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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1988
Page
6
Des Moines lawmakers face two big decisions in the 1989 session as divisions surface over a new school aid formula and a road-use tax plan. Leaders warn urban rural and big small school and tax coalitions may clash while public funds must be redirected to modernize services and boost a 21st century economy.
The article argues Bush will inherit a stronger yet still imperfect military after Reagan's buildup, noting improved education, training, and equipment but ongoing shortages. It discusses budget pressures, START reform, and potential annual savings of billions by curbing offensive nuclear arms, highlighting the need to balance national defense with Gramm Rudman constraints.
In New York crowds welcome Mikhail Gorbachev warmly while freed Soviet dissidents stress the system remains the problem. They urge accountability for arrests and secrecy, seek legal reform, and push for a full shift to democracy amid nationalities demands and a faltering economy. Irina Ratushinskaya’s Gulag memoir frames the broader fight for liberty.
Readers vent about high baseball salaries and political pay raises while noting aid to the poor and homeless. Cedar Rapids churches offer free Christmas dinners at St Pauls and St Marks with reservations. Thanksgiving dinner by foster children at St Mark's Lutheran honors families and volunteers with local donors thanked.
A letter argues for a legal option called father’s abortion allowing fathers to terminate parental rights within the first trimester, aligning with maternal abortion rights. The writer plans to contact a congressman seeking support for equal rights and policy change.
The Electoral College will meet nationwide to cast 538 votes based on states, with Iowa pledged to Dukakis and Bentsen and 426 for Bush Quayle. Electors may diverge from the popular vote. historically they can, though unlikely this year. In 1836 Johnson faced opposition while Van Buren still won.
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