Tax cut debate illuminates class warfare accusations
Molly Ivins critiques the push for an across the board tax cut, arguing the plan favors the rich as payroll taxes fund the cut. She notes Republicans and Democrats weaponize class rhetoric while data show the highest earners gain disproportionately from the proposal. Ivins highlights Social Security tax funding and asks who truly needs the relief.
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Conference targets crisis of blacks in AIDS fight
About 1,000 health care providers and activists gathered for the first medical conference on AIDS among black Americans to seek practical ways to reduce infection, improve care, and overcome distrust of the medical system amid racial disparities in infection and outcomes.
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Emory University
Correction corrects library tax and plant location errors
The Gazette notes corrections to earlier reports. The Cedar Falls odor source is clarified, and Iowa City is named for library tax funding plans instead of Johnson County. Johnson County Auditor Tom Stockett confirms only three letters about polling place concerns for the March 30 election.
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Carner
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Gazette pledges future with soybean ink and recycling
The Gazette promotes greener printing using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or at nearby locations.
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Nobel-winning chemist Glenn Seaborg dies at 86
San Francisco AP reports Glenn Seaborg, Nobel Prize winning chemist who discovered the transuranium elements and plutonium, died at his Lafayette home after a stroke. He helped lead the Manhattan Project, chaired the AEC, and saw the element seaborgium named for him.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Joseph Kennedy
Arthur Wahl
Emilio Segre
Scented suits trend in South Korea hitting department stores
In Seoul, three fashion houses market scented suits infused with micro capsule scents such as lavender peppermint and pine. Early sales totals show Es sess 2500 pine LG 1000 lavender and Kolon 660 peppermint suits with plans for TV ads. Prices range 300 to 420 dollars with a three year or 20 dry-cleaning scent life.
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Lee Soo-bum
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Suh Young-ju
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Lee Jung-sook
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