Iowa lawmakers mull special session to study tax changes
Iowa legislators propose a late 1954 or 1955 special session to overhaul the state tax structure. The tax commission urges a comprehensive review of revenue needs and methods while governors resist extra sessions due to cost and political risk.
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Robert Hogan
Iowa Daily Press
DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Commission
Leo Hoegh
Hoegh
Leah
Bethlehem Visit Described by Shepherds
The shepherds, after the angels departed, hurried to Bethlehem to see Mary Joseph and the newborn Jesus in a manger. The event was proclaimed by the Lord and fulfilled as they found the holy family in the stable.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Three Die in Iowa Weekend Accidents
Three people died in Iowa over the weekend from accidents. A Rockwell City couple perished after a two car crash near Rockwell City, while their son and daughter in law remained hospitalized. A Fort Dodge woman died in a rollover near Ogden, and a Sioux City man was killed by a train at the Great Northern yards.
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Iowa
Jacob Fischer Sr
Rockwell City
Lake City
Charles Wilson
Ruth Tonsfeldt
Fort Dodge
Ogden
Virgie Tonsfeldt
Dave Beaulieu
Tonsfeldt
Miss Tonsfeldt
William Sigil
Sioux City
Great Northern Railroad
Sigil
Rate Your Town Survey Finds Adequate School Space Now
The Rate Your Town quiz funded by the YWCA and local groups shows Washington schools have enough room for current students. Enrollment may rise in five years requiring extra space at the junior high, though the high school appears able to handle projected growth.
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Washington
Ywca Public Affairs Committee
Stewart Pupils Stage Christmas Story Play
Stewart school pupils presented the annual Christmas program to a capacity crowd in the auditorium. Phyllis Brown read the Christmas story as matron of an orphans home while five scenes depicted the orphans imaginings. Carolers from grades one through six performed between scenes and solos and a trio highlighted the program directed by Miss Cora Bailey.
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Stewart School
Phyllis Brown
Rhythm Bank
Louise Rouse
Susan Daering
Mary
Ronnie Miller
Joseph
Sharon Lowry
Angels
Steven Longfellow
John Goodlander
LaVerne Zieglowsky
The
Kings
Roy Longfellow
Phil Ahrens
Logan Heilman
Paul Mimms
Richard Stout
Shepherds
All Ye
C. R. McCutchen
Merlin Hagie
Lynn Blanchard
Dickie Warren
Rita Simons
Roma Simons
Mary Lou O'Brian
Janet Gardner
Cora Bailey
Music Department
Joan Hall
Shirley Brown
Ellen Fagen
Geraldine Day
Anne Dixon
Zelma Baker
Stewart
The Barn Owl Valorized for Rodent Control
The barn owl is valued for its rodent consumption as a valuable bird of prey. It is rarely seen during daylight hours.
Icy Streets Cited In Minor Oil Truck Car Crash
Slick streets after a recent snowfall caused a minor collision at South Fourth avenue and East Harrison street. Oil truck driven by Glen L. Wilson sustained $25 damage and car driven by Dale F. Goff sustained $350 damage with no injuries.
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South Fourth Avenue
East Harrison Street
Glen L. Wilson
Dale FE. Goff
Weekend Snows Boost Traffic Toll Across States
Weekend snows made highways slick fueling numerous accidents. Illinois reported 17 deaths the worst toll in the nation. Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan saw 5 to 10 inch depths while others had 1 to 2 inches. South Bend Indiana logged 15 inches. Florida Temperatures fell to 26 in Tallahassee as Pacific air kept Los Angeles at 61 and Seattle at 39.
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Florida
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Midwest
South Bend
Ind
Tallahassee
Fla
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Wash
UN Secretary May Confer With British On Airmen Release
Dag Hammarskjold may meet with British and Indian diplomats before Peiping talks to win freedom for 11 American airmen. He met with China’s Gen. Keng Piao and will travel to New York after tonight’s Sweden Academy seat handover.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Hammarskjold
Keng Piao
New York
Swedish Academy
Hjalmar Hammarskjold
China
Chou En-Lai
Communist
Young Iowa student predicts Midwest cataclysms Tuesday
In Washington Iowa UP reports university junior Darold Powers 19 plans to rise at 5 am Tuesday to monitor radio news for any natural disasters while citing messages from another planet sent by Dr. Charles Laughead. Powers warns of an adverse effect on belief in flying saucers if no events occur.
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Washington, Iowa
Onr University
Charles Laughead
Lowan
Michigan State College
Powers
Clarence
Maquoketa
Ray Duermann
Washington Public Students Begin Christmas Vacation
Students in Washington public schools will be dismissed Wednesday afternoon December 22 for the annual Christmas break. They return Monday January 3. Only scheduled activity during the holiday is a basketball game at Muscatine on December 28.
