ICC demise signals end of an era for regulation
The Interstate Commerce Commission, oldest U S regulatory body, ceased to exist after 108 years. About 190 employees and three commissioners will be moved to the Transportation Department to carry on remaining duties as deregulation shrinks power. Consumers may see lower transport prices though critics note mixed savings against billions in other costs.
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Bud Shuster
R-Pa
Washington
Iowa
Iowa celebrates 149th birthday with governors in period dress
Iowa marked its 149th birthday with a high-spirited event at the Old Capitol in Iowa City. Three governors wore mid-19th century costumes as they portrayed Ansel Briggs, signaling a year of countywide and statewide events leading to the 150th anniversary in 1996.
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Iowa
Terry Branstad
Robert Ray
Norman Erbe
Old Capitol
Iowa City
Ansel Briggs
Bourke Hickenlooper
Robert Blue
Reader questions word quirks and virtual reality phrases
Anamosa reader raises three style and logic concerns. First, reordering clauses on fighting and winning. second, misuse of begging the question in debates. third, the term virtual reality as a contradiction with reality plus alternatives like almost reality or just around the corner.
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Hercule Poirot
Pat Buchanan
Mark McGovern
God
Clinton TV Tax proposal sparks $190 billion consumer cost
The plan would replace all existing TVs with digital sets and auction off channels by 2002 2005. Consumers face converter costs new sets and large overall expense while manufacturers gain overseas profits. Bob Allen of KCRG TV Cedar Rapids comments on the issue.
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Cedar Rapids
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FCC
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Washington
Charles Grassley
Congress
Bob Allen
Kcrg-Tv
The
Iowa Broadcasters Association
Letters to the Gazette: overreliance on films in class
A reader argues schools lean on movies instead of books, recommending titles like Apocalypse Now JFK Nixon Priest Last Temptation of Jesus Pocahontas and Last of the Mohicans while cautioning that films cannot replace diligent research. The letter urges returning to newspapers and warns against dumbing down students.
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Jfk
Nixon
Errol Flynn
Custer
Hollywood
Johnny
Newearys
Foreign policy debate rises as Bosnia deployment shapes era
The article argues the 60 000 NATO troops to Bosnia signal a defining moment for the post Cold War world order and US role. It questions US readiness to be global guarantor and critiques UN authority and Clinton administration strategy amid budget debates and looming election year pressures.
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Thomas Friedman
New York Times
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Boutros Boutros
Ghali
America
George Bush
Gazette Letters Policy Statement
The Gazette outlines that readers letters are not vouched for accuracy or judged by the paper. It notes contradictions or corrections may appear in future publications and that readers have equal opportunity for responses.
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