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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 2005

Page

4

Linn County weighs sales tax for schools and sunsets

Linn County votes again on a sales tax to support schools with a possible sunset. Officials urge credible needs, efficiency, and targeted use of revenue to avoid funding bloats, while considering bond relief and property tax offsets.

Linn County Iowa

U S Space Edge and the Drive to Keep It

General Lance Lord of the Air Force Space Command argues the United States must maintain its space advantage through advanced satellite and communication tech. The piece discusses space as a global commons, allied with a strong U S military and economic reliance on space capabilities, and notes space situational awareness and early warning systems.

United States Lance Lord Air Force Space Command America Lord Fort Worth Pentagon Hitchens U.S Iraq The Space Command Eileen Collins International Space Station NASA North America Aerospace Defense System Rocky Mountains

Nation must learn true pluralism to embrace religious diversity

A Pew Center poll shows Americans remain biased against Islam and different faiths, with white Protestant evangelicals most negative. Experts say understanding other religions deepens personal beliefs and strengthens American pluralism for the future.

Pew Research Center Forum On Religion & Public Life Pew Robert Wuthnow Wuthnow Princeton University Center For the Study of Religion United States Vatican

Let Us Seek Peace On This Anniversary

A reader in Iowa City reflects on the Tonkin Gulf Resolution of August 7, 1964, calling it a pretext for war and urging memory and protest to avert new entanglements. The letter links past Vietnam casualties to ongoing conflicts and advocates pursuing peace.

U.S. Senate Tonkin Gulf U.S Iraq Ed Flaherty Iowa City

Peace City partnership urges nuclear disarmament

The text links Hiroshima to a Peace City campaign urging the destruction of all nuclear weapons. It notes Aug 6 1949 as peace city milestone, the eternal flame, and a wall of letters to world leaders. It mentions a 1979 museum director and a 2004 letter to Putin. It also recalls the Enola Gay pilot meeting and a surviving dome memorial.

Hiroshima Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Peace Memorial Museum Vladimir Putin Bush Akihiro Takahashi United States

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