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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1999
Page
6
East Iowa task force urges business education and community partnerships to prepare students as productive workers. The Skills 2000 Commission calls for proactive recruitment of skilled workers, increased local funding, expanded community college training, workplace learning incentives, and forgivable loans or tuition reimbursements.
Regional efforts aim to boost workforce by upgrading skills in shortage areas and expanding recreational and cultural opportunities. The Foresight 20/20 Learning Alliance could spark local action, with input from 12 area employers Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids Iowa City chambers and Priority One. Cornell College Les Garner Kirkwood Norm Nielsen Cedar Rapids Lew Finch participate.
In Washington Republicans push a wave of tax relief ideas from across the board income tax cuts to lifting Social Security earnings limits. They face funding limits as Clinton links surplus to Social Security solvency. Archer cites a net $89.7 billion tax increase in the coming decade under Clinton's fiscal 2000 plan. Democrats back targeted relief including 21 million two earner married couples and R&D credit extension.
Schultz claims prize with only $5.99 in bank. ticket bears “Sarah Tim’s” mark and a back-signature by Schultz. Lottery seeks underage-sale interpretation as Polk County judge transfers prize cash to an interest account until ruling. A Friday hearing will decide the underage issue. attorneys state outcomes depend on resolving ownership.
Critics fear the decision could enable local Bells and GTE to seek a court ruling overturning the exemption for Internet service providers from local access fees. FCC officials say it won’t aid that case. The agency will release a 1997 audit of the five Bells within 10 days, though results may be disputed and unlikely to directly affect rates. The Bells support the proposed easing while AOL comments on the matter. Public comments on the audit and its implications are expected.
Guatemala’s truth commission reports the army caused the vast majority of over 200000 deaths and disappearances in the 36 year civil conflict. It urges formal investigations, calls for accountability, and notes U.S. and CIA involvement though defends U.S. ambassador remarks.
Boston College scholar Mary Daly, a pioneer in feminist theory, was ordered to admit men or stop teaching. Daly, who restricts courses to women, argues coed classes would undermine her belief that women defer to men. She took a leave of absence amid threats of legal action from the Center for Individual Rights in Washington.
The 1987 Tower Commission report faults President Reagan for failing to rein in his national security staff amid the Iran Contra affair. In 1991 Saddam Hussein declared orders for Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait, signaling a shift in Gulf War dynamics.
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