Editorial urges voters to demand cleaner campaigns this election
The Gazette urges primary voters to reject sleaze and negative advertising in the upcoming presidential race. It credits Rep. Jim Leach for calling Bush handlers to eschew attacks and urges Democratic leaders to push Clinton toward fair campaigning, warning that strong leaders must curb mudslinging.
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Ican
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Bush
Clinton
Ross Perot
Jim Leach
Ice-T and Free Speech in Music Debate
The piece defends Ice-T's right to publish provocative lyrics like Cop Killer and KKK Bitch under First Amendment protection. It argues that harming art through economic censorship risks eroding constitutional rights and urges consumers to refrain from buying his music.
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Ce-T
Ice-T
When farmers are seen as excess resources
In a 1940s rural life study tale, Rev. Norm White recalls early faith and farming ideals, then reveals a decades long push by corporate and policy groups to shrink farm numbers. He cites CED 1962, USDA reports, and later CEO statements describing farmers as excess resources and urging farm consolidation toward a million farms by 2000. He argues powerful interests drive fewer farms despite reforms and market shifts.
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Norm White
Rural Life Study Club
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Committee On Economic Development
CED
America
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA
U.S
Young Executives Committee
United States
Office of Technology Assessment
Letters to the Gazette on Equal Rights Amendment
The Gazette argues for ERA showing it adds women to the Constitution and ends gender based legal inequality. It notes historic limits on voting and equality and outlines issues in employment education and benefits affecting women of all ages and roles.
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America
Brutal Japanese justice exposed on 20/20 report
Barbara Walters on ABC's 20/20 details alleged Japanese police brutality. Viewers hear of beatings, long detentions, denied legal counsel, poor cells, and forced confessions in Katakana scripts. Critics question hypocrisy of U S leaders and urge stopping American ties.
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Barbara Walters
ABC
Random Cedar Rapids roadblocks spark Fourth Amendment concerns
A visitor criticizes Cedar Rapids Police for July roadblocks on routes to concerts, calling them unconstitutional and a misuse of manpower. The writer urges alternatives to quotas and questions civil liberties in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Oine
Soviet Union
Police Department
Nussle vs Nagle in Iowa election debate
A reader criticizes Rep. Nussle for not delivering for Iowa and praises Dave Nagle for job creation trade progress and defense budget cuts. The piece argues Nagle has the ability to get things done while Nussle seeks attention and an election driven balanced budget plan unlikely to take effect before the 1996 vote.
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Rep. Nussle
Iowa
Nussle
Dave Nagle
Avenue of the Saints
Soviet Union
Nagle
Freon containment and refrigerant handling outlined
A July 1 article reviews refrigerants, naming R-11 to R-502, CFCs and HCFCs, and notes ODP differences. It discusses recovery, recycling, and reclaim concepts, EPA certification plans by July 1, 1993, and RSES training support led by Craig Haas and Chuck Warner.
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Refrigeration Service Engineers Society
Craig Haas
The
EPA
RSES
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