Governors Budget Boosted to Aid Property Tax Relief
Democratic legislative leaders propose adding about 20 million dollars to the governor’s 254.6 million annual property tax relief plan for the 1965 67 biennium. Governor Hughes notes policy shift but keeps opposition to broad tax increases and sales tax hikes. Details on revenue sources and spending plans remain undecided.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Andrew Frommelt
Senate
Iowa
Ramsey resigns as Mid-Prairie principal
Ramsey Wellman, the Mid Prairie District junior high principal, will leave for an Oelwein post next school year. Other Mid-Prairie staff shifts include Johnnie Stout becoming a choir director at Martin Branch UT and Marva Beiber teaching in Manhattan Kansas as her husband attends college.
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Wellman
Marl Ramsey
Mid Prairie
Oelwein
Mid - Prairie
Johnnie Stout
Marva Beiber
Stout
Martin
University of Tennessee
Beiber
Manhattan
Kansas
Iowa schools adopt automated data processing system
Washington High School and Mid-Prairie High will participate in Iowa’s new educational data processing system. On May 12 and May 18, students will prepare data cards read by optical scanners, then data will be stored on magnetic tape at the Iowa Educational Information Center. Reports for the Department of Public Instruction and local schools will follow.
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Washington and Mid - Prairie
Iowa
Washington High School
Mid - Prairie
Iowa Educational Information Center
Iowa City
State Department of Public Instruction
Memorial Day plans to be drafted at Thursday meeting
Memorial Day observance in Washington will be planned at a Thursday 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Legion rooms at city hall. The American Legion directs the event with Commander Don Rinner calling the session. Charles Hotle is parade chairman for year. Observance shifts to Monday May 31 due to Sunday holiday.
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Washington
Legion
American Legion
Don Rinner
Charles Hotle
Britons Jailed for Selling Military Secrets to Russia
Two Britons received lengthy sentences for selling missile and military information to Russia via Iraq. Frank Clifton Bossard, 52, an aviation ministry rockets expert, drew 21 years after pleading guilty. Army Sgt. Peter Sidney Allen, 33, father of four, got 10 years after admitting guilt. Bossard showed remorse and confessed beyond charged matters.
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London
UPI
Russia
Iraq
Aviation Ministry
Frank Clifton Bossard
Army
Peter Sidney Allen
Allen
Bossard
Lord Parker
Boy 10 Fatally Shot While Playing Near Redfield
A 10-year-old Daniel Lee Martin died of a neck wound after a group of boys found a 22 caliber pistol in a sleeping compartment aboard a tractor near Redfield Iowa. The incident occurred while the youths played with the weapon as relatives visited.
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Redfield
Iowa
UPI
Daniel Lee Martin
Roger Martin
Adel
Martins
Daniel
Martin
Notice of bids on state printing jobs
Public notices announce bids on state printing jobs. The item notes a bidding process and the relevant authority, with details to follow on page six.
Poll tax ban faces test in Senate showdown vote
Senate leaders optimistic as a liberal backed amendment to ban state and local poll taxes faces rejection on Tuesday. Mansfield and Dirksen clash over constitutional concerns while signaling possible cloture to end debate.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
Dirksen
Mrs. Lola Morrison Dies in Burlington at 78
Lola Peckham Morrison 78 died in Burlington Sunday May 9 1965 after living there since January 1 1965. She was born June 6 1886 in Revere Missouri and married James A. Morrison who died December 8 1962. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Jane Funeral Home with Rev W J Stevens. Burial in Ainsworth cemetery. Survived by six daughters including Leona Sweeney and Maude Marsh two sons James C Morrison and Rev L A Morrison 28 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
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Lola Morrison
Burlington
Washington
Jane Funeral Home
W. J. Stevens
Ainsworth Cemetery
Lola Peckham
Revere
John
Hannah Isabelle Collier Peckham
Illinois
James A. Morrison
The
Christian Tabernacle
Leona Sweeney
Goldsboro
North Carolina
Maude Marsh
Grace Palmquist
Isabelle Palmquist
Ettie Anderson
Eleanor Pease
Belvidere
Ill
James C
Ainsworth
Rev
L. A. Morrison
Moline
Rites at Junction for Mark Estle 67
Mark Estle 67 died Sunday afternoon May 9 at Muscatine General Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev. Walter Wulff officiating. Burial in Columbus City Cemetery. Born March 18 1898 in Louisa County near Letts he farmed until recent years then lived in town and retired last year. Survived by wife Faye Lewis Estle a sister Mrs Ralph Utter and a brother Lambert Estle all of Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
Mark Estes
Muscatine General Hospital
Stacy Funeral Home
Walter Wulff
Columbus City Cemetery
Estle
Louisa County
Letts
Charles
Elizabeth Fanning Estle
Faye Lewis
Ralph Utter
Lambert Estle
Mrs Blair Wood Dies In Sigourney
Mrs Blair Minnie Wood, formerly of Ainsworth, died Saturday at 6 10 p m in Sigourney hospital after living in Keota following her husband’s death. Funeral services will be at Webster Methodist Church with burial in Webster cemetery.
