Clean air bill revisions could spur growth in polluted cities
The Gazette endorses Congress revisions to roll back deadlines and drop the lowest achievable emission rate rule. The change would allow variances in non attainment areas, enabling plants like a proposed Caterpillar site in Cedar Rapids to proceed with job creation while balancing environmental safeguards. Iowa, among leading states, would gain guidance from Washington to encourage growth without sacrificing air quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Washington
Caterpillar
Feds
Why Nancy is chided by the Establishment Press
A critique of media bias against Nancy Reagan argues that liberal outlets target her decor and wardrobe as a proxy for attacking Ronald Reagan. The piece contrasts press double standards with JFK era coverage and notes public concern over perceived extravagance during tough economic times.
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Reagan
Nancy
Ross Mackenzie
Kennedy
JFK
Times
Jackie Kennedy
Reagan budget slashes domestic programs to fund defense
The article argues Reagan and Stockman present a stark plan to shrink non defense and non entitlement spending by 25 percent in a single year. It highlights cuts to legal services and Title I education, contending the budget prioritizes defense over social programs and taxes, challenging Congress to accept the shift or roll back tax cuts.
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Reagan
David Stockman
Congress
Defense Department
Pentagon
Creationism’s limits sparks debate in Gazette letters
A reader challenges the Jan. 8 Gazette editorial supporting Judge Overton’s Arkansas ruling against teaching creationism with evolution. The writer argues Bible authority must be uniform, criticizes evolution as theory not fact, and asserts Earth’s age and NASA moon missions support a Biblical timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Overton
Arkansas
Popularity contest at KGAN-TV questioned
The writer questions the station policy on popularity polls for staff and asks why viewers cannot vote or send fan mail. They cite Gene Lively as an asset and warn that ignoring audience wishes could lead to displacement of news staff.
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Kgan-Tv
Gene Lively
Sokol movement in Cedar Rapids and hunting letter
The document recalls the 1865 Sokol movement beginnings in St. Louis Cedar Rapids and its growth with classes and a permanent hall. It praises Czech heritage discipline and civic service, then shifts to concern about hunting trapping debates urging unity against anti groups and to defend hunting traditions.
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Jednota
St. Louis
Czech Reading Society
Cedar Rapids
Sokol
Czech School
Czech Dramatic Groups
Judgment rights in abortion debates explored
The text contrasts pro-choice and pro-life views. It frames pro-life as a narrow, value-laden stance rooted in religion and moral judgments, while pro-choice is tied to American freedoms and personal decision making free from government interference. It notes pro-life judgment of others, and pro-choice view that individuals bear responsibility and judgments belong to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Night Storm Delays Morning Routine on Icy Corner
Pre dawn, a narrator wakes to a bitter cold wind and snowfall. Ice encrusted windows, slippery steps, and barking dogs frame a cold neighborhood scene as children arrive with a new morning friend, while a car stops at the intersection. The paper can wait as the clock shows 5 18 a.m.
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J.F. Hladky, Jr
Joe Hladky III
John Donnelly
John Robertson
the Gazette
John Kennedy
Nancy Reagan
Adolfo
Marie Antoinette
David Broder Washing
Legal Services Program
Secretary of Education
Earth
NASA
Moon
Raruc
Sokols
Miroslav Tyrs
Fugner
Czechoslovakia
Frank Machovsky
Kolin
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