True student athletes and coach Olson leave Iowa pride
The piece notes Lute Olson's surprising departure from Iowa after nine seasons and defends the program's balance of athletics and academics. It highlights a 90 percent graduation rate, strong NCAA showings, and the Hawks' reputation as courteous ambassadors while laments the coaching transition.
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Lute Olson
University of Arizona
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Iowa Senate bills shift teacher layoffs to outside hearing officers
The Iowa Senate backs a measure to remove local home rule over teacher layoffs, handing staffing decisions to outside hearing officers. Critics argue officials, not arbitrators, best balance school needs and community interests, urging the House and governor to block the proposal.
Social Security II and the Confusion Surrounding Reform
A columnist reviews the origins of Social Security II tracing to the 1950 amendments and Ball's influence. It contrasts funded trust concepts with tax-based financing and notes proposed reforms, previewing a second column outlining the author's ideas.
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Robert Ball
Social Security II
Ball
Social Security
Ted Kennedy
Reagan order on national security info sparks constitutional alarm
In Washington a critic argues Reagan's new directive forcing officals who handle classified material to seek clearance for post tenure writings threatens First Amendment rights. The piece cites past Supreme Court decisions and warns of covert executive power overruling Congress.
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Supreme Court
Pentagon Papers
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Madison
Hugo Black
Louis Brandeis
Eastern Iowans share thoughts on any topic
David W. Prudden of Cedar Rapids, an income tax consultant admitted to practice before the IRS, has worked on systems and procedures with Collins Radio, Arthur Andersen & Co., the U S Navy and the Social Security Board as part of a thoughtful residents’ invited expression segment.
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David W. Prudden
Cedar Rapids
IRS
Collins Radio
Arthur Andersen & Co
U.S. Navy
Social Security Board
Big bank bailout debate prompts questions on financial powers
A reader questions the links between big banks, the Federal Reserve, the IMF, and the Trilateral Commission. The letter accuses the Fed of being a private for profit entity and questions its authority, citing a court ruling and urging readers to seek material from named sources in Texas and Colorado.
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Tex
Littleton
Colo
Fed
America
Nobody's perfect in Marion City Council note
In response to City Hall challenge a reader welcomes Jo Carlson’s election to the Marion City Council and notes the prior holder was also elected. The letter shares personal reflections from a council member’s parent about free speech and opinion, ending with a light closing about imperfection.
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Jo Carlson
Marion
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