Iowa child abuse law seen as improving but lacking protections
Gazette analysis notes four year old revisions aid prevention and rehabilitation but omit sexual molestation without physical injury and mental maltreatment. Health training lag limits detection, leading authorities to focus on cases with physical injury while emotional harm rises. Calls for mandatory reporting and protection from recrimination for reporters.
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Iowa
Ann Schrader
Gazette
Linn County
Idwa
Gazette News
Abandoned Cars Policy Puts Burden On Owners In Iowa
Cedar Rapids and Linn County face a heavy abandoned vehicle problem with towing storage and disposal rules. State law defines abandoned cars as left on public property over 48 hours without plates or with missing drivability parts, parked on public property over 72 hours, left on private property over 24 hours without consent, impounded and unreclaimed in 10 days, or on a highway declared a hazard. Public cooperation and strict enforcement could reduce clutter and cut local disposal costs while stressing owners to handle disposal themselves.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Independent voters rise as party loyalties fade in US
The Harris Survey shows 43 percent identify as Democrats, 22 percent as Republicans and 29 percent as independents. Independence is rising across regions, ages, and education, predicting more ticket splitting and candidates who win by merit rather than party.
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United States
Congress
White House
Republican Party
Carter
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Ter
Midwest
Congress of the Laity debates ethics after Watergate crash
About 800 people met in Los Angeles for a Congress of the Laity to discuss religion and social questions. Gerald Ford and his wife opened the event, with Howard E. Butt Jr urging leaders from various sectors to seek moral guidance through Christian discipleship. The piece notes themes of shared responsibility, belief in believing, and a growing movement to revive moral debate beyond traditional leaders, highlighting cross denominational reach and university ethics courses as reflections of these changes.
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Los Angeles
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Howard E. Butt Jr
Corpus Christi
Texas
Congress of the Laity
Washington
Middle East
Inflation and Tax Reform Arguments for Tax Exemption
A letter argues that 6 percent inflation erodes real gains from bank interest and capital gains. It proposes that congress change tax laws to exempt all interest and dividends up to the annual inflation rate, and to tax capital gains only beyond inflation. The writer urges tax relief steps to preserve real purchasing power.
Excerpted Letter Discusses Inflation and Thanksgiving Thanks
A reader argues exempting interest up to the inflation rate could curb inflation, urges balancing the federal budget and cutting imports to restore trade balance, and thanks Cedar Rapids recreation staff for supporting a national hula hoop finals participant. The letter also notes TV programming and questions Social Security birthdate issues.
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Six Flags
Atlanta
Right-Wing Pressures on GOP Chairman Brock Exposed
A journalistic remark highlights internal GOP friction around Bill Brock, noting right wing pressures on the party leader. The remark stresses the clash between party discipline and ideologue demands within the organization.
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Bill Brock
GOP
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