Local taxes local voice in Iowa budget debate
Iowa lawmakers face pressure to cap city and county budgets next year after sharp property valuation increases. Cedar Rapids Mayor Donald Canney calls limits an insult to local officials. The piece argues against across the board cuts and urges local option tax forms, fair road-use revenue, and local hearings to keep control with local government and taxpayers.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Donald Canney
Iowa League of Municipalities
Child care bill sparks debate over state role in parenting
Congress weighs the Child and Family Services Act offering voluntary federal funding for comprehensive day care while budget and election worries loom. Critics label the proposal a threat to family authority, citing hoaxes about state control, though supporters say it meets a genuine need with no intent to infringe parental rights.
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Congress
Child and Family Services Act
Goebbels
Hitler
Carter reaches out to McGovernites after Iowa win
Carter broader campaign seeking to balance support from McGovern’s 1972 veterans and moderates like David Boren. Dinner with McGovern allies at Liz Stevens’s Washington home on January 22 showcased Carter’s push for liberal backing while maintaining centrist ties. High-profile attendees included Frank Mankiewicz and Ted Van Dyk, with Holbrooke and Flag offering cautious backing.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
New Hampshire
Iowa
George McGovern
Democratic Party
Carter
Liz Stevens
McGovern
Mrs. Stevens
Frank Mankiewicz
Ted van Dyk
Joe Duffey
Ann Wexler
Richard Holbrooke
Foreign Policy Magazine
James Flag
Edward M. Kennedy
Energy Action Committee
Kennedy Era Coverups Highlighted By Church Panel
The Church committee declines to question Frank Sinatra or probe the White House crime link, citing staff ties to Kennedy allies. The piece traces alleged coverups involving Doar and Clark, Katzenbach, and Gilpatric, linking IBM Cravath partnerships to Kennedy administration figures and signaling deeper secrecy around intelligence and police abuse.
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Washington
Frank Church
Frank Sinatra
White House
Church
FBI
Senate
Kennedy era coverups and Mongoose critique emerge in Church memo analysis
The piece critiques how Church aides downplay Kennedy roles in Operation Mongoose and describes a planned chemical attack on Cuban sugar workers deemed unfeasible. It also questions wiretap disclosures by Attorney General Kennedy and suggests the Church committee masked a tapped law firm's involvement, implicating concealment of evidence and privacy.
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Gilpatric
Kennedy
Cuba
Church
Senator Church
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy Justice Department
Church Committee
New Hampshire's top Democratic contenders in NH primary
Tom Wicker surveys the New Hampshire race as the February 24 primary nears. Five major candidates face possible top three finishes. Udall needs a strong showing to bounce back after recent losses. Carter leans on momentum from Iowa to seize the early lead. Harris pursues a top three then growth strategy, Shriver appears weakest, Bayh remains an unknown with labor ties and strong campaigning skills.
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New York
New Hampshire
Udall
Harris
Birch Bayh
Jimmy Carter
Sargent Shriver
Massachusetts
Iowa
Bayh
Carter
Shriver
Buckley on JFK doubts and con men in pursuit of truth
The essay questions the Warren Commission's JFK ruling amid broad doubt. It cites Robert Anson and David Belin on Tippit’s murder and Oswald, then notes how con men appeal to gullible audiences, including a CBS 60 Minutes claim about CIA defense lectures. The piece critiques sensationalism and the demand for shocking theories.
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Oswald
Robert Sam Anson
National Review
David Belin
Anson
Tippit
Dallas
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Brewer
CBS
CIA
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Field Newspaper Syndicate
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John Dear
Kennedy Protective Society
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Burke Marshall
Ted Kennedy
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Fritz” Schwartz, Jr
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Cravath
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Ramsey Clark
John Doar
J. Edgar Hoover
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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Christian Bullet
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Hubert Humphrey
Ellen McCormack
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William F. Buckley, Jr
Davis
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