Religious free market praised amid Clinton Houston debates
The piece argues a religious free market strengthens America noting Orrin Hatch's critique of Hillary Clinton and New Age figures. It contrasts Mormonism with Moon's Unification Church, cites religious history, and urges tolerance of diverse faiths while recognizing high and low points across beliefs.
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Utah
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Jean Houston
Washington Times
Hillary
Hillary Clinton
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Moon
United States
Madison Square Garden
Sunday Telegraph
U.S
America
Osatru
Barry Kosmin
Seymour Lachman
Newt Gingrich
CNN
Larry King
Houston
Pat Robertson
Cedar Rapids Council urged to set public comment limits
Editorial argues time limits on public comment are overdue for Cedar Rapids City Council. It cites school board policy after televised meetings, recommends announcing a policy, holding a public hearing, and then enacting a three to five minute limit. It notes channels for public voices and urges timely action.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
House of Congress
City Hall
Educational Service Center
Cox Communications
Congress debates foreign endangered species acts amid wildlife concerns
A House subcommittee examined the African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 as part of a broader push recognizing that US conservation must cross borders. The panel cited the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and aims to fund preservation and international cooperation to ensure future generations can enjoy elephants, rhinos, and tigers.
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House
North America
Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Congress
United States
Referendum call in Cedar Rapids over riverboat casino
Julia E F Poulsen of No Dice on the Cedar River asks for a public referendum on the Cedar River riverboat casino. The group defends the democratic process and urges the City Council to reject the proposed lease on legal economic environmental and social grounds. They request disclosure of polling details if a professional poll exists.
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No Dice Inc
Cedar River
Julia E.F. Poulsen
Cedar Rapids
YouR TURN The Gazette Letters Address and Limits
Readers may submit letters up to 300 words with name hometown and daytime phone. Include name and hometown for publication. Mail Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 or send by FAX or email to gazette tyiowa.infi.net.
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Cedar Rapids
Whitewater and church burnings in election year talk
Gerald Baker argues in Cedar Falls that church burnings are not rising and that Clinton uses red herrings. He compares Watergate to Whitewater as a potential distraction before a market correction, suggesting fund managers gamble in stocks while the public fixates on Clinton.
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Hatch
Joseph Smith
Moroni
Israel
New World
Christ
Smith
New York
Carthage
Ill
Brigham Young
Deseret
Utah
Clinton
Jerry Rubin
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Johnson
Hoover
Watergate
Whitewater
Proxy battle for the soul of Saudi Arabia
Graham E. Fuller discusses the Dhahran bombing and the widening struggle inside Saudi Arabia between liberal reformers and Islamists. He links regional tensions, U.S. role, Shiite discontent in the Eastern Province, Bahrain, and the broader Persian Gulf dynamics with calls for internal political reforms to ease domestic opposition.
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Graham E. Fuller
Saudi Arabia
United States
House of Saud
Saud
Dhahran
Abdelrahman Munif
Middle East
Likud
Israel
Bahrain
U.S
Gulf States
Iraq
Iran
Persian Gulf
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