Iowa shows rising state income tax receipts in 1972 report
A state revenue department review details Iowa's 1972 individual income tax receipts at 179.4 million, up 63.2 million from 1971. County figures rise across Washington, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, and Henry as rates increased and more residents filed pay returns, with total AGI surpassing eight billion dollars.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Keokuk
Louisa
Henry
Iowa
Donald G. Briggs
Briggs
Towans
Polk County
Food prices rise 2.5 percent in February new surge
UPI reports the February food market basket shows an annual rate of 1409 dollars for a typical American family. Beef prices hit a record high driving the rise while wholesale meat and poultry costs push overall costs higher. Despite calls for price ceilings, officials cite production gains to slow price increases later in 1973.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
U.S
Tony Awards Hit Broadway With That Championship Season
Tony Awards crowned That Championship Season as best play and A Little Night Music as best musical for the 1972-73 season. Alan Bates won for Butley and Julie Harris for The Last of Mrs. Lincoln. Glynis Johns starred in Night Music, which tied six Tonys for Harold Prince's production.
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New York
UPI
Times Square
Jason Miller
Stephen Sondheim
Hugh Wheeler
Alan Bates
Butley
Julie Harris
Mrs. Lincoln
Ben Vereen
Pippin
ABC
Imperial Theater
Alexander H. Cohen
Broadway
Miller
Joseph Papp
Public Theater
Booth Theater
New York Drama Critics’ Circle
Sweden
Ingmar Bergman
Burlington artists top show at Jet Bank event
A large Burlington art show at Columbus Junction State Bank drew fifty six entries. Barbara Kissinger won first with The Cornhusk Dolls and Castaways, James Cline took second with The Cardinals, judged by Davenport artist Paul Norman. First prize was 150 dollars, second 100 dollars.
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Helene B. Dillon
Columbus Junction
William D. Dillon
Susan
Centerville
Lola Whistler
Edna Sands
Mary Greene
Evelyn Finke
Pearl Woodruff
LaReta Bricker
Williamsburg
Helene Dillon
Adeline Crawford
Peg Hillman
L.C. Rohret
Margaret Schlichting
Anna Robertson
Columbus Junction State Bank
Cornhusk
Barbara A. Kissinger
Burlington
Cardinals
James Cline
Paul Norman
Davenport
Louisa
Henry
Muscatine
Washington
Des Moines
Morrison Implement Company
St. Joseph's Church
Cindy Conaway
Wolf mauls 3 year old in school exhibit backyard incident
In St Louis a wolf used in school demonstrations mauled three year old Daniel Mahlandt who wandered into a backyard Friday. The animal Sophie, chained in the yard, bit his face chest and left leg. Police said the wolf belonged to Ken Poos and had appeared at recent school programs.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Daniel Mahlandt
Sophie
Ken Poos
Urge effort to aid nation's railroads
Washington United Press International reports Transportation Secretary Claude S Brinegar urged Congress to create a for profit corporation to salvage six bankrupt Northeast railroads. He said nationalization would raise subsidies and reduce efficiency and that the new entity would form one or more railroads from the bankrupt assets.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department Today
Congress
Transportation
Claude S. Brinegar
Brinegar
Skylab passes final test and May launch planned
Skylab completes end to end testing for the first U S manned orbital lab. Officials review results as launch date eyes mid May with a May 14 target and a four week stay planned for astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz.
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Cape Krenneuy
vUrt
Space Agency
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Skylab
Charles “Pete” Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Cosa Nostra Leader Surrenders for Deportation to Sicily
Russell Bufalino, a Pennsylvania based Cosa Nostra figure, surrendered to U S immigration officers in Philadelphia to face deportation to Sicily. The 69 year old claimed the action follows a long legal fight and criticized two bit demagogues who rise to power. He was accompanied by 10 friends and identified as head of one of five Cosa Nostra families in Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Russell Bufalino
Cosa Nostra
Sicily
Bufalino
U. S. Immigration Service
Kingston, Pa
Pennsylvania
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