Inconsistency on bribes reaches Iowa officials
Polk County Attorney Dan Johnston defers the Richard Sherzan case to Iowa Attorney General Dick Turner amid questions of bribery and political ethics. The piece traces Turner and Johnston’s readings of an 1880 Supreme Court case and notes prior disputes over legislator per diem claims.
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Dan Johnston
Polk County
Richard Sherzan
Dick Turner
Iowa
Turner
Richard Haesemeyer
Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Haesemeyer
Supreme Court
Johnston
Sherman
Letters Dump IE Power Plant Critique and Costs
A reader questions IE management and accountability over the Duane Arnold nuclear plant. They accuse ratepayers of bearing cost overruns, advertising expense, and hidden profits while criticizing media silence and demanding transparency and investigations into profit and loss and rate increases.
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Duane Arnold
Gazette
Resignation Timed To Expand Voters Choice In Linn County
Linn County Supervisor Richard Wenzel moved his resignation to 5 p.m. Friday, allowing voters a chance to elect his replacement. His action ends a plan where three Democratic officers would appoint a successor if the vacancy occurred near a general election, potentially locking in party control.
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Linn County
Richard Wenzel
Wenzel
Isn’t it the truth By Cori Ribiet Jr
Election campaigning mirrors television advertising aiming to overwhelm the audience. Voters prefer being underwhelmed, as defeat at the polls shows.
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Cori Ribiet Jr
Lake Vermilion Reflections on Northwoods Life and Politics
A writer visits Pehrson Lodge on Lake Vermilion, Minnesota, describing the lake’s vast beauty, wildlife, and woods, and contrasts it with Iowa. The piece notes local farming, wetlands policies, the Soudan iron-mining history, and the Boundary Waters protection fight, plus local political activity and a quiet wild rice controversy before ending with two weeks away from the world.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Pehrson Lodge
Lake Vermilion
Iowa City
Inflation Dominates 1978 Elections As Carter Faces Pressure
A Harris Poll finds 74 percent see rising prices as the top issue, with 84 percent of Americans giving Carter negative ratings on inflation. Voters fear a recession and favor tax incentives to curb price hikes, while unions show willingness to accept smaller pay raises if inflation is controlled. Congress is poised to act during the September session.
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Carter
Harris
Arthur Okun
Brookings Institution
Henry Wallich
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
ABC News
Congress
Weinhardt Seeks Re-Election to Cedar Rapids School Board
Voters on September 13 in the Cedar Rapids Community School District can elect two board members with one seat uncontested. Robert Weinhardt, current board president, seeks at large membership after 12 years on the board and five as president.
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Cedar Rapids
OSHA
Hanna B. Weston
Iowa City
Kirkwood Community College
Public Employee Relations Board
The
Iowa and American Civil Liberties Union
Cedar Rapids Community
Robert Weinhardt
Weinhardt
Citizens Space Utilization Committee
Mr. Weinhardt
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J. F. Hladky, Jr
J. F. Hladky III
Art Heusinkveld
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Sherzan
Carl Nielsen
Altoona
Iowa House
Nielsen
Johnson
Ford
Inter Ocean Press Syndicate
Northwoods
By Hanna B. Weston
Duluth
Soudan
Mesabi Range
United States Steel
Democratic Farm Labor Party
Hubert Humphrey
Walter Mondale
BWCA
Boundary Waters
Mark Twain
Joyce's Landing
Gautes Cigarette
By Louis Harris
Harris Survey
Chicago Tribune
New York News Syndicate
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