No price tag on 50 years of peace editorial
The piece notes a 1995 dollar study placing U S nuclear weapons costs at 3.9 trillion since 1942, arguing the program avoided major wars and citing overrun budgets, secrecy, and historical context with references to Kennedy and Tolstoy. It weighs costs against perceived peacekeeping value and debates on bomb use.
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United States
New York Times
U.S
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Leo Tolstoy
Saddam Hussein shifts tactics with pardons and weapons moves
In July Saddam Hussein commuted sentences for Barloon and Caliberti and granted amnesty to army deserters. He pardoned political prisoners and possible opponents, pledged UN disclosure of a clandestine bioweapons program, and destroyed missile component machines. U.N. sanctions debate looms as he projects progress.
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RAQI
Saddam Hussein
New Hampton
Bill Barloon
David Caliberti
Jacksonville
Fla
Iraq
Kuwait
Saddam
United Nations
U.N
U.S
American Muslims Voice Agony Over Bosnia Crisis
Maher Hathout, president of the InterReligious Council of Los Angeles, declares American Muslims’ deep anger and grief over Bosnia. He condemns indifference, the arms embargo, and selective concern, urging solidarity with victims and a refusal to hide the suffering in the global crisis.
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Maher Hathout
Bosnia
United Nations
Free World
Persian Gulf
The
InterReligious Council of
Los Angeles
Citizens committee backs cost effective Cedar Rapids police project
The Citizens Public Safety Building Committee asserts bids for the Cedar Rapids police facility followed state law with open meetings and parallel base and alternate bids. They defend selecting alternates to limit change orders and stay within a tight 7 million plus budget, noting public scrutiny and ongoing council consent.
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Citizens Public Safety Building Committee
Citizens Committee
Council
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Gazette
Lyle Hanson
Public Improvements
Don Thomas
City Council
Cedar Rapids School Board election deadline and finances
The Cedar Rapids Community School district faces a Thursday filing deadline for at large and District 4 board seats. The 1995 96 budget is 110.4 million with 17 692 students spending 6241 per pupil. The district borrowed 5 million last month and duplicates private daycare functions. A public hearing is set for Monday Aug 14 at 730 pm.
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Cedar Rapids Community School
Housing issue rises over mobile home park plan
The Planning Commission found the Curt Hames project would hinder the city’s low density single family home plan. The real concern centers on high prices for detached homes versus quality mobile homes and the down payment burden on families.
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Curt Hames
City Planning Commission
Crow Deaths Spark Police Lead to Missing Boys
Ruth Gash Taylor muses on death by crow while police trace two car-thief suspects to their hideout. Dale Bentz notes doctors weighing lung lobes in patient care as a reader jokes about self surgery. A columnist considers hyphen usage in vice-principal and lists punctuation. A reader asks about colon rules and a Brooklyn request for a workshop booklet.
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Ruth Gash Taylor
Ruth
Dale Bentz
Iowa City
Dale
Jim Bearns
Charles K. Johnson
Charles
David Eisikovits
Brooklyn
N.Y
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