Linn-Mar needs a yes in 60 percent vote for school expansion
In Cedar Rapids and Marion, Linn-Mar faces a required 60 percent super majority to fund a 1.8 million bond for 10 new junior high classrooms seven at the senior high plus shared facilities. With enrollment surging, time is running out and a yes vote next Tuesday is crucial to provide adequate facilities for grades 7 through 12.
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Iowa
Linn-Mar
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Linn- Mar
Bowman Woods
Linnwood Knolls
McGowan
Collins Radio Co
Collins
Preservation Wins Pupfish in and Cash Out
Nixon administration acts to protect the Devils Hole pupfish endangered by groundwater pumping. A rancher and donor to Nixon campaigns, Francis L. Cappaert, faced an injunction after Aquifer drawdown threatened the species. Interior and Justice Department lawyers secured the order to halt pumping.
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Ashington
Nixon
Devils Hole
Nevada
Interior Department
Francis L. Cappaert
Vicksburg, Miss
Cappaert
Interior
Justice Department
Justice
Common Cause leader Gardner visits Iowa legislators
Gardner founder and national chairman of Common Cause meets Iowa lawmakers to discuss campaign spending enforcement shortcomings and lobby disclosure. He praises Iowa's legislature as strong but urges improvements in enforcement and updates to campaign finance laws.
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John Gardner
Common Cause
Iowa
Gardner
Congress
Attorney General’s Office
Pledge Silence Court Win Highlights Rights of Teacher
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a public schoolteacher’s right to remain silent during the Pledge of Allegiance. Susan Russo, a high school art teacher near Rochester, N Y, refused the pledge citing hypocrisy. The piece notes Ohio's Rep. Thomas M Bell also opposed forced pledge recitation. It reflects on liberty justice and the pledge’s meaning.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Susan Russo
Rochester
N.Y
Ohio
Thomas M. Bell
House
Bell
Ohio General Assembly
Middle East center of world tensions shifts, says Sulzberger
A Pacific Asia survey places the Middle East as the new focal point of global conflict. Across Asia fighting persists from Cambodia to Kashmir, with Iran arming and Arab Israeli tensions rising. The United States is retreating from Indo China while oil concerns keep Western economies alert.
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Storm
Middle East
Indo-China
Cambodia
United States
Philippines
Libya
Sabah
Malaysian Borneo
Sikkim
Himalayas
Pakistan
Baluchistan
Arabia
Dhofar
Oman
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Kuwait
Iran
Palestine
U.S
West Europe
Japan
Asia
Russia
Hanoi
New Delhi
Peking
Washington
India
China
Hobson
Chou En-lai
Nixon
Tanaka
Vietnam
Koreas
Australia
Whitlam
Gandhi
Uncle Sam
Suharto
Indonesia
Marcos
Egypt
Sadat
Israel
City tree dump hours spark reader letter in The Gazette
A letter criticizes city limits on C Street tree dump hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and proposes weekend access or volunteer staffing. The editor notes officials said access was restricted during a bomb search and clarifies who was admitted at different times.
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C Street
Janice Sauer
Thirty-fourth Street
Bomb Threat Stalls Lindale Plaza Opening
A reader questions the April 21 report claiming police blocked off Lindale Plaza during the opening, doubting the article's factual accuracy.
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Ditor
Lindale Plaza
Dollars for Scholars Concert Delights Capacity Crowd
On April 6 a PTSA sponsored Dollars for Scholars pop concert wowed a capacity crowd with about 75 students from Kennedy Happiness Inc and Jefferson West Side Delegation plus Washington jazz lab band the Revolutionists. The performances energized attendees and drew high commendations.
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Dollars For Scholars
PTSA
Happiness, Inc
Kennedy
West Side
Jefferson
Washington Jazz Lab
Revolutionists
March of Dimes walkers urge Gazette coverage
Anita Davidson appeals for public recognition of 2,117 youth participants in the March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon held April 14. She argues media focus on youth crime ignores constructive efforts by young people contributing to society.
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Gazette
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United Feature Syndicate
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Don Oakley
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