City power to cite or demolish junkyard properties urged
A Gazette editorial argues Cedar Rapids may use citations or demolition to curb junk filled yards and dilapidated buildings. It notes demolition cases are slow with only six buildings torn down in 1993 and urges faster, fair enforcement balancing property and individual rights.
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Cedar Rapids
Reno Faces Daunting Choice On Special Counsel Role
Attorney General Janet Reno picks Robert B. Fiske Jr to investigate the Clintons and Whitewater ties amid Republican pushback and debates over appointing a special counsel. Fiske’s mixed party history and long career spark cautious GOP concerns while Reno argues for an independent probe.
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Clinton
Whitewater Development Corp.-Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan
Congress
Robert B. Fiske Jr
S&l
Fiske
Wall Street
Ms. Reno
Janet
Inman Nomination Sparks Insider Skepticism and Clashing Views
The piece critiques Washington insiders and the Clinton White House for nominating Bobby Ray Inman as defense secretary. It notes his rambling press conferences, disputed plagiarism charge, and questions whether insider judgment is reliable. The author argues Clinton’s caution toward insiders is a stronger guide than the establishment’s assurances.
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Bobby Ray Inman
Clinton White House
Washington
Inman
Adm
New York Times
William Safire
Safire
Senate
Bob Dole
Whitewater
The
Clinton
Erratic gun control rhetoric echoes Lenin’s “useful idiots”
A Jan 19 letter argues against repealing the Second Amendment and against treating ammunition as a controlled substance. It asserts rights are pre existing and unalienable, not granted by the Constitution, and warns that treating gun ownership as a privilege would curb free speech and other rights.
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Lenin
Washington Monthly
Letter on Christianity and views of sexuality in faith
The writer argues that body as temple of God condemns defiling the body by homosexual acts and stresses biblical truths about marriage and Jesus. They claim Bible and New Age do not blend due to differing views of Christ and express trust in God over human knowledge.
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God
Jesus Christ
Abortion Debate Stirs Strawberry Point Letter
Jon F. Hamlett asserts abortion is murder in a hometown letter about a conceived pair nicknamed Mike and Jane. He argues the nine month life arc ends in abortion and portrays the doctor as acting for money while the mother acts from guilt. He frames the fetus as a future female doctor.
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Mike
Jane
Beware move to dissolve Highland District
Guest column argues against dissolving Highland Community School District via a petition by the Education Options Committee. It notes signatures mostly from Ainsworth, missing meeting participation, and warns dissolution would join Riverside to Washington, raising taxes and lowering local influence. Riverside supporters back the March 22 bond to replace an unsafe overcrowded elementary building. Robert P. Burns, former district director, backs the bond and urges unity.
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Robert P. Burns
Highland Community
Riverside
Highland
Washington
Brighton
United
Highland Community School District
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