Forceful change to Iowa deadly force bill debated
The Saga around S.F. 517 is portrayed as minor grammar fix to 704.1 but prompts claims it could alter deadly force rules. Critics fear misreading the measure while supporters cite no expansion of rights. experts say the law’s core lets lethal force under life or safety risk, unchanged by the bill.
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Story City
Sonja Egenes
The
Gazette
Bear Salonic
Iowa
Free public libraries face funding pinch in recession
Public libraries across large and mid sized cities risk deep cuts as budgets shrink and staff vanish. Some propose charging for all services though trustees argue fees erode equal access to education and threaten the system's core mission.
Court-stripping affront to constitutional balance
A critique of 22 bills to strip Supreme Court jurisdiction over school prayer abortion busing and drafts arguing they bypass constitutional amendment procedures and threaten constitutional rights. The piece warns such measures are a radical power grab by Congress backed by Sen. Helms Rep. Crane Rep. Ashbrook and Sen. Hatch and would retroactively nullify existing rulings. It urges true conservatives to oppose the plan.
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Jesse Helms
Philip Crane
John Ashbrook
Orrin Hatch
Roosevelt
Messrs. Helms, Crane
Jessie Helms
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Reagan
Robert Kastenmeier
House Judiciary Committee
Robert Bork
Yale Law School
Court
Helms and
Crane
Bicyclist rights push after fatal Highway 13 crashes
Reader letter from Cindy J. Dvorak fights for House File 613 to grant cyclists full vehicle rights on Iowa roads after two deadly rear end crashes on Highway 13. She cites legal gaps, calls for safer passing, and asks support from readers and officials. The piece notes a separate editor's note about a 15 year old learner’s permit driver in one case.
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Highway 13
Pilgrimage of poets and teachers across Britain and America
The author muses on an April journey through England to trace Chaucer to Austen and Thomas, hopes to meet living poets like Laurie Lee, and reflects on academic life. He recalls Lord Annan’s 1966 remarks contrasting British and American higher education.
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Feloneshipe
Caunterbury
Chaucer
Tabard Inn
Southeverts
Keats
Laurie Lee
Gloucestershire
England
Lewis Carroll
Alice Liddell
Reflective essay on humanities and memory of literary figures
An Eastern Iowan narrator muses on the value of humanities in modern life. He recalls Matthew Arnold and the need for conduct knowledge beauty and manners. The piece laments wasted minds and celebrates a comic journey ending with a return to earthly gardens and literary dreams.
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Matthew Arnold
Arnold
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