Iowa Senate approves 31 million tax hike amid debate
The Iowa Senate voted 28 to 13 to raise personal income taxes by 31 million dollars annually, targeting moderate incomes with new brackets starting at 3,000 dollars. An alternative 70 million revenue plan failed 13 to 26, and a 1 percent sales tax hike remains unsettled as lawmakers weigh property tax relief funded by income and sales taxes. The package also exempted prescription drugs from sales tax on a 2 to 19 vote, with amendments debated on local option taxes and broader tax shifts.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
Roger Shaff
House
James Griffin
Counil Bluffs
Charles Bal Joun
Toledo
Griffin
Dean Arbuckle
R -Jefferson
Arbuckle
Iowa
Intercepted Memo TOWA Senators in Des Moines Urge Moderation
An intercepted memo from TOWA Senators in Des Moines calls for moderation in policy while flagging concerns about income. The document hints at tension between fiscal restraint and social programs, suggesting caution in tax and spending decisions.
Washington Junior High Spring Festival Tonight
The Annual Washington Junior High Spring Festival unfolds this evening at the junior high. Exhibits in art and industrial arts will be on display from 7 to 9 p.m. Also noted, councilmen tabled a Class C beer permit for Handy Pantry and will revisit later.
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John Elliott
Gertrude
MacQueen
Washington High School
Elliott
Washington County
First District
Washington Junior High
Washington City
Handy Pantry
Washington
Park Board
Central Park
Bob Robertson
Swim Pool Commission
Bob Huber
Senate Panel Backs Rail Strike Ending Bill
A Senate Labor Committee approved legislation to halt the nationwide rail strike by ordering signalmen back to work until at least Oct. 1 with an interim 17.5 percent pay rise. The move mirrored earlier congressional action and followed the strike that disrupted freight and passenger service, affecting GM, Ford, Chrysler, and other industries.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
House Commerce Committee
Samuel Devine
Ohio
James D. Hodgson
John Moss
D-Cal
Hodgson
House Committee
Senate Committee
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Iowa passes obscenity curb in 74-16 House vote
The Iowa House approved a strict obscenity bill by 74 to 16. It would punish wholesale promotion and sale of obscene material with up to 10 years in prison and 10,000 dollars fine, and set lesser penalties for promoting indecent material. Critics argued it would not curb social mores or withstand court challenges.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Michael Blouin
D - Dubuque
Robert Kreamer
Supreme Court
Kreamer
New York
Earl Willets
D - Des Moines
House
Dennis Freeman
R - Storm
Brothers swap roles as Vietnam combat fakes in Maine
Wesley Storer 22 lies about his brother Glenn’s service, donning Glenn’s uniform to go to Vietnam in April. Glenn, absent without leave, surrendered to authorities. both brothers faced military action. Wesley had no combat training and had broken his knee skiing, yet he reported to Americal Division in Chu Lai.
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Armouth
Maine
UPI
Wesley Storer
Glenn
Vietnam
Wesley
Carleton R. Storer
Yarmouth
Ft. Devens
Mass
Glenn Storer
Connecticut
Bermud
Americal
Chu Lai
Wes
Wren Makes Home in Weather House
Anderson hosts a wren on his porch at 302 East 13th Street in a tiny weather house. The bird attempted to enter when the doors moved but was blocked. the man and woman figures are now fixed open. The owner suspects the male wren, noting no nest building yet.
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Mr. Anderson
Welfare social security bill approved in committee
President Nixon endorsed the welfare social security proposal after the House Ways and Means Committee approved a 5 percent boost for 20 million Americans effective June 1, 1972. The measure faces House hurdles, with conservatives opposing the cost and liberals seeking higher guarantees.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
White House
Senate
Bean
Della Boshart
Mills
D-Ark
John Byrnes
R-Wis
Ing
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Joe Waggoner
Law
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means
Liquor reforms plea by Ray
Des Moines Iowa governor Robert D Ray urged lawmakers to pass a major liquor reorganization bill this session saying delays would require heavy accounting. He criticized added provisions on dram shop notice timelines and liquor taxation as unnecessary for the reorganization and warned they could hinder passage.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Elephants Cause New York City Tunnel Tieups
New York motorists faced unusual delays as 18 elephants from the Ringling circus moved through the Lincoln Tunnel from New Jersey. The elephants walked part of the tunnel while freight was transferred from a 30car train stopped by a nationwide rail strike in South Kearny.
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New York
UPI
New Jersey
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
South Kearny
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Southeast Weather Outlook From United Press Intern
Southeast region expected periods of thunderstorms tonight with a chance of heavy rain. Cooler tonight with low temperatures in the low 50s in the west to around 60 in the southeast. Mostly cloudy with rain Wednesday and cooler conditions, with temperatures around the 60s fading into the 50s in the west.
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Scott Turnipseed
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Fred Schwengel
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TOWA
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Yours
Main Street
Cedar Rapids
UPS
Nelson Evans
Tyler
Monroe
Evans
University of Iowa
Hazel Green
Wis
Paul Husted
Committee
Bill
Harley C. Staggers
D-W.va
Freeman
Daniel Bray
D - Davenport
Willets
Brother
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Social Security
Omar Burleson
DeTex
Phil Landrum
D-Ga
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