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Blair
Minnie) Wood
Ainsworth
Sigourney Hospital
Kindergarten Roundup Scheduled at Stewart and Lincoln
Kindergarten roundup is set for Stewart School Tuesday May 11 at 1 30 p m and Lincoln School Thursday May 13 at 1 30 p m Parents should attend and bring birth certificates Children will visit the kindergarten room while mothers gather in the gymnasium
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Stewart
Lincoln School
Dominican rebels shell U.S. positions near Embajador Hotel
UPI reports Sunday night mortar and rifle fire hit U S Marine positions in Santo Domingo with no casualties. A brief clash between Dominican military bands occurred outside the security zone near the Embajador Hotel. Five sniper reports followed, and a rebel force of about 50 men battled junta troops then retreated.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
U. S
Dominican Mil
Embajador
U.S. Marine Corps
Ozama
U.S
Ocean City Plane Crash Claims Beauty Queen Carole Tyler
Scuba divers searched off Bakers Carousel Motel for the bodies of Carole Tyler a 26 year old former beauty queen and Bobby Baker associate killed when a Waco biplane crashed into Atlantic waters off Ocean City Maryland The pilot Robert H Davis 43 of Huntington West Virginia also died Rescue boats teams from the Coast Guard Maryland state police and civil defense units joined the effort.
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Ocean City
UPI
Carole Tyler
Bobby Baker
Atlantic Ocean
Miss Tyler
Lenoir City
Tenn
Robert H. Davis
Huntington
W. Va
Davis
Bakers
Coast Guard
Baker
Washington
Tyler
Senate Democrats
Joseph Bailey
Dee
Swank
Maryland State Police
4-H Sells SMV Signs to Washington County Farmers
Washington County 4-H members sell slow moving vehicle emblems for tractors and other slow vehicles. The 14 inch orange triangle with a dark red border glows in headlamps and is priced through Ag Club members. The program supports county safety and road sharing on highways under 25 mph.
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4-H
John and
Bill Lance
Roger Lance
Washington
Larry Warner
Merle Warner
Washington County
4-H Ag Club
Iowa House approves liquor volume discount bill
The Iowa House voted 78 to 30 for a bill restricting a 10 percent liquor volume discount to licensed retailers only. An amendment to ban the discount entirely was defeated 75 to 30. Critics cited revenue losses while supporters said bars should keep the discount to protect margins.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Niels Nielson
D_ Rinsted
C. E. Hutchins
Dbelle Plaine
Walter Conway
D-Muscatine
Workers urged to report on Y calls
The YMCA building fund campaign holds the second report meeting this evening at the Y. Dinner reservations join at 6 p.m. Reports on calls can be made whether or not attendees stay for dinner, with cards to campaign headquarters at the Y. The buffet starts at 6 p.m. and the meeting ends at 7 15 p.m.
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Ymca Building Fund
Houston Negroes Boycott Classes Amid Desegregation Push
United Press International reports Houston five Negro schools saw about 80 to 90 percent boycott with a planned march demanding faster desegregation. Students picketed with signs as a representative committee prepared to meet the school board. The city’s desegregation plan covers the first five grades. Separately, Ku Klux Klan rallies were held Sunday in Anniston Alabama recalling the 1961 burning of a freedom rider bus.
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Houston
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Anniston
Ala
McGraws to head St Ambrose Parents Fund drive
Mr and Mrs J L McGraw of Washington accept the chairmanship for the 1965 St Ambrose Parents Fund in the Washington area. Their son Joe attends St Ambrose in Davenport Iowa. Over seven years donors have contributed more than 55000 to support the Great Teaching Program for faculty salaries. The McGraws will visit local St Ambrose parents to solicit gifts for this year’s drive.
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J. L. McGraw
Washington
St. Ambrose
Hughes urges drastic look at state office space
Gov. Hughes urged the State Executive Council to reevaluate Iowa statehouse offices and pursue capital improvements. He pushed relocating Agriculture Secretary Kenneth Owen outside the capitol to be near labs and opposed expanding beyond the current grounds, noting the condemned archives building and costs to repurpose or replace it.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
State Executive Council Today
Statehouse
Hughes
Agriculture
Kenneth Owen
State Capitol Improvement Commission
Senate
Europe
Iowa
Paul Franzenberg
State Archives
Archieves
Capitol
Franzenberg
Capital Grounds Improvement Commission
Lawrence Scalise
Weather Town Outlook Forecast Near Term
Variable cloudiness today gives way to fair conditions through Tuesday. Frost is likely tonight in the west and north areas. Lows tonight range from the 30s in the west to the 40s in the southeast. Highs Tuesday reach in the 60s to near 70s, lowest values toward the north. Wednesday calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures.
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United Press International
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