Editorial on tape recording public officials calls for nuance
The Gazette weighs an ethics debate over private telephone taps by Charles Z Wick noting such recordings are not illegal in most places. It argues against criminalizing sneakiness while criticizing calls for new federal penalties and urges restraint.
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Charles Z. Wick
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New York Times
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Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Gambling caveat on parimutuel betting in Iowa a careful process
Iowa moves toward parimutuel betting faces complex steps. Commissions must draft law changes, assess metro revenue potential, and decide if dog racing suffices where horse racing was planned. They must also vet out of state bidders after Delaware North’s history, and officials warn of organized crime and illegal betting alongside state games.
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Iowa
Boy Scouts of America
Division of Criminal Investigation
DCI
Milk program misused and trimmed by new reform act
A Washington column critiques the federal milk program describing rising costs, large dairy lobbies, and shifts in price supports. It notes 1980s outlays and big stockpiles of cheese and butter, then cites a belated act cutting payments and administration fees to restore balance.
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Washington
Running Brooks
Forest of Arden
Congress
Outhouse policy clash and two story privy debate
A critique of modern privies in 1983 notes the outhouse as a failing American art form. It describes two story models in Belle Plaine and Nevada City and contrasts public interest with government and industry indifference. It ends by warning the dairy diversion plan could cost billions and hurt farmers.
Letters to The Gazette Grandstanding President Reagan Blame
A reader accuses President Reagan of taking blame for Marines deaths in Lebanon as a political ploy ahead of a 1984 re election. The letter questions accountability for steel industry losses and broader American hardship while urging Americans to remove him from office.
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Reagan
Lebanon
Japan
Lunch delays plague Cedar Rapids restaurants
A reader laments slow lunchtime service at Cedar Rapids eateries Jimmy's American Cafe The Brown Bottle Lizzie's Bistro and John's Table while praising the food and urging managers to match the prompt service and reasonable prices of Red Lobster to protect tips and customer goodwill.
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Cedar Rapids
Jimmy
Brown Bottle
Lizzie
John
Memo mishaps spark office chuckles over word processing
An Iowa firm adopted a word processing system and published a memo with errors that drew laughs. The note misused rational as a noun and included run on sentences and missing punctuation, prompting calls for clearer wording and proper grammar.
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Iowa
Bill
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