Farm Bureau head urges equitable Iowa property tax reform
Iowa Farm Bureau President Dean Kleckner urged lawmakers to base agricultural property assessments on land productivity with a near current capitalization rate and to limit annual valuation increases. He urged reducing reliance on property taxes for school funding and called for coordinated county land use plans with state guidelines.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Dean Kleckner
Iowa
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Kleckner
State Land Use Commission
Pork prices may fall this year says pork council official
Des Moines report cites National Pork Producers Council spokesman Ron Jenkins noting rising production should lower prices to housewives. He forecasts a 10 to 20 cent drop per package by next fall amid 40 percent higher slaughter and concerns over pseudorabies spreading in the area.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ron Jenkins
National Pork Producers Council
Jenkins
Judge presses truth on Hughes will tale in Mormon case
In Las Vegas Probate Court Judge Keith Hayes clashes with Melvin Dummar over the origin of the disputed Hughes will. Dummar maintains a mysterious stranger left the document at his Willard Utah gas station while the judge accuses him of perjury and lies despite Dummar's insistence he delivered the will to Mormon headquarters and had no part in its creation.
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Nev
UPI
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Howard Hughes
Keith Hayes
Nevada State
Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake City
Willard
Hughes
Harkin criticizes Talmadge farm bill proposals
Rep. Tom Harkin of Iowa says the four year federal farm program expires this year and the Talmadge farm bill is not a realistic solution. He argues the measure fails to address conservation and other core farm problems.
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Washington
UPI
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Talmadge
Harkin
Congress
U.S
Carter's Goal on Employment Sparks Congressional Debate
President Carter seeks to cut unemployment by about 1.5 percentage points this year through a $30 billion stimulus combining tax cuts and job programs. Critics say the goal is optimistic or too modest, while supporters push for faster action. AFL-CIO backs larger job programs.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Carter
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Joint Economic Committee
House Budget Committee
Alice Rivlin
Congressional Budget Office
Afl-Cio
Robert Leggett
Market basket cost edges up to 36.44 weekly in 1976
Washington reports the average weekly cost of a market basket of about 60 farm produced foods for a 3.2 person household rose to 36.44 dollars in 1976. The preliminary Agriculture Department estimate shows a 1 percent rise over 1975, the smallest annual increase since the price gains began. The series tracks yearly changes after rises of 7.2 percent in 1975, 13.9 percent in 1974, and 17.3 percent in 1973.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
A. J. Smith Dies After Illness In 1977
A. J. Doc Smith 78 of Emmetsburg and former Harper resident died Tuesday morning January 25 1977 at Palo Alto County Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral at St Mary's Emmetsburg Thursday 10:30 am visitation Friday at St Elizabeth Harper. Burial St Elizabeth Cemetery. Survivors include Cecilia Daniels wife two daughters Joan Martin and Jean Gaertner two granddaughters sister-in-law Mrs Gerald Duncan and an infant daughter Mary is deceased.
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Doc) Smith
Emmetsburg
Harper
Palo Alto County Hospital
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth’s Cemetery
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