Iowa workers near $150,000 payout for nuclear plant exposure
An advisory panel approved adding Iowa Army Ammunition Plant workers with cancer to a compensation program. The measure, backed by Sen Harkin and others, awaits Congress and HHS approval. The Middletown plant operated 1947 1975 with nuclear materials and dozens of thousands exposed.
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Tom Harkin
Chuck Grassley
Jim Leach
Congress
Health and Human Services
Mike Leavitt
Harkin
U.S. Army
Middletown
Burlington
Pentagon
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Workers Memorial Day and a critique of safety policy
A letter argues for a renewed focus on worker safety on Workers Memorial Day, noting thousands killed or injured yearly and criticizing the Bush administration for rolling back protections. It cites Ergonomics and other safeguards, warns of job losses in a low wage economy, and urges action.
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Bush
Congress
Roger Grobstich
Hiawatha
Separation of church and state and divine law debate
A letter argues that many laws derive from God and questions which commandments to discard. The writer defends religious influence on law and asserts belief in God as sensible and preferable to non belief. The piece emphasizes the value of faith and the compatibility of morality with divine law.
Bush Opens Up but Faces Second Term Hurdles
As the second term nears 100 days, George W. Bush projects a relaxed persona reminiscent of his Texas governorship. Public support lags behind four years ago while major aims like Social Security reform and tax simplification look doubtful amid strong domestic concerns and continuing Iraq implications.
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Texas
Bush
American Society of Newspaper Editors
China
House
Tom DeLay
DeLay
Judith Miller
Matt Cooper
Edward Kennedy
Bipartisan Commission
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
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