Unabomber Essay Says Violence Needed to Propagate Message
Editorial notes three decades of bombs linked to an extremist calling for revolution against industrial society. The piece cites excerpts published by The New York Times and The Washington Post, with hostile rhetoric toward progress and calls to destroy factories and burn technical texts. The writer advocates stopping violence only if his manuscript is printed and followed by annual updates. Authorities continue to pursue the suspect as the public weighs the controversial views.
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Washington Post
FBI
Unabomber
America
You Can't Have Your Cake and Ito Too
NBC pressed to reveal confidential case leaks as Simpson trial courts a LA KNBC reporter. The Today Show sent a birthday cake to Judge Lance Ito prompting defense claims of influence. NBC denies ulterior motive while critics call the moment a publicity clash in a high profile trial.
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Today Show
Lance Ito
Katie
Simpson
Ito
Los Angeles
KNBC
Lessons in Subjunctives and Word Usage From a Library Note
A reader shares two lessons from a diary of language quirks. The first clarifies that the subjunctive was used for a potentially false claim about a record, while the second discusses a library printout on a Mississippi clam and Grisham’s use of sit versus set.
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Gilbert Maas
Lampsilis Higginisi
Herbert Wiese
Andea Herodias
Lampsilis Higginsi
Herbert
John Grisham
Sit
Powell a centrist path for Powell 1996 bid
Dallas Morning News columnist William McKenzie weighs Colin Powell’s possible 1996 presidential run. He argues the retired general could appeal as a center candidate or independent, stressing social fairness, deficit reduction, and market-based solutions amid a delayed convention schedule and crowded Republican and Democratic fields.
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William McKenzie
Dallas
Colin Powell
Powell
John B. Anderson
Gazette letter policy and contact details for submissions
The Gazette outlines a 300 word limit for letters and requires name street address and daytime phone number. Only name and hometown appear in print. Submissions may be mailed to Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 fax 3985846 or emailed via Gazette Net on Flowa CompuServe 75144.1041 or internet 75144.1041 compuserve.com.
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Courage to say no to alcohol on city property
A reader argues Cedar Rapids City Council should ban sale and consumption of alcohol on city property to address Taste of Iowa concerns. The writer notes a 2-2 split in council without Parks Commissioner Kramer and urges leaders to act before plans for the festival proceed.
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Taste of
Iowa
David Kramer
Serbousek
Public Safety
J.D. Smith
Kramer
Second Avenue Bridge
Editorial letter challenges Korean War memorial figures
A reader asserts the Gazette misstates wartime tallies in a July editorial and demands NBC-derived figures. The letter lists 54,246 dead 103,284 wounded 8,177 missing 7,000 prisoners and 51 percent died in POW camps and urges printing the correct names or dropping the memorial.
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NBC News
P.O.W. Camp
City bus system faces cuts from federal aid loss
A public hearing at 9 a.m. today on the fourth floor of City Hall discusses changes to Cedar Rapids routes amid federal subsidy reductions totaling 350000 this year and 820000 annually over three years. Routes 3 5 Express and 12 Express are to be eliminated while Routes 4 10 are expanded and a new Route 3 created.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
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Guiding kids to energy awareness through IRENEW expo
A middle school teacher and IRENEW president links energy education to student growth. The piece highlights solar car projects, an electrathon, old electric cars, and school activities at Hawkeye Downs energy expo. It stresses parent and teacher guidance and goal setting.
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Hawkeye Downs
Irenew
Excellent Gazette
Disney World
Orlando
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