Poverty's real face on Crossfire hunger in America debate
The four part Gazette series "The New Faces of Poverty" challenges stereotypes of welfare recipients and highlights diverse hardship. Officials report 95 percent of Linn County clients prefer not to rely on aid while unemployment, illness, and recession deepen poverty. Government and volunteers offer extensive programs, yet hunger and deprivation persist as a systemic issue.
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America
Pat Buchanan
Salvation Army
Iowa
Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Linn Human Services
Fair tax shakeup on hunting aid gear debated
The Interior Department ponders broadening excise taxes to cover birdseed birdhouses cameras binoculars motor homes and wildlife books to fund conservation. Critics ask what is fair when taxes hit gear used only for backyard viewing sports events or casual travel and warn of a potential user tax on breathing air.
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Interior Department
James G. Watt
Congress
FCC seeks public comments on Dial-A Porn restriction law
The FCC requests input on a proposed rule banning obscene or indecent Dial-A Porn services for minors with fines and criminal penalties for operators. The agency emphasizes age restrictions and compliance requirements under the new law.
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The
Federal Communications Commission
Meese and hunger critique amid Reagan era wealth
The column argues against portraying hunger as a rare fault and catalogs hunger figures from Massachusetts, the USDA, Time, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It questions Meese's defense of food stamp spending while noting widening poverty and homeless numbers in 1983.
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Mr. Meese
Pentagon
Massachusetts
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Time Magazine
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Religious freedom needs constant vigilance and broad support
A reflection on the origin of religious liberty in America from colonial establishments to the First Amendment. It warns against attempts to subvert disestablishment, notes threats from fundamentalist evangelists and political leaders, and stresses the separation of church and state as essential to a peaceful, diverse nation.
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Europe
America
Congregational Church
Dutch Reformed
Artemus Ward
United States
Thomas Paine
Ethan Allen
Jefferson
Madison
Washington
Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Virginia
Supreme Court
Eastern Iowans invited to share views on any topic
Periodic observations invite readers to express themselves here with unlimited topics. DeVere Hirt of Coralville, retired in 1973 as a clerk typist with the VA Hospital, brings a background as a life insurance agent, county clerk of court, real estate dealer, and IRS employee.
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DeVere Hirt
Coralville
County Clerk of Court
IRS
Family letter on peace and responsibility to make peace
A family writes from The Gazette reflecting on peace and justice. They urge nonviolence openness and understanding within families and communities, stressing prayer education and action to form mature consciences and promote peace beyond government.
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O! Nine
Mom
Dad
Jesus
Soviet persistence and Western response in Cold War debate
An argument stresses the goal of world conquest by communists and accuses the USSR of exploiting peace as a means to end fighting after dominance. It faults Carter era policy, claims Russia surged during weapon cuts, and links NATO cohesion to preventing Soviet dominance.
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Carter
U.S
Russia
Europe
NATO
Pronoun Problems Highlight Common Writing Errors
A discussion of faulty pronouns and punctuation illustrates frequent pitfalls in possessives subject and object forms. It covers issues like our vs ours apostrophes unnecessary self pronouns and who vs whom with examples from journalism and feature writing.
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Geneva
Jim Criner
Iowa State
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