Iowans Limit Abortion as Election Votes Signal Priorities
The Iowa electorate showed abortion was not the decisive issue in two statewide races. Despite proposed bills to restrict or loosen access, voters elected a pro life governor and a pro choice senator, signaling likely a bitter legislative clash once the General Assembly convenes.
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Iowa
U.S
General Assembly
Clay Spear
Burlington
Iowa City
Terry Branstad
Kissinger urged strikes despite ties to Baghdad
The Senate Armed Services Committee is urged to scrutinize Henry Kissinger amid his past consulting with Saddam Hussein. Critics note Kissinger Associates advised Iraq prior to the invasion, while Kissinger pushes surgical air strikes now. The column questions credibility and calls for committee discernment.
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Henry Kissinger
Global Realpolitik
New Republic
Kissinger
Kissinger Associates
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Hussein
United States
Kuwait
Armed Services Committee
Baghdad
Persian Gulf
Congressional Committee
Senate Armed Services
Scouts Help Stock Food For Eastern Iowa Relief Effort
Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts assisted in a large food drive, providing enough food stockpiled for distribution to Eastern Iowa’s less fortunate residents for the coming months. The third annual Scouting for Food campaign blends generosity with youth energy to meet a community need.
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Iowa
Boy Scouts of America
Pay as You Drive Insurance Proposed by Experts
Jessica Mathews argues for Pay as You Drive insurance to link 70 percent of auto costs to fuel use, via gas pump payments directed to the state. The plan would raise perceived gas costs, encourage pooling and transit, reduce driving, lower energy use and pollution, and improve equity. It cites California 1987 figures and notes potential effects on uninsured motorists and risk pools.
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Mohamed El-Gasseir
California Energy Commission
California
America
Tie One On over holidays with MADD
Readers urged to display red ribbons on cars during Thanksgiving to New Year to promote sober driving. Letter notes personal loss from drunk driving, cites MADD impact and ongoing fatalities, and mentions ribbons available at Cedar Rapids libraries with local billboards promoting safety.
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Madd
United States
Cedar Rapids
16Th Avenue
Blairs Ferry Road
Thanksgiving deer collision on I 380 children Cedar Rapids
Leo and Marie Yeries of 24th Ave SW thank the two unidentified motorists who stopped to aid them after a deer struck their car on Thanksgiving afternoon on Interstate 380 south of Cedar Rapids. No injuries reported and vehicle damage noted.
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Interstate 380
Cedar Rapids
We Should Pull Back From Kuwait and Rethink War
An op-ed argues the US is not obligated to expel Saddam Hussein and urges withdrawing from Saudi Arabia. The author notes changing global power dynamics, UN embargoes, and the risks of continued military involvement, calling for multilateral action and a focus on global citizenship.
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Bush
United Nations
Saddam
West
Soviet Union
East
England
Japan
Holland
Middle East
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Board of
Joe Hladky II
Ken Slaughter
Ana Treasure
Dale Larson
John Robertson
Jerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Jessica Mathews
Portland
Ore
World Resources Institute
The
Washington Post
the Gazette
Dan Langfield
Linn County Medical Society
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