Desert Storm unity fades as election rhetoric grows
The column reflects on the Desert Storm victory a year earlier, praising the coalition’s effort and the surge of national pride, then laments renewed domestic anger and partisan rhetoric. It urges voters to seek concrete leadership and avoid divisive attacks as elections approach.
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George Bush
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Iowa Wins National Advanced Driving Simulator Project
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chose the University of Iowa as the site for a $32 million National Advanced Driving Simulator. Competition came from top transportation research centers, and Senator Grassley praised the project as exciting and important for highway safety.
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Iowa
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U of I
Charles Grassley
The Nation’s Short Fuse and Its Quiet Signals
An analysis links four facts Wal-Mart’s rise and suburban living to voter stress. It notes rising violence fears, aging population spending, and longer commutes as drivers of a tense electorate. The piece urges readers to reflect while stuck in traffic near Wal-Mart.
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Washington
New Hampshire
Wal-Mart
America
Letters to the Gazette call for continued civil rights work
Gov. Branstad proclaims Reconciliation Week and Martin Luther King Jr Day as a time to reflect on discrimination in work, housing, education, and society. Readers urge awareness, condemn racism, note rising cross burnings, but cite progress in Dubuque and Iowa City healing efforts toward minorities and Asian communities.
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Terry Branstad
Martin Luther King
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Campus Review
Dubuque
Iowa City
Record on Cedar Rapids School District Levy Misconduct
Taxpayers were denied a vote on the October 1990 Instructional Support Levy and petitioned for a public referendum. The district ran a Vote Yes campaign with public funds and lost. The State Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission found the district guilty but reprimanded them lightly, claiming such practices are common. The commission's findings were sent to Linn County Attorney Denver Dillard for action.
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State Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
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Linn County
Denver Dillard
Caring candidates for Clinton and Senate push
A voter urges support for Governor Bill Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination citing leadership and reform. The speaker pledges an economical Senate campaign, universal health care, strong schools, veterans’ issues, and a united nation free of war.
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U.S
Senate
Misprint Correction Cited by Longtime Higley Property Owner
Vera M. Melton identifies as a 50 year resident owner of 1245 Third Ave SE in a letter about the Higley property. The passage contained a misprint in its January 14 edition.
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Vera M. Melton
Third Ave. SE
Pronunciation of W and shifting dictionary meanings
Reader letters discuss how to say W as double-yoo or dubba ya and how dictionaries list hateful meanings. The debate cites examples from a three word headline about Terry Anderson and notes dictionaries vary on sense and archaic usage.
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Newhall
Leo
Terry Anderson
Anderson
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