Gingrich Book Deal Draws $4 Million Advance
The editorial notes Newt Gingrich, poised to become speaker, inked a deal with HarperCollins worth over 4 million dollars for two non fiction books. It cites his remark that conservative books sell and contrasts with liberal titles. It argues the deal reflects opportunity in America.
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Chamber
Newt Gingrich
U.S
House of Representatives
Jim Wright
House
Wright
Gingrich
Harper-Collins Publishing House
Dee Dee Myers
America
Iowa ends contract privatizing rest areas with DTH Services
The state will end its agreement with DTH Services of Dunn North Carolina next May 1 to clean interstate rest areas. The move follows criticism of Iowa rest stops and discusses privatization, cost savings of 300000, and plans for 24 hour maintenance and bid options for smaller sets of rest areas.
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North Carolina
Iowa
DTH Services
Dunn
N.C
Lowa
Department of Transportation
Keep America first in postwar celebrations letter
Cedar Rapids reader Cedric W. Todd urges Americans to oppose Japanese involvement in WWII commemoration events and to keep the United States first, criticizing displays of the Enola Gay and Japan’s prime minister visit as inappropriate. He laments apologies and political appeasement and calls for national pride.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S
Tomichi Murayama
Hawaiian Islands
America
Cedric W. Todd
Cedar Rapids
Letters to the Gazette Accept Submissions
The Cedar Rapids Gazette invites readers to send letters up to 300 words. Include name address and daytime phone. only name and hometown will be published. Provide full mailing address Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Fax 398-5846 or email Gazette Net on Flowa 368-8800 CompuServe 75144,1041 internet 75144,1041 compuserve com.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette Net
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Compuserve.com
Local reflections on O J and a flood of public spending
In Dubuque and Monticello the chatter drifts from O J Simpson to riverboat gambling and grant requests. Tom Yeoman seeks a 50000 RISE grant for industrial park development while Cascade Die Mold asks 37500 from CDBG funds. Public officials push for CEBA aid up to 200000 as 41 jobs loom. Commissioners debate matching funds as concerns about public subsidies grow. The Ambulance Board requests 19000 as the city budgets need rise.
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O.J. Simpson
L.A
Las Vegas
Jones County
O.J
Monticello
Tom Yeoman
Yeoman
Dick Behrens
Cascade Die Mold
Dennis McDermott
Behrenses
Sixth Street
Welfare to the wealthy fuels social disarray in America
A guest column laments welfare reform rhetoric while criticizing federal policy. The author argues unemployment, inflation, and a Fed stance favor the wealthy, causing hardship for the poor and rising social ills amid national distractions like the O.J. story.
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Schrunk
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Garth Brooks
Simpson
America
O.J
Privatization gains momentum worldwide and in U S
Washington columnist James K Glassman notes privatization spreads across Europe Latin America and Asia with Clinton proposing asset sales and privatized services He cites examples from France and the Netherlands to Chile Colombia and Peru highlighting private management toll roads and potential Amtrak sales while urging U S adoption to curb deficits and improve efficiency.
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Latin America
Asia
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Transportation Department
House Budget Committee
Robert Poole
Treasury
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U.S. Postal Service
Poole
Reason Foundation
White House
New Zealand
Switzerland
Germany
Feds
France
Marseille
Prado Carenage
Gilbert Saby
Netherlands
Britain
Argentina
South Korea
Mexico
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Renault
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