Con-Con rules bill eyed to guide Iowa constitutional conventions
Editorial argues for a House bill to define organization scope costs and procedures for constitutional conventions. It outlines specifics: July conventions in odd years, fifty delegates, 25 days, lieutenant governor as chair, staff limits, and funding from the General Assembly. The piece notes fears of runaway conventions and urges action this session or in 1986.
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Iowa
Running
Cedar Rapids
General Assembly
Purdue backs one year warranty for new teachers
Purdue University will issue a one year warranty on graduates reporting to Indiana schools. It provides faculty review of first year evaluations, planning with the teacher and supervisor, and free non credit courses during year one and the summer. The program aims to improve quality and reduce reliance on testing amid a national debate on teacher competence.
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Purdue University
Indiana
Purdue
Moral vigilantism versus civil disobedience in modern protest
A New York Times letter argues that abortion clinic bombings and similar acts are not civil disobedience but moral vigilantism. The author contrasts nonviolent civil rights sit ins with violent acts, urging reliance on lawful democratic pressure to change policy and protect lives.
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Baer
Times
Bernhard Goetz
New York
Goetz
Vietnam
My Defini
Public Letters Express Reagan Criticism and Reader Gratitude
Readers share harsh views on President Reagan and his budget, citing rising unemployment, taxes, and cuts to social services in Cedar Rapids. Included are concerns over Playboy delivery to homes, praise for Cedar Rapids Police assistance, and reflections on elder care challenges and churchly warnings from editor notes.
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Donald Kaul
Reagan
U.S
Cedar Rapids
United States
Uncaring politics and Reagan era payrolls
The speaker rails against a spoils system linking defeated Republicans to federal jobs under Reagan. They argue the Oval Office protects loyalists, prioritizes military programs, and creates a widening gap between rich and poor, predicting a two-class America by 1988.
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Sen
Jepsen
Oval Office
Reagan
Gazette critique on child abuse coverage in The Gazette
Letter complains of perceived bias in Gazette reporting and editorial choices over child abuse coverage. Writer cites Feb 3 front page promotion of anti abuse efforts while Jan 22 picketing at Cedar Rapids Clinic for Women drew no photo coverage. Calls for consistency to protect children and mourned losses in the city.
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Gazette
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