Mercy Sisters Mark 150 Years of Service in Cedar Rapids
The Sisters of Mercy of Cedar Rapids celebrate 150 years since their 1875 arrival and founding efforts. Their work spans teaching, health care, social services, and community institutions, shaping local history and landmark motherhouses including St Josephs Academy and Sacred Heart Convent. The order’s enduring impact reflects Catherine McAuley’s legacy and Mercy sisters worldwide.
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Sisters of Mercy of
Cedar Rapids
Sisters of Mercy
Mercy
Order
Catherine McAuley
Ireland
St. Joseph’s Academy
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Sacred Heart
Greene
Mary Sldephonse Holland
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mother McAuley
Archdiocese of Dubuque
Space to court as shuttle raises legal risks and profits
As spaceflight expands, lawyers insurers and executives debate a tangle of issues from Moon Treaty liability to space property rights. Nations challenge orbit rights and satellite data uploads while patent and liability questions loom. A NASA veteran quips that a shuttle disaster could target a lawyer convention, hinting at potential big legal fallout.
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Washington
Panama Canal
U.S. Senate
U.S
Canada
Australia
Space
Cuba
Gerald Mossinghoff
Office of Patents and Trademarks
NASA
Trial Lawyers of America
Fontainebleau Hotel
Miami
War fighting theory: nuclear use risks and limits debated
A Foreign Affairs article by Spurgeon Keeny Jr and Wolfgang Panofsky argues that controlled nuclear use faces staggering technical and human limits. It details vast arsenals, the difficulty of preventing wider destruction, and the likelihood that any so called limited strike would escalate.
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Boston
Paul Nitze
U.S
Geneva
Alexander Haig
Foreign Affairs
Spurgeon M. Keeny Jr
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Wolfgang H.K. Panofsky
Stanford
Keeny and
Panofsky
Remembering Sister Mary Ursula and Morey the custodian
A reader recalls Sister Mary Ursula from All Saints and the kindly custodian Morey, praising their teaching and care in childhood. He notes his Iowa years and hopes the Gazette updates her progress while wondering what Morey is doing now.
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Troy
Mary Ursula
All Saints
Editorial reply on heaven marriage question sparks reader critique
A Lutheran pastor defends Pope Paul VI on Jesus teaching that in heaven there is no marriage. He urges respect for scriptural authority in the debate, citing Matthew 22 30 and 29, while noting heavenly happiness remains beyond earthly description.
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Pope Paul
Pantex Plant Amidpanhandle Controversy Over Nuclear Work
Amarillo area faces debate sparked by Bishop Matthiesen as Reagan's neutron bomb policy draws Catholic criticism. Pantex, the nation’s final assembly point for nuclear weapons, employs about 2,400 workers with a $75-80 million annual budget and a $45 million payroll, raising local tensions and questions about proliferation.
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United States
Leroy T. Matthiesen
Amarillo
Reagan
Pantex
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Joe Hladky III
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
Chai
Itorial Board
the Gazette
Department of Social Services
Anthony Lewis
York Times Service
Soviet Union
Poseidon
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
Europe
Hiroshima
Haig
University of Iowa
Morey
Scott Schulte
Mount Vernon Road
Earth
Panhandlers
Texas
Department of Energy
Motorola Inc
Scottsdale
Ariz
General Electric Co
Pinellas
Fla
Bendix Corp
Kansas City
Aiken
S.C
Richland
Wash
Piketon
Ohio
Oak Ridge
Robert Walters
Texas Panhandle
Matthiesen
Panhandle
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas State University
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