ADM Fog Tied Fatality Prompts Road Safety Debate
Cedar Rapids officials and transportation staff respond to a fatal crash blamed on dense fog from the ADM Corn Sweeteners plant on Highway 30. The editorial urges reassessment of safety measures, notes proposals from citizens, and cites steps by Police Chief Gary Hinzman and IDOT engineer Maury Burr.
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Iowa Transportation
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Cedar Rapids
Highway 30
Highway
Sullivan
Gary Hinzman
Hinzman
IDOT
Burr
Reagan Touts Mixed Results in Federal Workforce Change
A congressional report and CBO findings show a seven percent rise in federal employment over a decade, with large cuts in agencies such as State Interior Agriculture and HUD, while Pentagon Justice and IRS added staff. Productivity improvements offset headcount, suggesting Reagan’s goal to rein in growth and boost efficiency is partially met.
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Congressional Budget Office
CBO
State Department
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Commerce Department
Health and Human Services
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation
General Services Administration
Pentagon
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Treasury
Citizens report harassment from phone solicitors in Linn County
Letters describe high pressure calls in Cedar Rapids Marion and other Linn County areas. Citizens challenge the Marion Police Department's noninvolvement and urge filing complaints with the Attorney General.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Linn County
Police Department
City of
Marge Leeper
Capitol Building
Des Moines
Iowa
Michael E. Birmingham
Katz
Crowing Cedar Rapids Crows Tourists in Greene Square
In a letter from Daryl Mally of 1412 Fifth St NW the writer urges turning Greene Square crows into a local tourist draw. He suggests feeding the birds with seed, coaxing them with crow calls, and photographing the scene for broader exposure. San Juan Capistrano is cited playfully as a comparison.
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Cedar Rapids
Greene Square
Greene ‘Square
San Juan Capistrano
Daryl Mally
Fifth St
Endorsing Pat Robertson Against Democratic Platform
A voter urges alignment with God family and country and calls for opposing the Democrats. The message condemns church state separation and welfare expansion while urging support for Pat Robertson for president and emphasizes moral issues and opposition to abortion.
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Democratic Party
Russia
America
Pat Robertson
Outlooks of Gegar Napids as an Academic Leader
Gegar Napids is a retired university professor with teaching stints in California Canada New York Guatemala Minnesota Illinois and Tennessee. He chairs the Executive Council of the American Islamic College in Chicago.
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California
Canada
New York
Guatemala
Minnesota
Ilinois
Tennessee
The
American Islamic College
Chicago
Israel faces new Palestinian conflict path and moral challenge
A columnist argues Israel must abandon a Roman solution to the Gaza and Palestinian issue. The piece links current Israeli policy with historical expulsions, condemns violence and calls for a compassionate, rights based approach, noting tensions involving Washington and global media. It warns of a potential yet another Roman outcome for Jews if attitudes do not change.
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Likud
Israel
Palestine
Dayr Yasin
King David Hotel
Sabra
Shatila
Nuremberg
Bar-Kokba
Saqiat Sidi- Yusuf
Tehran
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Washington
Pentagon
Whitehall
London
Middle East
Reagan
Beirut
Gaza
Pakistan
A Commentary on Word Selection and Vocabulary
The piece discusses choices like suction as a noun versus a verb in a Pennsylvania oil spill caption and the word livid relating to both anger and color, noting how verbs and color terms can be misapplied, with examples from a Bo Derek travel note and a coach altercation.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
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Amana
USA
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University of Iowa
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Town Child Health
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Caaril Kane
Bo Derek
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