Taxes Due in Washington County as June 28 Penalty Looms
Washington County residents must pay first half property and personal taxes at the county treasurer Wallace L. Fagen in the courthouse. A 0.75 percent penalty applies starting June 28. In another update, clerks prepare for July 1 marriage license law changes allowing Iowa licenses at age 18 for both genders with parental consent for girls 16 to 18, while under 18 boys require a court order.
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Washington County
Wallace L. Fagen
Robert Riley
Iowa
Break-ins reported at Kalona and Washington sites
Two break ins were investigated by area peace officers. In Kalona at Farmers Feed Mill a window was forced open and about $38 in coins and cash were stolen from a vending machine and cash register. In Washington Ballou Oil a window was broken and a small amount of change taken from the cash register. Davenport police sought two men who tied up three people during a $10,000 coin theft from Davenport Bus Lines garage.
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Kalona
Washington
Ballou Oil
Iowa Avenue
Davenport
UPI
Davenport Bus Lines
Richard Ostdiek
Collision Kills One at Montezuma and Injures Four Others
A head on crash one mile north of Montezuma left Clarence Pinkerton 23 of New Sharon dead. Four others were hurt: William Bailey 19 of New Sharon, Dennis VerConde 24 of Brooklyn, Ron Jackson 19 of New Sharon, and James R. Taylor 21 of Brooklyn.
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Montezuma
UPI
Clarence Pinkerton
New Sharon
Here
William Bailey
Dennis VerConde
Brooklyn
Pinkerton
Bailey
Ron Jackson
University Hospitals
Town City
Grinnell
VerConde
James R. Taylor
Grinnell Hospital
Judge orders cemetery strike back to work in New York
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge citing an immediate health hazard ordered 1,800 cemetery workers back to work. The 12 day strike halted burials of more than 3,600 bodies across 47 metropolitan area cemeteries, prompting the court action.
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NEW York
UPI
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Conger House Opens Sundays For Summer Tours
The Conger House on East Washington Street will be open Sundays 2 to 5 p.m. through Labor Day weekend with admission 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 12. Michael Kramme named director for the summer openings to coordinate hosts and tours, with group tours on other days priced from ten dollars. Over 1,000 visitors toured June 6 to 10, raising 195 dollars, while the treasury nears black with a 200-dollar mortgage payment due July 1.
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Conger
East Washington Street
Washington County Historical Society Board
Michael Kramme
Conger House
John Owen
Iowa House Approves Personal Property Tax Repeal
Iowa House passes a plan to phase out the personal property tax for farmers merchants and manufacturers amid a marathon 16 hour session. The bill would freeze valuations at 1973 levels and replace the tax with state payments only as growth exceeds 5.5 percent. Opponents warn larger corporations gain and local governments lose revenue. Tax breaks for IBM Younkers Alcoa and Proctor and Gamble cited in handout.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
House
Senate
David Stanley
R - Muscatine
Iowa
Edgar Bittle
R- West
International Business Machines of
Younkers Bros
Alcoa Aluminum
Scott County
Proctor and Gamble
Johnson County
Skylab astronauts land safely after record space mission
Skylab 1 crew Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz return to Earth in the Pacific aboard the USS Ticonderoga after a 28 day 50 minute flight. They set records for space duration and distance while completing the first outside repair on a space station and marking a pivotal step for manned long term space habitation.
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Houston
UPI
Charles “Pete” Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J Weitz
Soyuz 11
Earth
Conrad
James A. Lovell
Uss
Ticonderoga
UPS
Pacific Ocean
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Paul J. Weitz
Space Station
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Pacific
San Diego
Kerwin
Weitz
Blue Mobile Medical Laboratories
Apollo
Charles Ross
Conrad, Kerwin
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Neil Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Skylab
Nixon Brezhnev pledge to avoid nuclear war threats
Nixon and Brezhnev vowed to prevent nuclear conflict and avoid military confrontations. They signed a policy pact committing urgent consultations if risk of nuclear war arises and pledged restraint against force or threats. The leaders announced a third summit and dined at the Soviet Embassy after signing earlier agreements.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
White House
San Clemente
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
Senate
Henry A. Kissinger
Gas supplies grow scarcer in Iowa report says
Bettendorf United Press International reports that fuel supplies for motorists are tightening in Iowa. A survey by the state AAA safety department manager Dan McCarthy found 37 service stations along interstates and major highways reachable this week. Stations visited included Cedar Rapids Burlington Clinton Muscatine Des Moines Ottumwa Marshalltown and others. Local counts show several outlets with depleted stocks.
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Bettendorf
UPI
Iowa
The
American Automobile Association
AAA
Dan McCarthy
Motor Club of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Clinton
Muscatine
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
Wapello
Council Bluffs
Iowa City
Spencer
Fort Dodge
Mediapolis
Walcott
Adel and
Ankeny
Iowa House OKs Vietnam era veteran bonus bill
The Iowa House approved a conference backed plan to give Vietnam era veterans bonuses, sending the measure to the Senate. The compromise provides 12.50 per month outside the continental U.S. and 10 per month for domestic service, with a $500 maximum. Eligible window covers Aug 5 1964 to Jan 27 this year.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Senate
House
Robert D. Ray
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Willis Junker
Sioux City
American Legion
Weather outlook shows a warming trend through Saturday
Continued fair conditions this afternoon through Saturday with a warming trend. Highs this afternoon range from 80 to 85 degrees, with tonight's lows in the upper 50s to around 60. Saturday highs near 90. Northwest winds 8 to 15 mph this afternoon, diminishing to under 10 mph tonight.
Senate backs 5.5 percent Social Security hike in 1974
Senate Finance Committee approved a 5.5 per cent Social Security increase for 28 million recipients, brushing aside Shultz's objections. The panel also endorsed welfare liberalization, reduced aid to the poor, a $268.7 billion fiscal 1974 cap, and a budget control rider, all tied to extending the $465 billion debt ceiling. Nixon faces potential veto and possible House action after a nine day Independence Day recess.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
House
Congress
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Committee
Russell B. Long
D.la
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Wayne Wheeler
Wayne
County Public Health Nurse
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R Wellsburg
Fischer
Senate Finance Committee
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Paul J. Fannin
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