Iowa Tax Reform Rally Seeks Property Tax Relief at Statehouse
About 250 Iowa taxpayers marched on the Des Moines Statehouse to press for tax reform aimed at property tax relief. The event drew lawmakers from both parties, with groups including farmers and seniors urging an ability-to-pay based system and rejecting a sales tax hike.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Statehouse
Iowa Tax Reform Action Coalition
Des Moines Ymca
Boston
John Tapscott
D - Des Moines
Minnette Doderer
D - Iawn City
Record of dismissals and medical mentions across states
Yesterday records show Mrs Harold Blodgett Washington surgical Mrs Ruby Wolf Washington medical Mrs Russell Williams Washington medical Mrs Shelby Robinson Iowa City medical Dismissed Today Mrs Leland Sieren and son Harper Kentucky joined the Union June 1 1792
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Harold Blodgett
Washington, Surgical
Ruby Wolf
Washington, Medical
Russell Williams
Washington
Shelby Robinson
Iowa City
Mrs
Leland Sieren
Burr Oak Women’s Club St Patrick Day Meeting Recap
Mrs Sylvester Sobaski hosted the Burr Oak Women’s Club for St Patrick Day activities. Members kissed the blarney stone shared blarney, wore green outfits and listened to St Patrick facts. Genevieve Fritz and Darlene Widmer won prizes. Winnie Kurtz received a gift for portraying St Patrick. April meeting set at Helen Peiffer’s Washington home.
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Sylvester Sobaski
Burr Oak Women’s Club
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick
Genevieve Fritz
Darlene Widmer
Emerald Isle
Winnie Kurtz
Lori
Lisa Fritz
Gertrude Ragan
Helen Peiffer
Washington
Mina Paulsgrove Dies at 78 in Ottumwa
Mrs. Mina M. Paulsgrove 78 of Ainsworth died unexpectedly Tuesday March 23 at her daughter’s home in Ottumwa. Funeral services are pending. She was born June 25 1892 in Truxton Missouri and married Homer Paulsgrove in 1912. Survivors include daughter Nellie McClellan of Ottumwa and son John H. Paulsgrove of Camp Verde Arizona.
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Mina M. Paulsgrove
Ainsworth
Ottumwa
Mrs. Paulsgrove
Truxton, Mo
Charles
Ruth Green Clark
Truxton
Homer Paulsgrove
Crawfordsville
Paulsgrove
Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Walter
Nellie) McClellan
John H. Paulsgrove
Camp Verde, Ariz
Mid-Prairie votes down relocation classroom proposal
Residents of the Mid-Prairie School district rejected a plan to spend about 56000 from the school house fund to buy relocatable classrooms for Kalona Elementary. Final totals show 430 in favor and 343 against, short by just over four percent of the required 60 percent.
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Mid - Prairie
Kalona
Sinatra to retire from show business in surprise move
Frank Sinatra announced he is quitting show business to write and teach. The 55 year old said he plans more time with family and friends and may write a book. He will perform once more at the Motion Picture Relief Fund Benefit on June 13 in Los Angeles.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Warner Bros
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Los Angeles Music Center
Simmering Couple Welcomes Son Michael Carl
Mrs. Richard Chorpening remains hospitalized in University Hospitals Iowa City after a fall from a horse. Mr and Mrs Ron Simmering of 2323 18th Street Betendorf welcome a son Michael Carl born Tuesday March 23 weighing 6 pounds 3% ounces. A sister named Melissa and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Don Simmering of rural Washington are listed.
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Richard Chorpening
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Ron Simmering
18Th Street
Bettendorf
Michael Carl
Melissa
Don Simmering
Washington
Club weigh-in and officers note changes and tours
Wash-Away Club met with 31 members posting an 18 percent net loss. Virginia Koehler crowned queen, losing five pounds. Newly installed officers include Marlys Dusenbery leader Mary Yoder co leader Leslie Staubaugh secretary Darlene Shaffer treasurer with Colleen Patterson as weight recorder. Next meeting in April at 7 pm with weigh in and a Shelley Lynn Salon tour. Eight of Nineteenth Century Club met for luncheon at Captain's Table then gathered at Mrs. Ralph Bauer’s home. Mrs. Leo Hoover led business, Helen Wilson reviewed To Purge This Land With Blood about John Brown. Previous meeting featured Uncle Sam's Camels. Family Living I group met at Mrs. Phillip Kneen’s home. Mrs. Robert Holmes led business with 14 attending. Readings included Educational Value of an Untidy Home and A Hush Over the Land Spring Is Coming. May 4 breakfast noted. Milo Steele Jr. named improvement chairman. next month change of meeting place and plans to visit Mrs. Schlatter's antiques.
