Temporary Iowa sales tax proposal gains unlikely support
Gazette editors urge a truly temporary five percent sales tax from April to December to avert a 150 million dollar deficit and restore fiscal order. They argue the measure could raise about 190 million, with sunset preventing future budget entanglements, and urge Gov Branstad to concede for the state's best interest.
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Tate
Phil Brammer
Iowa
Brammer
Cedar Rapids
Terry Branstad
Draft issue looms large in Clinton NH primary prospects
The article weighs how Clinton born after World War II faces the draft fate debate as New Hampshire results shape his nomination odds. It notes a 1969 ROTC draft-avoidance letter and compares GOP leverage with Bush wartime service and Quayle draft avoidance. Clinton’s stance on military service could prove decisive amid rivals Kerrey Harkin and Bush.
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New Hampshire
Arkansas
Clinton
Sen
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
Vietnam
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Japan
Bush
Navy
Pacific
Dan Quayle
National Guard
Lawyer Presidents and Lincoln Civil Rights Echoes
The piece traces presidents with legal careers from Washington to Nixon noting Nixon was the only lawyer president since 1948 who broke the law. It contrasts past lawyer presidents with non lawyers like Truman Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Carter Reagan and Bush and recalls Lincoln defending dubious clients. The Baltimore Sun chapter highlights Lincoln’s late 1850s cases including railroad finance and a murder defense with a speedy trial twist.
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Paul Tsongas
Bob Kerrey
Richard Nixon
Tsongas
Nixon
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Tricky Dick
Grover
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White House
America
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Jack Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Michael Milken
Drexel Burnham Lambert
Lincoln
Baltimore Sun
Worst mistake of World War II was a popular one
A Nebraska reader recalls how Executive Order 9066 led to the 120000 Japanese Americans being relocated. The piece notes media coverage and public opinion then, cites figures like Douglas and Frankfurter, and cautions that future mistakes hinge on teaching tolerance for people who are different.
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Santa Barbara
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Life Magazine
Camp Manzanar
California
Nation
New Republic
New York Times
Colliers
Saturday Evening Post
Atlantic
Henry McLemore
House
Senate
United States Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Hugo Black
Felix Frankfurter
ACLU
Desert Storm veterans get aid through Persian Gulf Family Support
The American Red Cross launches the Persian Gulf Family Support Project with a $13 million Defense grant to assist National Guard and Reserve families. Services include counseling crisis intervention budget help child care reimbursement and employment skills support with grants never needing repayment. Contact your local Red Cross chapter. Betty L. Hargraves Grant Wood Area Chapter 3600 42nd St NE.
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National Guard
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Betty L. Hargraves
Grant Wood Area
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42Nd St. NE
Japanese workers face fatigue under long hours norms
A reader cites national averages of 2044 work hours and 185 overtime hours per year in Japan, equating to about 51 weeks of 40 hours. The letter notes personal pension records show 2216 hours in 1991, with no paid holidays or leave per the work agreement, and asserts perceptions of laziness abroad.
Public Letters Policy Snapshot and Submission Tips
A guidance note on letter submissions noting that writers must include name, street address and signature while omitting published anonymity. It requests shortened letters under 300 words focusing on issues and events rather than individuals. It allows no poetry and limits one letter per writer every 30 days with a phone number for authentication.
Curious timing for deer head incident
Letter writer questions the timing of a deer head incident and lauds hunters while criticizing an animal rights activist. He notes the activist’s Bever Park link and claims six weeks after deer season she faces hunters, and suggests she traced culprits. cites a Chickadee Checkoff tax idea and urges broad wildlife education and funding.
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Gazette
Bever Park
Deer Head
Jay McWherter
Broadway Dr
Limiting Males and the Future of Aged Progeny
Robert A Kammerer argues in Brooklyn that male numbers decline due to abortion and longer female lifespans. He warns the ratio could end male lineages within about two decades and condemns what he calls convenience in fetal tissue use. He frames abortion as a choice about life for prospective citizens.
Iowans Demand Passport for ID Sparks Friction
A foreign reader describes a chaotic attempt to obtain an Iowa ID. They must show a passport, face name-count confusion, and require a local to verify identity. They lost their passport and face denial and rude treatment, wondering if foreigners are targeted due to color.
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Iowa
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