Clinton's odd cabinet picks foster in-fighting within the White House
President Clinton's first round of appointments signals internal clashes as key departments vie for influence. Reich moves to labor, Browner heads EPA, Brown becomes commerce chief, McLarty serves as White House chief of staff, while balance across treasury, OMB, and economics posts aims to keep interest groups from dominating. The setup echoes FDR's method of resolving disputes personally.
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David Broder
Washington
Bill Clinton
White House
Environmental Protection Agency
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Clinton
Harvard
Robert Reich
Reich
Donna Shalala
Marian Wright Edelman
Children’s Defense Fund
Ron Brown
Democratic National Committee
Thomas
Mack) McLarty
Ted Kennedy
Brown
McLarty
Health and Human Services
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Albert Gore
Carol Browner
EPA
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Secretary of Treasury
Wall Street
Roger Altman
Bob Rubin
National Economic Council
Five Seasons Hotel faces public private renovation in Cedar Rapids
The Five Seasons Hotel built in a public private partnership faces an ownership change and a city funded facelift. City ownership of land under the hotel and park drives planned improvements to the ballroom corridors skylight entrance and surrounding areas with work possibly starting in January. Local investors including The Gazette are backing the plan to own renovate and manage the property to boost downtown vitality and attract conventions.
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Five Seasons Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Stouffer's
America
The
Gazette
Larry Serbousek
Bob Hope hailed as a heroic entertainer and morale booster
Defense Secretary Cheney hails Bob Hope as a true hero and fearless morale booster for American troops. The piece notes Hope’s long career across vaudeville, radio, film, and television and references his Christmas specials and war-zone visits.
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NBC
Dick Cheney
America
Bob Hope
Hope
Somalia
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Bing Crosby
George Burns
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Steve Martin
Cheney
Iowa City Presses Farmers Over Test Wells
A farmer writes that the Iowa City Water Department harassed nearby landowners for months to place test wells claiming regulatory needs and future water shortages. He says trespass occurred after refusal and warns of possible condemnation for an easement to a new treatment plan. He asks for help.
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Iowa City
Farmer
Water Department
Tax Increases and Spending Runaway Opinion
David W. Prudden argues that partial tax hikes fail to close deficits because every tax dollar yields more spending. He criticizes Congress for overspending and urges a line‑item veto or a presidential veto to shut down funding for nonessential projects until only needed items are funded.
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the Gazette
Robert Reno
Newsday
Congress
David W. Prudden
Grande Ave
Iroquois Influence Highlighted in Historical Discourse
Congress honored the Iroquois on the 200th anniversary of the Constitution acknowledging their democratic principles and influence on leaders like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. The note critiques reliance on limited sources and urges broader research into historical truth.
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American Heritage Magazine
Arthur Schlesinger
Congress
Republic
United States of America
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Farm cats threaten wildlife and small game in Iowa County
Letter argues stray and wild cats depress pheasants rabbits quail and other small game. It urges grassroots action on farms to control barnyard cats and cites 1993 NAACP meeting and a Thursday voting reminder at the office 1134 Ninth St SE Linden Topinka and Jason A Becker Marengo names appear in the appeal.
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Iowa
NAACP
Ninth St. SE
Linda Topinka
11Th St. NW
Jason A. Becker
Marengo
Loomis lauded for Cedar Rapids hospital impact
Hospitals magazine honors Charles Loomis of Cedar Rapids for vision and leadership at St. Luke's Foundation. His four year tenure funded the Child Protection Center startup, established annual support via the Cedar River Duck Race, and enabled property acquisition for the Medical Office Building through charitable giving.
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Hospitals Magazine
The
American Hospital Association
Charles Loomis
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation
St. Luke’s Foundation
St. Luke’s Medical Office
Ongoing verbal snafu eroding language usage
The piece argues that words like snafu enormity and notoriety are diluted through casual use. It notes misuses like infamy meaning fame and cites a baseball story as an example. The author laments shrinking precision and concludes with ongoing verbal snafu.
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Carl Kane Ee
USA Today
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House Budget Committee
Leon Panetta
Congressional Budget Office
Alice Rivlin
Office of Management and Budget
David Stockman
Richard Darman
Treasury
Bentsen and Altman
Council of Economic Advisers
Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Berkeley
Rubin
OMB
Panetta
Rivlin
Franklin Roosevelt
Fdr
Washington Post Writers Group
JF. Hladky Jr
Board of
Joe Hladky III
Ken Slaughter
Dale Larson
Kerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Loomis
Cedar River
Naraulies
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