis
Senate Military Preparedness Subcommittee
Johnson
Haiphong
MI6
Hanoi
Symington
Air Force
United States
Denman
Des Moines
Max Reno
Bonapart
John Ely
Cedar Rapids
Gene Glenn
Ottumwa
Shirley
Riley
Gaudineer
John Kibbie
Emmetsburg
Arthur A. Neu Carroll
Donald S. McGill
Melrose
McGill
Kibbie
Neu
Rigler
Napalm ripples in jungle as U S thwarts Viet Cong regiment
U S forces claim a decisive victory in War Zone C near the Cambodian border. F100 Supersabres bombed remnants of the 272nd Viet Cong Regiment while infantry hid behind trees and foxholes. Air and artillery strikes reportedly killed hundreds of guerrillas, with Marines also reporting sniper action and patrols. The 4th Infantry Division meanwhile tallies 491 killed and 2,043 captured suspects in operations across the region.
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Saigon
U.S
272Nd
FAC
Nearly 10 Million Visit Iowa State Parks in 1966
Nearly ten million people visited Iowa state parks last year, breaking the record by over 900,000. The state conservation commission counted 9,918,095 attendees across 57 parks with full-time supervision, led by Lake Macbride with 831,280 visitors and Geode State Park second at 523,600. Lake Manawa fell from 601,205 in 1965 to 437,910 in 1966, and Lake Darling near Brighton drew 228,245.
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State Conservation Commission
Geode State Park
Lake Manawa
Lake Darling State Park
Brighton
Iowa committee grills Dirksen amendment in DEA clash
Iowa lawmakers clash as the committee debates a Dirksen amendment amid a heated DEA policy fight. The political battle lines form for what could be a defining issue as discussions progress in Des Moines.
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DEA Moines
IDPA
Abrams may join Westmoreland in Vietnam swap
Washington reports Gen. Creighton W. Abrams Jr. is favored to replace Gen. William C. Westmoreland in Vietnam with a reshuffle possible within 15 months. Abrams would be Army commander in Vietnam and then Westmoreland could become Army chief. Wheeler would move to NATO Europe and Lemnitzer to active duty at NATO.
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Washington
UPI
Creighton W. Abrams Jr
Army
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Westmoreland
U.S
Abrams
George C. Patton
Bastogne
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
NATO
Belgium
Europe
Lyman Lemnitzer
Wheeler
Supreme Command
Harold K. Johnson
Army Chief of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Iowa Weather Outlook From United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the west and north. Showers possible along the southern border Tuesday afternoon. Lows in the 30s, highs in the 50s to 60s. Wednesday expected partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and little temperature change.
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Iowa
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