Terrorism rewards and human rights in Chile revisited
The editorial argues U.S. focus on fighting international terror while tolerating human rights abuses backfires. It cites Chile under Augusto Pinochet, the Letelier-Moffit bombing, and Paraguay and Townley connections. The State Department’s move toward Chile is criticized as undermining justice and human rights.
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State Department
Chile
Latin America
Salvador Allende
Augusto Pinochet
Orlando Letelier
Allende
U.S
Pinochet
Letelier
Washington, D.C
Ronni Moffit
Contreras
Justice Department
Chilean Supreme Court
Townley
Jimmy Carter
City weighs Bever Park Zoo plans amid election talk
Cedar Rapids eyes a revived Bever Park Zoo as a political issue ahead of autumn elections. Advisory committee conflicts, cost analyses, and a past $3 million bond proposal highlight a local push for bear and bird exhibit upgrades, a zoo director, and a Zoo Commission, with costs still undetermined.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Park Zoo
Reinis
Canney
Bever Park
Zoo
Zoo Commission
Library Board
Airport Commission
Reagan plan shortchanges middle class while aiding the rich
President Reagan’s economic recovery program promises evenhanded sacrifices but critics say it mostly burdens middle America while leaving tax loopholes and subsidies for corporate managers intact. The plan proposes cutting direct loans for the Export-Import Bank by about one third, while DISCs and possessions corporations still drain federal revenue.
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Washington
Reagan
Now or never: Western allies must gain policy clout
The piece argues the United States cannot force allies to bear more defense costs or join broader crises. It urges sustained, institution building and regular consultation within NATO and with Western Europe and Japan to balance power, avoid isolationism, and adapt to new global dangers. It also notes U.S. tax policy losses in Puerto Rico and tax breaks for petroleum companies amid fiscal austerity efforts.
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U.S
Europe
Japan
NATO
Mideast
Persian Gulf
Africa
Latin America
John Foster Dulles
Letters to The Gazette Share Concerns on Budgets Taxes and Genealogy
Fourth grade Adams Elementary students oppose budget cuts citing larger classes fewer books and lost learning opportunities. A reader proposes tax reforms to encourage saving including not taxing interest a rent deduction and not taxing married couples. Diane Hutchison seeks descendants of Barnett Hutchison family in Iowa Wisconsin.
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Adams Elementary School
Barnett C. Hutchison
Matilda Hooks Hutchison
Joshua
William
Mary Overtuff Hutchison
Emmett and
Everett
Dumont
Iowa
The Case for Electricity Value and Cost
A diary-style defense of electric power costs arguing that 1.45 dollars per day for a typical Iowa household is a reasonable bargain. The author contrasts electricity with bread, cigarettes, and coffee, notes taxes and government costs, and imagines 24 hours without electricity to show its necessity and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Advertiser Profiles Iowa Electric Leader
An Eastern Iowa reader column invites thoughtful Cedar Rapids residents to share views on varied topics. The piece notes the author is Cedar Rapids consumer communications manager for the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co, formerly an advertising agency officer and account executive.
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Pat McPartland
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
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