Iowa Property Tax Reform Shifts Burden In 1970s Revenue Report
Iowa faced higher property tax burdens than the national average with 11.4 percent more in 1975, ranking 15th in property tax emphasis while overall state and local tax burden placed the state 18th. The report notes a shift toward income and sales taxes, a rise in reliance on income taxes, and increased regional tax equity efforts alongside ongoing investigations into local theft and a decomposed body identified in Missouri.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Department of Revenue
Revenue Department
Drop plan for agency merger in Iowa
Iowa lawmakers say plans to merge three minority rights agencies into one commission are dropped for this session though not completely abandoned. A subcommittee will study the idea and may propose a long term reorganization while backlogs at the Civil Rights Commission become a focal point.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lowa
Thomas Gillon
D-Epworth
Gillon
Fred Nolting
D-Waterloo
Nolting
Civil Rights Commission
Commission On the Status of
Commission
Thomas Mann
County sales tax bill clears first hurdle in Iowa
A proposal to let counties impose a 1 percent local option sales tax won initial approval from a House subcommittee and will move to the House Cities Committee and the Ways and Means Committee. The plan aims to reduce property taxes by boosting county revenue. Governor Ray has a similar plan allowing cities to act if counties do not adopt the tax.
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Des Moines
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robert D Ray
Uganda Denies American Hostages Amid Cuban Involvement
Uganda and Radio Uganda refute U.S. hostages claims as Amin defies Americans barred from leaving by summoning them to a Kampala meeting. Reports from Nairobi say up to 1,000 Cuban troops are in Uganda with a Cuban delegation arriving to discuss military support amid coup plot fears. Washington officials, including Carter and Vance, monitor the crisis as Uganda’s border closure and forced meeting provoke international concern.
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Uganda
United States Today
Radio Uganda
U.S
United States
Kenya
Kampala
Amin
Cuba
Washington
Carter
Radio
Uganda Airlines
Cyrus Vance
U.N
Andrew Young
White House
Jody Powell
Nairobi
Janan Luwum
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kalona attorney pleads guilty in eight tax evasion counts
Lawrence B. Griffiths a 42 year old Kalona attorney pleads guilty to eight state income tax evasion indictments. Judge Ira F Morrison imposes a total fine of 4000 dollars. Griffiths has paid back taxes and penalties totaling about 4800 and 1200 respectively. Possible suspension or disbarment of his Iowa law license remains possible under Iowa Supreme Court authority. Other district court actions involve Ralph C. Sistern Raymond D. Cline Mark Stratton Dwight Snow and Paul Smith with various sentences and pleas. Weather mostly cloudy with snow late in the day then clearing Sunday with highs in the mid 30s.
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Evening Journal
Lawrence B. Griffiths
Kalona
Ira F. Morrison
Griffiths
Morrison
Richard Bordwell
Bordwell
Iowa Department of Revenue
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Ralph C. Sistern
Brighton
Raymond D. Cline
Mark Stratton
Dwight Snow
Iowa City
Paul Smith
Columbus Junction
Smith
Eastern floods drive evacuations as West sees drought relief
Flooding along Cowanesque Creek in Pennsylvania forced the Lawrenceville Fire Department to abandon its HQ and evacuated about 200 residents while a 15 foot ice wall disrupted a Sinnemahoning bridge. Police helicopters tracked an eight mile long ice stretch toward the Susquehanna. Sunset Bay New York and Lodi New Jersey faced widespread evacuations from Creek and Saddle River floods. Meanwhile Colorado’s Easter snows revived ski season as Vail reported fresh 15-20 inches of snow.
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Pennsylvania
Lawrenceville
Pine Creek
Susquehanna River
Sunset Bay
N.Y
Lodi
N.J
Main Street
Saddle River
Pam Conklin
Vail
Gerald Ford
Walsenburg
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