Iowa commission finds utility refund system fair with minor caveat
An Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric customer questions refund fairness but the Iowa Commerce Commission outlines a quick payment principle. Pipeline refunds flow to customers via bill credits or checks. unclaimed funds revert to the state after seven years. The piece suggests reallocating uncashed refunds to elderly and fixed income households.
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Illinois Gas and Electric
Iowa Commerce Commission
The
Commission
Iowa
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Washington
FERC
Portugal faces a 12th election as democracy strains to endure
Five years after the flower revolution Portugal heads toward a general election seen as temporary in a cycle of elections. Prime Minister Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo leads a fragile government amid inflation, unemployment, and large refugee inflows. The Communist Party holds 40 seats and U.S. aid underpins a fragile democracy as President Ramalho Eanes may extend the mandate if no clear winner emerges.
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Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo
Lisbon
Graal
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Communist Party
United States
Iran
Middle East
Portugal
U.S
Soviets view Iran crisis as sign of U.S. decline
Soviet officials in Moscow express concern over deteriorating U.S.-Soviet relations amid the Tehran hostage crisis. They fault U.S. policy, warn against military intervention, and say the decline stems from Washington’s refusal to redefine power in a multipolar world. They suspect U.S. leaders, including Brzezinski, seek dominance despite changing global realities.
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Moscow
Waldheim
U.N
Tehran
U.S
Iran
Soviet Union
Zbigniew Brzezinski
United States
America
U. S
Middle East
Europe
China
Urals
U.S.S.R
Washington
Letters Questioning Phrase That Dare Not Speak Its Name
A reader notes 200000 Iranians shout anti Western slogans as the U S Embassy detains American staff and prevents departures. The writer signs as Robert W Neff from Linden Drive SE.
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Robert W. Neff
Linden Drive
Questioning Liberty and Law in Modern Attitudes
A reader critiques changes in sexual attitudes from parental consent and abortion to contraception and sex education. The letter laments loss of moral restraint, notes vending machine contraceptives, evolving medical ethics, and reduced parent child communication in the context of a church Thanksgiving hymn. The piece questions if liberty without law breeds anarchy and calls for reflection.
Verne Marshall remembered as Gazette crusading editor
James W. McCutcheon recalls Verne Marshall active 1920s early 1940s as a fearless Iowa editor. Marshall drove ambulance missions in WWI exposed illegal slot operations earned a Pulitzer in 1936 for public service. He led a one man editorial department opposed foreign war efforts later aided student exchanges with the American Field Service.
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Jack Ferring
The
Gazette
Verne Marshall
Iowa
Verne
Walter A. Jessup
University of Iowa
State Board
Sioux City
the Gazette
Gazette Co
Miller
Faulkes
United States
American Field Service
Abortion Talk Sparks Letter to Editor on Values
Joyce Evans voices concern over abortion in a letter to the editor, arguing that free sex cheapens women and society. She cites bumper sticker rhetoric and suggests values erode as women seek credit and equal pay, warning against permissive attitudes.
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John Robertson
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Samuel Johnson
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Czechoslovakia
Senate
Africa
South Africa
New York Times Service
Bob Hannan
Center
St. NE
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Cornell College
Bob Toms
Marion
Lloyd McCutcheon
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Record
Marshall
Des Moines
Saturday Evening Post
Will Irwin
Toms
Linn County
Mount Vernon Hawkeye Record
Lisbon Herald
Herbert Hoover
Cyrenus Cole
Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Jessup
Iowa City
Joyce Evans
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