Rural bias persists in Iowa property tax study committee
The bipartisan Legislative Council added Senator Notting to the property tax study panel to improve rural urban balance, but the committee remains weighted toward rural interests. Urban residents pay more in taxes, and key city lawmakers from Des Moines Waterloo Cedar Falls and others were not added. No large city is represented on the panel.
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Statehouse
Legislative Council
House
Senate
Senator Notting
Waterloo
Senator Willits
Des Moines
Black Hawk County
Nolting
Rep
Wulff
Brandt
Cedar Falls
Polk County
Senator Kinley
Scott County
Shaw
Davenport
Shaff
Camanche
Clinton County
Nielsen
Altoona
Polk
Scheelhouse
Moville
Woodbury
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa City
Ames
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Ottumwa
Burlington
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Lobby power in Washington stokes debate on Israeli support
In Washington the Israeli lobby draws scrutiny as critics claim it pressures senators including John Culver to back pro Israel stances. Critics like Carl Marcy and Alfred Lilienthal warn that debate on Israeli Arab policy is stifled by fear and near total support, while Abdel-Mawgoud Hassan notes a tilt toward the center but enduring pressure to align.
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Washington
Israel
Senate
John Culver
Iowa
Middle East
Marcy
Family Hour on TV Falls Short Critics Say
Media and lawmakers push a family viewing hour but networks show little enthusiasm and plan a 9 to 10 pm slot on coasts and 8 to 9 pm in the Midwest. Editorial notes bland programming, concerns over timing and youth exposure, and questions whether the concept will endure beyond winter.
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Network TV
Midwest
Midlands
Word Play and Language Roots Across Dialects
A column discusses English word meanings and prefixes such as be- with examples like behead and befriend. It explores the origins of Down East and how direction terms reflect historical notions of importance, noting the phrase dates to the early 1800s.
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Claire Gerber
Port Republic
N.J
Down East
Ray F. Clouser
Havertown
England
London
Boston
New
Masonry Code Curb on Liquor And Trial for Ouster
A reader defends Masonic precepts against claims of bars in temples and explains the Iowa Masonic Code forbidding liquor on lodge property. The letter notes that jurisdiction is provincial, that trials follow defined offenses, and asserts that Masonry acts with due process before any expulsion or charges.
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Masonic Code of
Iowa
Arkansas
Progress and pride amid a gospel of self reliance
The author rails against modern intellectuals pushing metrication, praising American industrial growth and self sufficiency. He mocks calls to adopt metric units, arguing for the old systems and vowing to continue working with what he knows.
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U.S
Gazette Editorial Letters Policy Summary
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Woody Allen and the Movie Heart: A Love and Death Reflection
The essay argues that classic male leads from Valentino to Redford shaped fantasies of male superiority and female desirability. It notes feminists critique and contrasts leading men with Chaplin’s Tramp, who remains pitiably inept yet uplifting.
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Valentino
Chaplin
Woody Allen’s Love and Death and the Schlemiel Allure
A New York Times review laments Woody Allen’s reversal from underdog to irresistible lover in Love and Death. The critic argues the film betrays audiences by making Allen appear the ultimate romantic victor, draining the viewer’s sense of superiority and leaving a hollow punchline.
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William Saroyan
New York Times
Paris
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Affairs
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New York
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Hitler
Abdel-Mawgoud
San
Arab Information Center
Hassan
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Senator Culver
Theodore M. Bernstein
New York Times Syndicate
People's Forum
Mills
D-Ark
the Gazette
Schlemiel
C’mon
Woody
Redford
By Russell Baker
Woody Allen
Robert Redford
Paul Newman
Jack Palance
Newman
Palance
Gable
Cooper
Grant
Frank Leahy
Russia
Opera House
Allen
Schlemiels
Groucho Marx
Harpo
Chico
Groucho
Amour
W.C. Fields
Mae West
Mae
Hopalong Cassidy
Gay Liberation
Newman, Redford and Company
New York Times Service
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