Iowa City opens portion of police policy session after Shaw shooting
Editorial calls for openness at the February City Council work session on police policies following the fatal Aug incident involving Eric Shaw. City Manager Atkins favors open portions while noting sensitive topics may include personnel matters or litigation, amid community polarization.
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Eric Shaw
Steve Atkins
Ccity
Iowa City
Shaw
J. Patrick White
Atkins
Naomi Novick
R.J. Winkelhake
Millennial Debate Ends With Backlash and Party Plans
Readers weigh when the third millennium begins noting Jesus birth circa 4 B C and Herod’s era. Letters debate zero-based counting and celebrate two New Year festivities for 2000 and the following year as millennium milestones.
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Steve Waller
Jesus Christ
Herod the Great
Nagle Branstad tax debate draws reader rebuttals
Cedar Rapids letter writer argues against Dave Nagle’s left wing critique and defends Governor Branstad’s 25 percent across the board tax cut. The contributor dismisses claims of government funds and slanderous innuendo, urging political change.
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Dave Nagle
Sen. Harkin
Nagle
Washington
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Salvation
Democratic Party
Gov. Branstad
House
Senate
Rocky Pritchard
When does the next millennium start and why
In this letter, Merrill Ludvigson of Cedar Rapids argues against confusing age with calendar years and notes the third millennium would begin on Jan 1, 2001 while addressing various century and birth date conventions. Steve Waller of Hiawatha adds his thoughts on celebrating the millennium and debates Dec 31, 1999 versus Dec 31, 2000.
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Jesus
Steve Waller
Hiawatha
Gazette invites letters and guest columns subject to editing
The Cedar Rapids Gazette calls for letters and guest columns addressing public business. Include full name signature and daytime phone number with address. no anonymous submissions. Letters capped at 300 words. one letter per writer every 30 days. column length suggested at 700 words or fewer.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Carter quote warns against fundamentalist superiority
Former President Jimmy Carter in Living Faith urges humility toward differences in religion and politics. He criticizes the idea of a special ordination from God to interpret scriptures and condemn those who disagree, calling it a disturbing facet of fundamentalist ascendancy.
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Jimmy Carter
Rapids AIDS Project Adopts Clients For Holidays
The Rapids AIDS Project part of the Grant Wood Area Chapter of the American Red Cross ran its first Adopta Client program during the 1996 holiday season. Clients living with AIDS received gifts via volunteers from area churches and service groups who shopped wrapped and delivered them.
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Rapids Aids Project
RAP
Grant Wood Area
American Red Cross
AAP
USDA vows civil rights progress and outreach overhaul
The Washington Post reports USDA pledges stronger civil rights enforcement and better service to minority farmers. The agency pauses foreclosures, forms an audit team, conducts listening sessions, seeks congressional and community input, and aims to restore its image as “the people's department” for all Americans.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King
FDR
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
People’s Department
Lincoln
The
Washington Post
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Ken Slaughter
Dele Larson
Kerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Supreme Court
Branstad
Bob Weels
Social Security
Merrill Ludvigson
Terry Heller
Vicki Finkstein
Dan Glickman
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
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