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Virginia Koehler
Marlys Dusenbery
Mary Yoder
Leslie Staubaugh
Darlene Shaffer
Colleen Patterson
Nineteenth Century Club
Ralph Bauer
Leo Hoover
Helen Wilson
Stephen Oates
John Brown
Frank B. Miller
Hoover
Lewis Lesley
United States
Phillip Kneen
Paul Stebelton
Leonard Llewellyn
Robert Holmes
Llewellyn
Milo Steele Jr
Truman Tuttle
Don Bealer
Schlatter
Grass fire on North Second Avenue prompts fire crew response
Firemen answered a Wednesday evening alarm to extinguish a grass fire near the railroad underpass on North Second Avenue. Funeral services for Eva M. Huckins were held March 23 at 2 p.m. at Alice United Methodist Church Center Point Iowa with Rev. Richard Ludden officiating. Burial followed in Springville Cemetery. Sherman-Eden Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Washington
North Second Avenue
Huckins
Eva M. Huckins
Alice United Methodist Church
Center Point
Richard Ludden
William Bull
Donald Wisehart
Vernon Kirk
Lee Stewart
Ted Kemper
George Kirk
Lloyd Strachen
Springville
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
Richland veteran Grover A. Johnson dies at 83
Grover A. Johnson 83 of Richland retired mail carrier and World War I veteran died Tuesday evening March 23 at Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield after a stroke. Funeral arrangements are pending at Gould Funeral Home Richland. Born July 5 1888 at Brighton he married Pauline Failyer February 20 1924 in Richland. Survivors include his wife three sons Alfred Robert Roy a daughter Glenn Havener ten grandchildren two great grandchildren one sister and several relatives. Preceded in death by one son and three brothers.
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Richland
Grover A. Johnson
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Mr. Johnson
Brighton
Charles and
Adella Dunbar Johnson
Pauline Failyer
Alfred
Globe, Ariz
Robert
Lockport, Ill
Roy
Glenn Havener
West Des Moines
Orba Black
Edgerton, MO
Social Calendar of Community Meetings and Clubs
All notices are printed three days before first publication with potions due by 10 a.m. on publication day. The schedule lists Wednesday and Thursday events including Child Study, Mrs Dean Knight, ISU meetings, craft sessions, independent and creative living clubs, knitting, cooking, sewing and missionary talks with locations and hosts such as Mrs George Kerr, Mrs James Schmidt, Merle Bates, Mrs Arthur Duensing, Mrs Maurice Crawford and John Abuhl.
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Dean Knight
CWF
Women of Moose
ISU
Family Living
George Kerr
Creative Living
James Schmidt
William Holden
Independent
Robert Wiley
Fleur de Lis
Bill Foster
Pansy Hills Club
Myrtle Neiswanger
H. H. Club
Merle Bates
LBC Club
Arthur Duensing
Prairie Flower Missionary Society
Maurice Crawford
John Abuhl
WCTU
Elizabeth McClung
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Ralph Potter
Marion
Potter
Senate
Lee Gaudineer
John Walsh
R - Dubuque
Walsh
State House
Ray
House
Harold Betts
Iowa Council of Churches
Sydney Gross
Iowa Farmers Union
Iowa Property Taxpayers Association
Iowa Consumer League
Iowa Welfare Association
Iowa Catholic Conference
Lutheran Social Service of Iowa
Association of Private Children’s Agency Administrators
Welfare Rights Organization
Afl-Cio
The
United Auto Workers
Kentucky
Howers
Wolf's Flower Shop
Burr Oak Club
Schoonover Drug
Don Adams
Demon
Don
Oskaloosa
Indians
U. S. Track and Field Federation
Graceland College
Lamoni
Doug Whitehead
Doug
Jim Rossen
Demon Tracksters
S. E. Corner Sq
Evening Journal
Mina Paulsgrove
Mid-Prairie
New York Daily News
Suzy
Spurgeon’s
Tarra
Pastry Shop
West Side Square
Shelley Lynn
Century Club
Grover Johnson
Gould Funeral Home
American Legion
Manila
Philippines
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Penn-Prest
Adonna
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