Branstad Signals Support for Task Force Education Proposals
Iowa Governor Branstad declined formal endorsement at a news conference while noting alignment with his thinking on a Task Force on Teacher Preparation and Participation package. The plan seeks higher salaries for teachers with master’s degrees, forgivable loans for minority and shortage-area teachers, a teacher of the year program, expanded professional leaves, and increased funding for professional development and high tech initiatives.
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William Lepley
Department of Education
Branstad
Lepley
Iowa
Judge Rufus Reynolds Retires After Critical Take on Televangelists
U S Bankruptcy Judge Rufus Reynolds, 81, retires after handling former PTL leader Jim Bakker's case and demanding stricter government scrutiny of televangelists. He called religion a consumer item and Bakker a "sawed-off runt" while facing death threats from supporters. He urged IRS action and Congress to clarify law, noting NRB reforms amid falling donations.
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U.S
Rufus Reynolds
PTL
Jim Bakker
Greensboro
N.C
Reynolds
Bakker
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Global market erodes sovereignty as tech shifts value
Washington Post analysis argues sovereignty declines as technology and globalization reframe markets. Data moves across borders, currencies are judged by information standards, and labor and goods become increasingly non geographic. The piece cites Greenspan, Macrae, and Winston on the rise of invisible value and cross border exchange.
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George Will Washington
Congress
Norman Macrae
The
Economist
Mercedes Corp
Europe
America
Walter Winston
Foreign Affairs
Chernobyl
Kremlin
Winston
Macrae
London
Tokyo
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Alan Greenspan
Greenspan
Continents
Tax those who crave higher taxes editorial plea
New York editorial targets Wall Streeters and Democrats urging higher taxes. The piece mocks Dems PACs and laments tax cuts while proposing heavy levies on executives, editors, and congressional salaries to fund government. It jokes about a voluntary wartime style donation box.
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Wall
New York
Wall Street
George Bush
Bush
Sun Belt
Washington
Congress
Wall Streeter
Democrat
Pentagon
Not Debatable Pro-Life Talk With Carol Everett
Cedar Rapids hosts a Jan 11 12 event featuring Carol Everett a former Dallas abortion clinic owner now pro life advocate. The program runs 7 to 9 30 p m at Washington High School with ten area groups organizing and a proposed debate with a pro choice speaker.
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Cedar Rapids
Carol Everett
Dallas
Texas
Washington High
Everett
Coe College
Planned Parenthood
Linn County
Coe
Two-faced poll on wages echoes in Congress
A critic notes irony as lawmakers who balk at wage raises earn $89,000 yet oppose minimum wage hikes. They point out a worker missing a day earns $6,968 and questions how one can live on such income.
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Congress
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John Donnelly
John Robertson
Jerry Elsen
Editorial Pages
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Terry Branstad
Mesabi Range
Pittsburgh
MiSv
Evolution 101
Russell Baker
New York Times Service
Terri McLaughlin
Hamilton St. SW
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