Vilsack urged to boost ethanol demand and markets
The editorial argues Gov Tom Vilsack should chair the Governors' Ethanol Coalition to press for higher ethanol use. It endorses incentives and a regional national marketing push to grow ethanol's market share and reduce foreign oil reliance while avoiding mandatory ethanol fueling.
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Lowa
GEC
Vilsack
Iowa
Tom Vilsack
California
Internet Confessor site sparks Catholic doctrine clash
UK Premier Christian Radio launches "The Confessor" where users spell sins online with privacy claims. Roman Catholic spokesman says confession requires a priest and cannot be done by phone or email. Reader correction notes theater format in a proposed Iowa Child Center.
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Koch
Christian Radio
United Kingdom
Confessor
California
Iowa
Victoria Combe
the Confessor
Wendell Koch
Gap in living standards misread in income debate
Norman Luxenburg argues that while upper incomes surged, middle and poor groups saw modest gains, with rising housing and consumer levels showing broad improvements. He cites rising education and home sizes, declines in poverty, and policy routes like the earned income credit, urging focus on root poverty causes.
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U.S
United States
Bill Gates
Wal-Mart
Sam Walton
Michael Jordan
Gazette Accepts Public Letters For Possible Printing
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business. Include writer’s full name signature address and daytime phone. Letters must be under 300 words and not anonymous. Submissions to The Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 or by fax or email.
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the Gazette
Cedar Ipids
Iowa
Vatican resilience amid attacks questioned by reader
A Dubuque letter argues that Vatican art treasures belong to no pope, notes Renaissance gains in value, and highlights the pope's simple personal quarters. It asserts the Vatican’s 2,000 year continuity as evidence of divine guidance despite hostile commentary.
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Italy
Vatican
The
St. Peter
Front page bias criticism of Kansas anti gay protest coverage
A reader condemns a Iowa paper for front page treatment of a 15 person fringe anti gay protest in Kansas. The letter argues the coverage paints Bible believers unfairly and calls for fuller evangelical voices and a more loving tone.
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Kansas
Iowa
Iowa caucuses spark clash over budgets and Bush gaffes
Iowans debate budget policy with Senator Tom Harkin criticizing a military rise and farm aid gaps while supporters push Alan Keyes as a corrective to national decline. The piece also notes George W. Bush verbal slips and past alcohol use as part of scrutiny before the 1996 campaign.
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Tom Harkin
Iowa
Clinton-Gore
Harkin
Bill Bradley
al Gore
Caucus
Gore
Bradley
Alan Keyes
America
Clinton
Chelsea
Hillary
House
Senate
Edith Belverstone
Cedar Rapids
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Detroit
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University Iowa
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