White House urges protections for press in search and seizure
The Carter administration calls for legislation to bar searches and seizures of notes photographs tapes and drafts from newsrooms unless the material is contraband or tied to crime or to prevent death or serious injury This push targets intimidation and suppression of the press and urges more First Amendment minded Supreme Court appointees while praising broader White House restraint.
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White House
Stanford Daily
Supreme Court
Farber
New York
Carter
IMTA to Accept Public Reports on Truckers Misconduct
The Iowa Motor Truck Association partners with the Iowa Departments of Transportation and Public Safety to issue post paid reporting cards for public tips on truckers who break laws or courtesy codes on Iowa roads. Reports require accurate truck identification. signed receipts confirm actions taken.
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Iowa Motor Truck Association
Iowa
Iowa Departments of Transportation and Public Safety
IMTA
Linden St
Des Moines
New Cedar Rapids center linked to Hawkeye football fortunes
An Iowa columnist argues the Five Seasons Center opening in Cedar Rapids will tap Eastern Iowa entertainment dollars and affect the University of Iowa football program. He notes fan loyalty and a new coach, Hayden Fry, while offering practical tips for using the new parking ramp.
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C.R
Hawkeye
Cedar Rapids Five Seasons Center
University of Iowa
Iowa
Hawks
Eastern Iowa
Chuck Swore
Cedar Rapids
Acme Electric Co
Local 405
International Brotherhood’ of Electrical Workers
Hayden Fry
The Dilemma of Not Winning Football Games
The dilemma of not winning football games could be proportional to the environment players live in. The academic and administrative elite may expect highly talented players to be well rounded socially adjusted academically proficient and spiritually perfect.
Winning Iowa and the call for a winning football state
The piece argues for a victorious Iowa football culture to boost state pride and drive excellence. It contrasts pressures in conservative environments with the public demand for bowl participation and winning teams, noting a classroom snapshot where only half of 56 students learn while others tutor.
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Iowa
Ure
Prison literacy debate corrected by inmate tutor
A reader disputes a Dec 3 Gazette piece on reformatory literacy, noting residents are functionally illiterate not wholly illiterate. The writer, an inmate tutor, describes reading and writing skills, educational programs via Telenet, and 39 inmates in GED or college courses, urging balanced, positive reporting.
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David Ure
P.L.A.N
Kirkwood Community College
Old allies found new bedfellows in 1978
James Reston analyzes 1978 as a year of mixed reforms and tensions. Carter shifts abroad with Panama Canal changes and relations with Peking, while pursuing inflation restraint at home. Liberals and conservatives diverge, voter turnout drops, and high-stakes debates loom over budgets and arms talks. The era ends unsettled yet with improving cross group relations and international ties.
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Carter
U.S
Panama Canal
Peking
Washington
Taiwan
Word Oddities and The Meaning of Fell Swoop
The column explores usage quirks with upcoming and well versus good as adverbs, and explains fell swoop from the word fell meaning fierce or deadly. It cites readers Joan Jacobson Des Moines Joyce Case Nantucket and clarifies etymology.
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Joan Jacobson
Tucson
B. Oberle
Des Moines
Joyce Case
Nantucket
Mass
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By James Reston
United States
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Theodore M. Bernstein
New York Times Syndicate
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