Debate Over Marquette Bridge Repair Costs and Responsibility
The Marquette bridge, vital for 10 000 grain trucks and 400 Iowans daily, is labeled defense important. Iowa and Wisconsin push for federal aid and consider legal action against U S Steel for alleged faulty specifications, with repair costs potentially exceeding 6 million and state shares up to 1.5 million.
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Wisconsin
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Iowa Republicans reshuffle as party aims to win voters’ esteem
Iowa’s Republican State Central Committee ousted Steve Roberts as state chairman and installed Bennet Webster, a Des Moines attorney, amid questions about how leadership influences election results. The move signals ongoing party factionalism and skepticism about leadership impact on voter choice.
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Des Moines
the Gazette
Ken Sullivan
Roger Halvorson
Monona
Roberts
Conscience-salve no more foreign aid, Reagan cuts urged
The piece argues for deep cuts in U.S. foreign aid, labeling aid a failed concept and a conscience salve. It cites India as an example of aid not yielding lasting benefits, notes success in East Asia where leaders pursued own reforms, and argues that aid should be retrenched while the U.S. remains generous in catastrophe.
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U.S
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Potomac
India
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World Bank
Community letters and notices mixed with theater update
Readers urge focus on drug and alcohol issues citing local hospitals and police, praise David Toma, and question state waste. Obituary notes mark the death of Peter Phelan. Theatre notes warn of language in a Marion Garden Theatre production The Owl and the Pussycat with June context.
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Boot Stolen From Central YMCA During Swim
A pair of brothers report a boot stolen while swimming at the Central YMCA on February 1. The shoe, less than a week old, was bought with the father’s last unemployment check. The note asks the thief to return the boot to the home or the YMCA desk so the brother can have his only pair.
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Central Ymca
TV sleaze and the mild preacher of decency
Washington report on Rev. Donald E. Wildman, Tupelo Mississippi pastor and head of the National Federation for Decency and Coalition for Better Television. The piece details his shift from stereotype as a preacher of hellfire to a calm, informed advocate against profanity and violence on airwaves.
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Tupelo
Miss
National Federation For Decency
Coalition For Better Television
Frank Mankiewicz
NBC
TV Sex Violence Debate Sparks Call for Censorship
Insights argue prime-time TV overemphasizes sex and violence across networks. Wildman’s research, citing films and real incidents, fuels the case for boycotts of sponsors of “least constructive” programs, while some fear censorship. A CBS review of Thats My Line echoes concerns about sexual content.
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Topeka
Kan
Gia
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