Iowa should lead a national push to modify the 55 mph limit
Editorial advocates for Iowa to spearhead a cooperative effort to modify the federal 55 mph speed limit. It argues that current laws are flawed, safety remains a key rationale, and a targeted trial raising limits on suitable highways could prove benefits in time savings and fuel costs while maintaining fairness.
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Iowa
National Safety Council
Federal Highway Administration
Plains
Federal
Department of Transportation
Washington
Iowa should reject tax reform harming business appeal
A Iowa policy critique warns against House passage of a tax the rich bill. High top rates and deductibility cuts could deter firms from locating or expanding, undermining the improving business climate and state investment prospects. A decisive Senate and governor stance is urged to protect jobs and revenue.
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Iowa
Sun Belt
Des Moines
Senate
France blocks air raid plan despite U S anger
The piece questions French overflight refusal amid Libyan airstrike plans. It notes officials cite public restraint while private tone hints at a tougher stance, with references to Chirac Mitterrand and Caspar Weinberger and calls for U S trade pressure.
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U.S
Caspar Weinberger
Pentagon
Reagan
U.N
Vernon Walters
Chirac
Mitterrand
France
Italy
Stockman on Reagan and the welfare state
Washington analysis of David Stockman’s memoir The Triumph of Politics argues Reagan pursued a tax cut with insufficient spending restraint, creating an inflation-boosted tax cut illusion while expanding the welfare state. Stockman portrays Reagan as a consensus, not ideologue, and critiques intellectual limits in both. The piece notes broader budget realities and foreign policy hesitations amid Khadafy issues.
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Washington
U.S. Communist Party
Jay Lovestone
Lovestone
Stockman
Reagan
Congress
House Republicans
Senate
Washington Post Writers Group
Mayhem over Libya tests Reagan era foreign policy
A New York Times piece argues that retaliatory attacks against Libya raise questions about the costs of U.S. strikes and alliance strains with Europe. It notes poll shifts, Thatcher's stance, and possible Soviet mediation, warning that further violence is not a celebration of national power.
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New York
Beirut
Reagan
Libya
U.S
Tunisia
Khartoum
Mediterranean
House of Representatives
House
New York Times
CBS
Central America
Judith Miller
Europe
Margaret Thatcher
Times of London
Thatcher
el al
London
Times-Cbs
United States
Khadafy
Berlin
Gulf of Sidra
Lebanon
New York Times Service
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Joe Hladky
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
Jacques Chirac
Americans
America
Evangeline Bruce
United Nations
Claude Dé Kemoularia
Security Council
Col. Khadafy
William Safire
Talleyrand
Tokyo
George Will
Weinberger
Israel Zangwill
Tom Wicker
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