Line item veto faces political split as override stance forms
Editorial weighs the line item veto power set to take effect next year. It traces Republican optimism and caution about a stronger presidential tool to strike pork or contentious funding. It notes potential court challenges, argues for a lower override threshold, and highlights the political stakes for Dole and Clinton.
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House
America
Bill Clinton
Clinton
GOP
Bob Dole
Senate
Dole
Congress
People’s Representatives
The
Judicial Conference of the United States
Driving distractions and the push for policy response
The piece notes a 34 percent higher accident risk for drivers using telephones and questions whether restrictions should target adult behavior. It argues for vigilance while driving and compares phone use to adjusting car radios or CDs, raising questions about regulatory limits and awareness on the road.
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Egad
Ing
A 150 Year Leap concert honors Iowa musical heritage
On Leap Day 1996 the Five Seasons Center hosted a historic Iowa Sesquicentennial concert titled A 150 Year Leap Iowa's Musical Heritage. Gov. Branstad attended the event featuring works by Peter Schickele Antonin Dvorak Meredith Willson Glenn Miller and other noted Iowan composers for band orchestra and choir attracting nearly 3000 attendees.
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Five Seasons Center
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Peter Schickele
Antonin Dvorak
New World Symphony
Spillville
Meredith Willson
Glenn Miller
Cedar Rapids music heritage highlighted by 150 Year Leap concert
A Cedar Rapids event showcased three original works by Iowans Michael Daugherty Andrew Boysen Jr and Allen Koepke drawing 700 students from Jefferson Kennedy and Washington High Schools in a Five Seasons Center performance. The piece applauded Cedar Rapids School Districts strong arts programs while warning against budget cuts and potential impacts from a Taxpayers Rights Amendment. Timothy Mahr urged community engagement to preserve local musical heritage.
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Cedar Rapids
Michael Daugherty
Washington High School
Andrew Boysen Jr
Jefferson High School
Allen Koepke
Kirkwood
Jefferson, Kennedy
Washington
Five Seasons Center
Coe
Cornell
Mount Mercy
California
Oregon
Iowa
Iowans For Tax Relief
Iowa Association of School Boards
Laura Derr
Tom
Patrons For the Performing Arts
Letters to the Gazette criticize Minnette Doderer surrogates
Beverly A. Hannon denounces Terrence Neuzil and Iowa City surrogates for attacking Rep. Minnette Doderer. She notes Republicans control the Iowa House, questions the critics’ knowledge, and urges concrete proposals from a presumed minority leader candidate. She highlights Doderer’s influence on patient hospital stays and death-penalty votes.
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Terrence Neuzil
Iowa City
Minnette Doderer
Minnette
Iowa House
Neuzil
Des Moines
Beverly A. Hannon
Anamosa
Crisis Center Acknowledges CDBG Funds Support
The Crisis Center in Iowa City has relied on Community Development Block Grant funds since 1986 87 to buy and renovate its facility at 321 E. First Street. By 1995 services rose to 34 434 with 94 percent of households at or below the poverty line and nearly half of recipients under 18.
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Crisis Center
E. First Street
Iowa City
CDBG
YWCA promotes sexual assault awareness in Cedar Rapids
The YWCA Sexual Assault Intervention Program reports educating over 1,500 community members last year and offering free confidential services including counseling and a 24 hour crisis line. Mayor proclamations mark April 1996 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Stacie Baumler, a counselor, invites calls to 365-1458.
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YWCA
Lee Clancey
Cedar Rapids
Stacie Baumler
Turn The Gazette Wants Letters With Personal Details
The Gazette invites letters up to 300 words. Writers must include name street address and daytime phone number. Only name and hometown will be published. Provide contact at Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 or via the listed fax and email.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Navzatte
Tulqwa
Infi
Commemorating the Irish Hunger and U S stamp debate
Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee declined a commemorative stamp for Ireland 150th famine anniversary noting debate. calls for public input to James C Tolbert Jr and Thelma Holland urging postal action and Irish American history impact in the United States.
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Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
Ireland
United States
James C. Tolbert Jr
U.S. Postal Service
L’enfant Plaza
Washington, D.C
Thelma Holland
Norway
Iowa House Proposes $6 Million for Recreational Trails
A reader criticizes plans to spend $6 million from a proposed $50 million annual infrastructure fund on new and maintained trails. They compare cost per mile to blacktopped county roads, noting trails cost more per mile and calling for fiscal oversight.
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Iowa House
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