Quota questions on hiring goals and affirmative action
The editorial argues that a proposed executive order may end mandatory hiring goals for federal contractors, replacing quotas with demonstration of non-discriminatory practice. It weighs affirmative action’s recruitment and training against quota-based policies and warns any policy shift must advance fair hiring without retreat to past discrimination.
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Labor Department
White House
Justice Department
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
America
Reagan
Birth decontrol shifts U S aid to natural family planning
The AID has revised policy allowing funds for groups offering only natural methods such as abstinence. Funding for natural methods rose from 800000 in 1981 to seven million today, with cervical mucus testing kits common. WHO data show 93 percent recognition of fertile periods but 78 percent effectiveness. Critics call this a waste of funds and question birth reduction goals.
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Agency For International Development
U.S
Human Life Center
World Health Organization
Letters to the Gazette Battling humanism in public schools
A reader praises Helen Hunter’s Outlooks on secular humanism in schools and urges Christians to oppose what she calls a humanist agenda. The letter cites books and cites a March relocation to Cedar Rapids with thanks to The Gazette and local figures. The writer also condemns a Gazette court ruling and claims government officials manipulated media to sway public sentiment.
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Helen Hunter
America
NEA
Samuel Blumenfeld
Tim LaHaye
Tom Sage
Gazette
The
What Is A Farmer A Portrait In Many Eyes
A nostalgic poem framed as a door taped note lists farmer roles from wife to banker to neighbor. It portrays farmers through many viewpoints including minister businessman grocer dairy operator and doctor, concluding that he is a man outstanding in his field and deeply valued by Americans.
Linda Langenburg praised for publishing Linn County salaries
A Marion reader commends Linda Langenburg for publishing a complete list of county employees salaries the first time in years. The writer calls her a watchdog for taxpayers and urges continued fiscal vigilance with supervisors’ cooperation.
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Linda Langenburg
Linn County Auditor’s
Linda
Letter Writers Clash Over World War II Bombing Narrative
A reader argues that US media and citizens overemphasize Hiroshima while neglecting Pearl Harbor, asserting Americans should not portray themselves as perpetual villains. The letter supports praise for the writer of "Bomb's merit" from August 14.
Panosh family thanks sponsors for Little Miss Iowa pageant
The Panosh family of 1607 Maple Dr NW express gratitude to sponsors Sadler Power Train Inc The Beauty Box and relatives for supporting their daughter Jessica in the July 28 Little Miss Junior Petite of Iowa Pageant in Des Moines Universal Productions produced the event with professionalism and all contestants received trophies highlighting that everyone is a winner
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Jessica
Iowa
Des Moines
Sadler Power Train Inc
The
Beauty Box
John Cooper
Clarence Panosh
Opal Beeson
Universal Productions
Adoption opens doors for families across borders
Lowell A. Rutz advocates for adoption awareness, recounting two local families who welcomed overseas sons from Korea and Latin America. He notes high costs, lengthy procedures, and strict requirements, while highlighting Iowa agencies like Holt International and Lutheran Family Service and urging education and support for prospective parents.
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Iowa
Holt International
Eugene
Ore
Bertha
Harry Holt
Korea
Lutheran Family Service Agency
Cedar Rapids Educator Leads Kirkwood Community Education
A Cedar Rapids director in Kirkwood Community College's Community Education Division shares views. He owns a preschool and day care center and has past experience teaching in junior and senior high schools.
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Lowell A. Rutz
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
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