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Washington
Muscatine
Local stores open evenings for Christmas shopping
Washington stores will stay open until 9 pm this week from Monday to Thursday for shopper convenience. On Christmas Eve Friday they close at the usual afternoon hour, and during the first four days of the week the stores will not close for the supper hour remaining open continuously until 9 pm.
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Washington
Bob Swift Named New Deputy Sheriff in Washington County
Charles Snyder selects Bob Swift as deputy sheriff to begin January 1 1955. Lloyd Robertson moves to clerk of district court succeeding R R Noonan. Robertson plans to keep Mrs Marietta Workman as deputy clerk. Howard Benn to finish as county board chairman but will return as member January 1. Board to meet January 3 to elect a new chairman and reorganize.
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Bob Swift
Charles Snyder
Washington County
Snyder
Lloyd Robertson
Robertson
R. R. Noonan
Mr. Swift
Cox Motor Company
Marietta Workman
Workman
Noonan
Court House
Howard Benn
County Board of Supervisors
Benn
Charles Ashby
Lloyd Walker
Graveside Rites Today For Infant Brenda Curl
Infant Brenda Sue Curl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard K. Curl had graveside rites at 9 30 a m in Elm Grove cemetery. She was born Sunday and is survived by two brothers and two sisters along with her grandmother Mrs Mary Curl. Rev C P Brenner led the service. Jones funeral home handled arrangements.
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Brenda Sue Curl
Howard K. Curl
Elm Grove Cemetery
Brenda Sue
Ann Marie Lynn
Howard Jr
Raymond
Judy
Marcia
Mary Curl
C. P. Brenner
Jones Funeral Home
Jury Begins Fourth Day On Case of Dr. Sheppard
Seven men and five women started a fourth day of deliberations in the Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard murder case in Cleveland. Judge Blythin anticipated a verdict today and noted the jurors would be paid only if a decision is reached, prompting a wag to joke about delayed pay until a verdict.
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Sheppard
Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Common Pleas
Edward Blythin
Blythin
Criminal Courts
Sam Sheppard
Criminal Court
International Soundphoto
Seven seven baby born in Topeka weighs seven seven
Seven pounds seven ounces. The Edgar Deans welcomed a baby daughter at 7:07 p.m. on the seventh. The seven seven coincidence marks the birth in Topeka Kansas reported by United Press.
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Topeka
Kan
Edgar Dean
Mendes-France Wins Crucial Confidence Vote in Parliament
Premier Pierre Mendes-France secured a 310 to 172 confidence victory in the French National Assembly. The outcome clears the way for debate on rearmament of West Germany within NATO and the Anglo-French plan, with lingering stakes in Indochina budget approval and Western Europe security.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Western Europe
Indochina
NATO
France
London
West Germany
Britain
Popular Republican Party
MRP
International television near, Sarnoff predicts
Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, chairman of the Radio Corp. of America, said international television is not far away and bound to be achieved in television as it was in radio, in a Sunday statement on the electronics industry's outlook.
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New York
David Sarnoff
Radio Corp. of America
Sarnoff
Two Men Die in $10 Million Stickney Plant Blast
A Commonwealth Edison generating unit exploded at the six story Stickney plant late Sunday night. Engineers fed steam into the unit when a 100000 kilowatt generating unit blew, killing Clarence T. Jorgensen and George A. Thorsen and injuring William Griess hammer and William O. Nicholl.
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Chicago
Commonwealth Edison
Stickney
Clarence T. Jorgensen
Evergreen Park
Ill
George A. Thorsen
Oak Lawn
William Griesshammer
Brookfield
William O. Nicholl
Palos Park
Hunters Build Sandbag Dam To Save Blind At Platte
A group of duck hunters in Holdrege Nebraska created a makeshift dam using sand bags after a channel shift left their river blind dry. They redirected the water to flow past the blind, allowing continued use of the site.
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Holdrege
Platte River
Disgruntled Iowa Democrats clash over leadership dispute
Neal Smith, national president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America, demands a meeting of the Iowa Democratic state Central Committee to depose Chairman Jake More. He attacks Clyde Herring and More for past election losses while defending his own role and actions.
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Des Moines
Neal EB. Smith
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Democratic State Central Committee
Jake More
Smith
United Press
State Central Committee
Clyde E. Herring
Herring
United Press Today
Iowa
Clyde Herring
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Neal Smith
State
Democratic Party
Minnesota
Pennesylvania
Maine
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Iowa High Way Commission
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