Democratic spending worries shadow 1976 Iowa session
DES MOINES UPI Republican leaders warn that Democratic budget plans may trigger tax increases and strain Iowa’s general fund. They vow to oppose unnecessary spending and push for sensible limits as the 1976 legislative session opens. A separate UPI report notes Iowa business leaders foresee economic revival and lower unemployment with rising sales in farm equipment and consumer durable goods.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Senate
Clif Lamborn
Maquoketa
House
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Iowa Property Tax Debate Looms Over 1976 Assembly
Des Moines report notes final meeting of a legislative study committee on property taxes with broad consensus that the issue will dominate the 1976 General Assembly. The panel offered no formal endorsements to tax proposals and prepares a report for the legislative council.
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Des Moines
UPI
General Assembly
Legislative Council
Iowa
Gerald Bair
Free funerals offered as holiday gift in Sacramento
Mount Vernon Mortuary in Sacramento offers free $475 funerals as holiday gifts for next of kin of Sacramento-Roseville residents dying before midnight December 31. The program, now in its second year, includes a cloth covered casket and professional services and is advertised locally. Exclusions apply for cemetery plots taxes clergyman honorarium and travel beyond 20 miles.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Mount Vernon Mortuary
Dale Chaffin
Sacramento-Roseville Area
Chaffin
Weather outlook with cold temperatures and winds
The forecast calls for clear skies and very cold conditions tonight and Wednesday. Lows near 5 above, highs Wednesday in the upper teens, with northwest winds increasing to around 10 mph this afternoon and tonight.
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Douayana
Washington County to hear 1976 grand jury names
The Evening Journal lists 12 jurors chosen to serve starting Jan 1 1976. Named are Clair Bailey Eva Buster James J Cuddeback Mary Freese Edith Goff Robert Miksch Gladys Mouser Carolyn McClure Donald Pearl Mrs R L Robertson Barbara Shalla Becky Swartzendruber. The grand jury probes criminal cases inspects records and reports to the county attorney.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington County
Robert L. Riley
Clair Bailey
Kalona
Eva Buster
Ainsworth
James J. Cuddeback
Washington
Mary Freese
Wellman
Edith Goff
Robert Miksch
Gladys Mouser
Carolyn McClure
Riverside
Donald Pearl
Iowa DOT cool on proposed Amtrak route plans
A Iowa rail group spokesman says the state DOT will likely not back an experimental Amtrak route through Iowa. DOT officials discussed the plan at a commission meeting, with the final report on Iowa rail transportation due later. Western Association of Railroad Passengers urged support for a Chicago to West Coast line, noting other states back the plan but Iowa appears reluctant.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
State Department of Transportation
Amtrak
DOT Commission
DOT
Les Holland
Richard Hoffman
William Keith
Western Association of Railroad Passengers
Chicago
West Coast
Keith
Victor Preisser
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Nevada
California
Church targets CIA assassination plots reform bill
Sen. Frank Church announces plans to introduce criminal sanctions against officials involved in assassination schemes by the CIA. After 11 months of hearings the Church committee winds up with recommendations to curb intelligence abuses. One scheme involved two underworld figures hired to kill Fidel Castro, but the effort collapsed.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Church
CIA
Idaho
Fidel Castro
Iowa proposes 20 percent rollback on property valuations plan
A legislative study panel approved a plan to roll back Iowa property tax valuations by 20 percent for one year and tax 80 percent of property values locally. The measure aims to offset the Revenue Department's equalization order while adding budget review boards for emergencies and facing quick March budget deadlines.
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VES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Department of Revenue
Gerald Bair
Bair
George Kinley
Des Moines
Senate
Kinley
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Lowell Norland
Kensett
Rodgers
Norland
Black Hawk
Dubuque
Jasper
Clinton
Polk, Lee
McCarthy Moves to Block Federal Election Funds
Independent candidate Eugene McCarthy plans to file a suit to stop the Treasury from releasing the first 1 million dollars in federal campaign funds for presidential candidates. The action follows the Supreme Court's silence on the election reform act and ahead of estimated FEC-certified candidates.
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Washington
UPI
Eugene McCarthy
Treasury
Supreme Court
McCarthy
Federal Election Commission
FEC
High Court
Industrial output rises 0.2 percent in November
The Federal Reserve reports a 0.2 percent gain in industrial production for November, marking the seventh straight monthly rise but the smallest since the upturn began last May. The index sits 6.3 percent above its April low, signaling cautious economic recovery.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Senator Church questions Bush CIA independence
Senator Church D Idaho told the Senate panel Bush cannot separation of politics from CIA duties amid his partisan background. He warned that promising higher political office could bias the director while handling sensitive tasks and noted Bush’s Republican Party leadership. Bush testified he has no VP ambitions but did not rule out a future run with Ford.
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Washington
UPI
Frank Church
D- Idaho
George Bush
CIA
Church
Senate Armed Services Committee
Bush
Ford
Senate Intelligence Committee
Talks Continue in Washington Community School District
Negotiators for the Washington Education Association and district management press on with private contract talks for teachers in Iowa’s Washington Community School District. Sessions are held weekly to biweekly in a frank, friendly atmosphere as the parties seek a settlement by March 15 to aid budgeting for the July 1 1976 start.
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Evening Journal
Washington Community
Iowa
Washington Education Association
WEA
Soper
Soucek
Brake lines cut on Dubuque school buses
In Dubuque Iowa vandals severed brake lines on two Holy Ghost School buses prompting a $200 reward. Officials say a driver narrowly avoided a disaster when tests revealed the malfunction and police began an investigation.
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Dubuque
Iowa
UPI
Acneor
Joseph Wiederhold
Wiederhold
Holy Ghost
Gerald Finzel
Finzel
Kissinger Urges Oil Nations to Help Developing Countries
Secretary of State Kissinger told a North South conference that oil producers have a collective obligation to aid developing nations. He said the United States cannot bear all balance of payments burdens alone and urged a joint program with industrialized and oil producing countries to act immediately. Giscard opened the energy conference and urged bloc dialogue without confrontation.
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Rani
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Kissinger
U.S
Organization of Petroleum
United Nations
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Giscard d’Estaing
Judge orders release of Spiro Agnew documents within a week
U S district court judge demands the Justice Department disclose all materials related to Spiro Agnew's tax evasion plea under FOIA within seven days or risk contempt sanctions. Two law students seek access to investigation records. only a 40 page presentment has been released so far. The case ties to ongoing corruption probes and Marvin Mandel's 22 count indictment.
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Washington
UPL
Justice Department
Spiro Agnew
June L. Green
Agnew
Jervis Finney
U.S
Maryland
Roy Baldwin
Bruce Feder
Spiro T. Agnew
Nolo
Finney
Marvin Mandel
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James Lloyd
Richard Wiley
Richard Gipple
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