Smoke bans spread as Ireland leads and Iowa stalls
Ireland enforces a workplace smoking ban. New York celebrates a year of similar rules with strong compliance and growth in restaurant jobs. Iowa debates local restrictions, facing subcommittee block despite major public support for bans and health gains shown in other regions.
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Ireland
County Cork
Iowa
Ro Foege
D-Mount Vernon
Kraig Paulsen
Hiawatha
Senate
Stewart Iverson
R Dows
California
American Lung Association
Slati
Lungusa. Org
New York City
Big Apple
Letters on independence and mercury policy clash
A collage of letters discusses funding cuts to LIFTS para transit threatening independence for disabled residents, mercury exposure risks to infants, EPA plans, and critique of the 2003 Medicare drug benefit. Authors include Violet Urbanek and Charlie Hogue, with political commentary from Alan B. Campbell.
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Project Independence
Linn County
Violet Urbanek
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Bush
Bush Administration
Richard Foster
Medicare
Alan B. Campbell
American resolve against terror and Spain’s election reminder
Michael V. Musel argues the United States must reject appeasement after Spain’s terrorist attack. He calls for a strong national security stance, rejecting fear and foreign polls, urging unity under a decisive leader to confront threats head on.
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Spain
White House
America
Michael V. Musel
Cedar Rapids
Consolidated Democrats can bring positive change
A reader argues that Florida Democrats should vote for Kerry to reflect fiscal fairness and reduce risk. The piece notes past Bush support and predicts a Kerry victory if Republicans side with Kerry, urging reform of taxation, health insurance, and civil liberties while criticizing preemptive wars and occupancy. It ends with a Kerry quote about changing the law.
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Florida
George Bush
Bush
John Kerry
Kerry
Reviving the case for co-education
Pamela Haag argues for a deliberate case for co education beyond legal compliance. She contends co education offers growth in leadership and mutual respect, with schools modeling equality and collaboration and counters single sex schools by stressing mission driven purpose.
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Mars
Venus
Abolish Two Antiquated Laws via Metric System Reform
Mary A. Klotzbach of Independence urges replacing two old laws in this new century. She calls for adopting the metric system and revising the undemocratic 60 percent approval for school bond issues to a simple majority.
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Mary A. Klotzbach
Delaying Mercury Cleanup Threatens Public Health
The piece argues that postponing mercury cleanup from power plants endangers families and children. It accuses the Bush administration of delaying toxic cleanup by over a decade to shield energy-industry interests, citing CDC estimates of mercury risks to women of childbearing age.
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United States
EPA
Bush Administration
Charlie Hogue
Cedar Rapids
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Doug Neumann
Dave Storey
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