Illusory gains from gambling warn states against relying on tax windfalls
The piece argues New Jersey’s casino profits underwrite little reinvestment in Atlantic City. despite large tax revenue and credible regulators, social costs rise as households fail, crime increases, and compulsive gambling grows. It urges tightening reinvestment laws and cautions other states about mirage-like benefits.
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New Jersey
Atlantic City
U.S
Las Vegas
Truman's early racism contrasted with his later civil rights record
The piece notes Harry S. Truman’s youth writings contain racial slurs toward Blacks Asians Jews and Italians, but credits his presidency with advancing civil rights. It highlights his integration of the armed forces anti-lynching and poll tax repeal creation of an employment commission and support for Israel while stressing his growth beyond early prejudice.
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Harry Truman
Missouri
White House
Harry
Bess
Truman
Israel
Robert Ferrell
Indiana State University
Will
Africa
Asia
Europe
America
Costly Blue Cross Premiums Prompt Health Care Scrutiny
A letter to The Gazette criticizes rising Blue Cross Blue Shield costs from 1980 to 1983 and urges Iowa lawmakers to curb health care expenses. The writer notes high premiums surpass property taxes, heating, electricity, and groceries, citing limited competition and high medical fees as pressures preventing affordable coverage.
Reckoning in store for those who make and enforce laws
A moral exhortation notes that lawmakers fail to protect humanity amid rising crime and vice. It urges repentance through Scripture, cites biblical verses, questions weather links to volcanic activity, and even jokes about exploiting El Chichón’s sulfuric acid to boost Mexico’s economy.
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Mt. St. Helens
el Chichon
Mexico
Science Digest
The Year Without a Summer Recalled in 1983 Weather Talk
The piece links 1983 weather misbehavior to the historic year without a summer of 1816. It recalls warm January and February 1816 then cold March and snow in May, frosty June, and record ice in August. It notes New York Vermont Maine impacts and 1817 corn seed prices. Verification cited to Barnes Historical Series, page 17.
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el Chichon
Krakatoa
Tambora
New England
New York
Vermont
Maine
United States
Iowa
Ol’ Man River
Mississippi
Barnes Historical Series
Crabby Customers Prompt Calls for Courtesy
A facility worker vents about rude behavior from the public and urges more common courtesy. They note they serve 24 hours and feel many are self centered and snobbish, suggesting people consider others' feelings to improve happiness and tolerance.
Anti democratic critique targets Masonry and public life
The piece argues that a Masonic fraternity undermines democracy and free enterprise. It claims public officials face pressure to join, condemns a no God clause as a deceitful threat, and equates fascism with brainwash media and the CIA harming American heritage.
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CIA
Government medicine and ethics clash over health care care
A columnist critiques the President's Commission on Ethical Problems in Medicine arguing federal control over health care is harmful. They warn government interference via licensure inflation taxation subsidies and regulation reduces care and choice, urging doctors to resist expanding government role. Skeptics should question utilization review and political decisions in medical care.
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Commission On Ethical Problems In Medicine
U.S. Supreme Court
Wickard
Fillburn
AAPS
Weinberger
President's Commission
Periodic Observations From Eastern Iowans
An anonymous reader from Oelwein discusses personal responsibility and freedom in a letter style note. The writer notes no president has invited him to serve on any commission and emphasizes individual liberty over collective mandates.
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Bob Jaggard
Oelwein
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